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RDF changes image
RDF Productions, the holding company for RDF Television, RDF International and entertainment arm Radar, is rebranding as RDF Media, and has secured its first ITV drama commission, writes Ashley Davies.
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CARLTON DIGITAL PRODUCER GOES TO RENAMED SIT-UP.TV
Interactive TV outfit sit-up.com has changed its name to sit-up.tv and hired former Carlton Digital producer Jo Sarsfield, currently a programming consultant with the Travel Channel, as its head of production.
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Carlton takes stake in Oz show
Carlton International has agreed one of its biggest international distribution deals, securing rights for a new Australian series from the maker of Heartbreak High, writes Colin Robertson.Carlton will invest a multimillion
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Capital suffers more losses
Capital Radio has lost another member of staff with the departure of head of programmes for adult brands Jeff O'Brien, who has quit following the latest staff restructure, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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DIGITAL GROUP BUYS DVD RIGHTS TO HENRY'S CAT
Camden-based DVD facility The Digital Group (TDG) is in the process of setting up its own video label and has already agreed a deal on the DVD rights to popular children's
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INFOGRAMES IN LINE TO BUY LARA CROFT OWNER EIDOS
Lara Croft owner Eidos is likely to be bought by French software publisher Infogrames, despite attempts to stem its losses by withdrawing from non-core activities such as post house Glassworks (Broadcast,
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BSKYB LIKELY TO RAISE STAKE IN OPEN ..
BSkyB is understood to be on the verge of taking a controlling interest in Open ..., the e-commerce TV platform it jointly owns with the HSBC bank, Japanese electronics giant Matsushita
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CULTURE CHANNEL TO BROADCAST ON SKY DIGITAL
Oneword, the plays, books and comedy channel broadcast on Digital One, has signed a deal with BSkyB to broadcast its entire daily output on Sky Digital. The station has also become
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BT's broadband service to go live
BT has unveiled details of its much-anticipated broadband internet service, BT Openworld, which it is billing as the 'most content-rich broadband portal in Europe - if not the world'.BT Openworld senior
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BRAGG TO STAY AT LWT
LWT has signed up Melvyn Bragg, its controller of arts, for a further three years from 2001 after he was approached by BBC director general Greg Dyke. Dyke had been courting
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TOUR DE FRANCE INDIE BOUGHT BY TELEVISION CORP
The Television Corporation (TVC) has bought sports indie Venner TV (VTV), producer of Channel 4's coverage of the Tour de France. The award-winning indie was set up in March 1995 by
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Groups link up for radio licences bid
Commercial radio groups GWR, The Wireless Group (TWG) and Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) are joining up to bid for key digital radio multiplex licences, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BETIHAVAS RETURNS FROM OZ FOR TV CORP'S VISIONS
Visions, the outside broadcast outfit owned by The Television Corporation, has appointed Vicki Betihavas to the newly created director of sales and marketing role. Betihavas' remit will include bringing a longer
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Belgian software firm to open first UK office
Belgian software company MediaGenix is developing a new range of media management tools for multi-channel broadcasters and is to open a UK office as part of its expansion plans for Europe,
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BEEB UNION MEMBERS VOTE FOR THREE PER CENT RISE
Bectu members at the BBC have agreed to accept a three per cent pay offer. In a ballot of BBC staff which went out on 23 June, members voted to accept
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LNN factual head becomes LWT md
London News Network (LNN) is looking for another senior executive this week, following the appointment of its head of factual programmes, Lindsay Charlton, as managing director of LWT.Charlton, who joins LWT
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CAPITAL BUYS BEAT RADIO
Capital Radio has confirmed its acquisition of fledgling Scottish radio station Beat 106 for£33.75m. The station, run by Bobby Hain, targets 15-39 year-olds and transmits across Edinburgh, Glasgow and central
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BBC contracts head departs
BBC Manchester contract manager Chris Souter has been made redundant as part of an ongoing cost-cutting drive at the regional production centre, writes Tara Conlan.
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COX SETTLES TUGS BATTLE
Independent producer Des Cox has settled out of court with TVS TV in a 13-year legal battle that centred on children’s animation series Tugs. Cox, founder of Snowbow Productions, issued a
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Bectu ballots BBC
BBC director general Greg Dyke faces the first challenge to his plans to restructure the BBC with Bectu preparing to ballot its members over 262 job cuts in BBC Resources, writes Tara Conlan.