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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ENFOCAST TO TAKE NEWS STRAIGHT INTO THE OFFICE
New broadband outfit Enfocast has signed deals with BBC News 24, CNBC, Euronews, CNN, Bloomberg, The Money Channel and ITN News Channel to deliver its content directly to offices via standard
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Docherty rethinks website strategy
New Telewest managing director of broadband content David Docherty has announced the first changes to his department by shifting channel websites from the interactive and digital division into the broadcast and
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Walt Disney goes pre-school
Walt Disney Television International is making its first move into the pre-school television market as part of the launch of three new UK channels, writes Simon Ellery.Headed by Walt Disney Television
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EX-MILLIONAIRE LAUNCHES TV JOBSHOP ON SKY DIGITAL
Former millionaire and Crystal Palace football club owner Mark Goldberg has launched a recruitment channel called TV Jobshop. The service will air 12-hour blocks of programming every week that are repeated
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INTERVIEW - GMTV's dawn raider
As editor of GMTV, journalist and former presenter Martin Frizell has big plans. He wants to give the show a harder news edge and lure audiences from BBC 1. But he faces a major battle against falling figures.
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KEEP UP TO DATE WITH IBC BY LOOKING AT PRODUXION.COM
Produxion.com will be providing daily news coverage of events at IBC in Amsterdam. Pooling the resources of the teams from the online service, Broadcast and Production Solutions, produxion.com will feature breaking
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SKY WOOS CRAIG DAVID
BSkyB is in talks with a catalogue of homegrown UK talent including pop star Craig David and footballer turned TV presenter Ian Wright. Sky One head of entertainment and factual Sam
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SOUND AND LIGHTING EVENT TO BE HELD AT EARLS COURT
Plasa, the Professional Lighting & Sound Association, is holding a three-day event at Earls Court from 10 to 13 September. There will be 400 exhibitors at the Plasa 2000 Show, including
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RAFT OF POKEMON CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR THIRD SERIES
Pokemon international distributor Lacey Entertainment has announced a number of new contracts with European broadcasters for the third series of the hit animation (left) The new 52-episode run is due to
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Einstein Entertainment has unveiled its first commissions
Einstein Entertainment has unveiled its first commissions including an 8 x 30-minute series on Britain's toughest men for Channel 5, writes Simon Ellery.C5 controller of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris
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ENTERTAINMENT: PARAMOUNT - Mountain to climb
In the first of a series analysing niche channels Ed Shelton considers whether the Paramount Comedy Channel will be outflanked by British newcomers like E4.
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Wark Clements nets Lockerbie man
Wark Clements has poached award-winning Scottish Media Group senior producer/director Ross Wilson, writes Ashley Davies.Wilson, who is expected to join the indie next month as a senior producer, won a Bafta
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OFF THE RECORD - Cleaning up
Another reason Brand has become so rich may lie in the hard work of his staff. Last week some of them were locked in their office by the cleaners, who clearly
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CHRIS SMITH DENIES GOVERNMENT DASHING FOR DIGITAL
Media secretary Chris Smith this week rubbished reports that the government was to make a mad dash for a switchover from analogue to digital transmission to yield the Treasury as much
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Fraser chosen for key Granada role
Granada is making final preparations for its planned expansion of production and broadcasting activities overseas by appointing David Fraser to the new post of director of international production.Reporting to Granada Creative
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ITV COMMISSIONS CHILDREN'S DRAMA AND COMEDY SHOW
Outgoing ITV children's controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned Carlton Productions to make Starstreet, a 13 x 20-minute children's music and comedy drama series about five children living in the same house.
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Emap chief takes group music post
Emap Performance Network (EPN) has appointed Piccadilly Key 103 and Magic 1152 programme director Dave Shearer to the new role of head of music, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Shearer, 36, takes up his
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ZONE VISION STRIKES ROMANIAN CHANNEL DEAL
UK-based channel producer Zone Vision has struck carriage deals for three channels in Romania this month. Agreements have been signed with UPC networks fto carry factual channel Reality TV and entertainment
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - WORLDWIDE SELLS STYLE CHALLENGE FORMAT TO US
BBC Worldwide has signed a US format deal for Style Challenge with Apis Productions - the production company owned by singer/actress Cher. The BBC Birmingham daytime makeover series, which airs on
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CARLTON READIES WEIGHT-LOSS DOC FOR ITV
Carlton Television has lined up a 60-minute documentary looking at the life of slimming champion Christie Martin who shed a miraculous 25 stone.Christie's Story has been commissioned by ITV to run