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STOCKPORT RADIO LICENCE SOUGHT BY GMG
GMG is bidding for the re-advertised Stockport local radio licence currently held by The Wireless Group (TWG). GMG has put forward an application for Stock FM to replace TWG's existing Imagine
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GO RACING IMAGE
Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing, which recently raised£80m as part of its TV rights deal, has hired brand consultant Oliver Bond as it gears up to soft launch next
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THE GOSPEL SLEUTH
GMTV and The Voice newspaper are to launch a joint project to search for a gospel choir and solo gospel singer. The slot - the GMTV/The Voice Gospel Challenge 2001 -
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TWIGGY TO PRESENT SHOW FOR 'GREY' VIEWERS
Sixties icon Twiggy is to front a new ITV series aimed at the 'grey' market. The 8 x 30-minute series will be broadcast in most ITV regions from July. In the
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Off the Record - Hirsute no more
Tales of TV 'taches, part two. It seems Patrick Stoddart, head of factual entertainment at Talent Television, has caressed his facial hair for the last time after deciding the accessory had
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RIPLEY AND SCUFF HIT THE ROAD
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned The Children's Company to produce a new puppet show for the network's CITV strand, writes Steve Aston. Ripley and Scuff is
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PLAN TO PUSH SCOTTISH POP VIDEO INDUSTRY
Channel 4 has launched a new initiative, 4 Minute Wonders, to drive the pop video production industry in Scotland. Each month, aspiring producers are invited to put forward storyboard ideas to
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ISIS SNAPPED UP
TV and film rights company Civilian Content has bolstered its TV production arm with the purchase of London-based music documentary and kids specialist Isis Productions. Isis, producer of England's Other Elizabeth
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Multichannelfirms pan ITC
Leading multichannel figures this week slammed recent Independent Television Commission (ITC) proposals on cross-promotion, claiming they would give undue advantage to terrestrial broadcasters, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITN urges online parity
ITN head of sport Malcolm Munro this week slammed the sports industry for attempting to prevent news organisations from carrying coverage of sporting events online, writes Adrian Pennington.
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QUAYLE JUMPS SHIP
BBC Worldwide head of planning and business development, global marketing and brand development James Quayle has joined branding consultancy Lambie Nairn as head of brand strategy. Quayle, who worked at agencies
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TRADE TALK - A sporting life
Former Olympic gymnast Barbara Slater is using her experience and flair for innovation in her new role as the head of BBC general sport.
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LWT TALENT SEARCH
LWT has launched an initiative to encourage community film-making and search out future talent. Whose London? will encourage community groups to make films about life in the capital and will use
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CAN YOU MANAGE?
Endemol Entertainment is to launch an interactive reality format that will allow viewers to control a football club. The People's Club will allow viewers to vote on key management decisions. The
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Unique and Precise merge
Former BBC light entertainment stalwart Noel Edmonds moved this week to turn his television group Unique into a multimedia group after merging with Manchester-based Precise Communications, writes Colin Robertson.
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UPC to test Microsoft TV
Pan-European cable outfit UPC has begun trials of Microsoft's interactive TV platform in 100 homes in UPC's flagship Amsterdam franchise area, writes David Wood.
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Off the Record - Not a nethead?
Off the Record was clutching its corset strings on Monday as it read this gem from the new media section of The Guardian this week. Former Channel 5 czar David Elstein
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Off the Record - Tivo times
The BBC's digital channel development editor, who goes by the unlikely name of Bryher Scudamore, tells us that 55 BBC staff now have Tivos as part of ongoing research into personal
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Hardie quits ITV
ITV marketing and commercial director John Hardie leaves after four and-a-half years to take up new international role at Walt Disney Television
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C4 schools orders football writing series
Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools and programmes John Richmond has requested a 4 x 20-minute series, Writing for Kicks, from indie Casetv.com.Football stars Gareth Southgate, John Barnes, Peter Reed and