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RADIO 1 TAKES AWARD CEREMONIES DOC FROM ALL OUT
Radio indie All Out has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 to produce a 30-minute documentary And the winner is ... about the role and growth in popularity of music award
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Morse outwits BBC 1's sci-fi sleuths
Mulder and Scully were outwitted by Inspector Morse this week when a rerun of the ITV stalwart racked up almost double the number of viewers that tuned in for the first episode in the latest X Files series, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC 1 looks for adult entertainment shows
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is seeking more adult entertainment and comedy for week-day 22.20 slots, writes Tara Conlan.
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XY NETWORK LANDS£1 MILLION CASH BOOST
A cash injection of£1 million has been secured by the XY Network, the mobile internet entertainment network launched by indie producer Somethin' Else and BT internet service Genie. Radio company
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CAPITAL FM STEALS R1 PRODUCER FOR EVENING SHOWS
Capital Radio has poached BBC Radio 1 producer Ben Cooper to become executive producer for Capital FM evening shows. His brief includes overseeing the Drive-Time show fronted by Neil Fox, the
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Radio 3 in talks with ex-R1 DJ Kershaw
BBC Radio 3 is in talks with former BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Kershaw, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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GERMAN GIANTS MERGE AS PROSIEBENSAT1 MEDIA
German media giant KirchMedia and publisher Axel Springer Verlag this week agreed to merge, creating Germany's second largest TV group. The new company, ProSiebenSAT1 Media, is expected to be worth in
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Taps scheme ups sticks to Shepperton Studios
The Television Arts Performance Showcase (Taps) has moved to the Shepperton Studios, after being thrown out of its Teddington Studios home. The move follows Taps' warning that it faced closure unless
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Pact: spend more outside the capital
Producers' alliance wants public service broadcasters to expand budgets on shows from nations and regions
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Buck poaches ICG's Powell for development role
United Productions controller of drama Michele Buck has poached Independent Commissioning Group script executive Juliette Howell to become development producer. Howell has been at the ICG since 1998 and has worked
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Kamera launches content trading site
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE -Swedish-based internet TV provider Kamera Interactive is launching an online UK marketplace to sell digitised video content, writes Ashley Davies.The service, KameraOne, is targeting buyers
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Two vie for LWT post
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - Former Scottish TV director of broadcasting Blair Jenkins and London News Network head of factual programmes Lindsay Charlton are expected to learn next week which one of them
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BBC cools on Lewis
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - Talks between Granada controller of drama Simon Lewis and the BBC are believed to have simmered down. The BBC has been heavily courting Lewis and his deputy Sue
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Terrestrial TV watched via aerial in digi homes
ITV says most of BBC1, BBC2 and C4 viewing in Sky Digital homes via analogue
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Money Channel finds extra£11million
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - The Money Channel claims that it has raised a further£11 million in funding this week, following news that it had lost more money than expected in its
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Wogan junior joins Switch
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - Digital broadcasting network Switch 2 has appointed Mark Wogan, son of TV presenter Terry Wogan, as managing director of its new as-yet unnamed lifestyle channel. Wogan, a regular
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Pearson/CLT deal done
Pearson TV officially merged with Audiofina and CLT-UFA this week to form Europe's largest free-to-air TV broadcaster. The company, renamed the RTL Group, is planning a flotation on 26 July. Pearson
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Paramount in comedy deal with Open Mike
Paramount and Open Mike to work together on new developments
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Sky industrial tribunal brought by ex-Sky News senior political reporter
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - British Sky Broadcasting and Sky News head of TV news Nick Pollard have been named as co-defendants in an application for an industrial tribunal bought by ex-Sky News