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BBC Radio unveils election programming
BBC Network Radio has unveiled a comprehensive programme of election coverage in the run-up to polling day on 7 June, including a new daily slot on Radio 1 featuring the station's
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BBC GETS SOLE RIGHTS TO SAILOR MACARTHUR
BBC sport has signed an exclusive deal with sailor Ellen MacArthur for exclusive coverage of her races on BBC Sport Online. The BBC will develop a site dedicated to MacArthur, who
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BBC focuses on British taste
BBC Arts has been asked to produce a four-part series for BBC 2 on the origins of British taste and design, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The 4 x 60-minute series, Taste, will be
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CLARK TO REPLACE HOWIE AT BBC'S HARDTALK
BBC Breakfast deputy editor Carey Clark has been appointed as editor of the BBC News 24 and BBC World daily interview programme Hardtalk. She replaces Caroline Howie who has moved on
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BERTELSMANN RTL STAKE
The European Commission has approved continental media powerhouse Bertelsmann's acquisition of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's 30 per cent stake in the RTL Group. The transaction - due to be finalised on 2
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Black Books returns
Outgoing Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has commissioned Assembly Film and Television to produce two further series of its Bafta-winning sitcom Black Books, writes Jon Rogers.A second 6 x
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CLAYPOLE JOINS BOARD OF TVNEWSWEB
Stephen Claypole has joined the board of broadcast news industry video exchange and information portal TVNewsweb as a non-executive director. A founding managing director of Associated Press Television (APTV), Claypole was
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LA SCREENINGS - Bold moves in the US
As international buyers gather in Los Angeles for the annual screen-fest, John Hazelton looks at the hot contenders to secure a commission from one of the US networks.
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BOOST FOR GO RACING
Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing has signed up a further 17 British racecourses, taking the number to 49 out of the 59 Racecourse Association tracks. The consortium is now poised
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Pittard boss moves to interactive firm
Pittard Sullivan UK managing director John Holland has left the struggling branding specialist to join interactive agency AMX and oversee the launch of interactive TV services, writes David Wood.As director of
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ON THE BOX - And the winner isn't ..
Films of Record md Roger Graef finds Amir Amirani's Arena about awards wins handsdown against Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
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Watchdog brand to be reinvented
BBC 1 is poised to axe high-profile brand Watchdog as part of an overhaul of the channel's consumer affairs output, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to BBC creative director, consumer Mark Killick who
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Vivid Post Production and Ghost Design provided the editing and graphic design facilities for the Minerva Picture Company's The Spectre of Hope. The one-hour documentary focuses on Sebastio Salgado, who has
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TRADE TALK - Bright brother
Having packed success with Popstars and Big Brother into just one year, Conrad Green faces the challenge of making Big Brother 2 even bigger.
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WISE BUDDAH TO BUILD IBIZA RADIO FACILITY
Indie Wise Buddah is to set up the first dedicated audio facility in Ibiza for use by UK and international radio stations. The equipment - including editing and ISDN suites -
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INDIE FINANCE - Building RDF into a TV money-spinner
Created less than 10 years ago with£35,000 start-up capital, RDF is now worth£15m. Having sold a 20 per cent stake to Sagitta Private Equity, it is building on its strong factual base to hit the US market.
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US internet firm saved by Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless (C&W) has agreed to buy troubled US internet service company Digital Island in a deal worth around£250m, writes Ann-Marie Corvin.C&W is paying around£2.10 a share for
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CARLTON PRODUCING TRAVEL GAMESHOW
Carlton Television is launching a new fully interactive TV and internet travel gameshow, in which the production process is controlled by the public. In Global E-Missions, a 12 x 30-minute weekly
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Carlton to make Michelle Collins drama
Carlton has begun production on a new police drama for ITV starring Michelle Collins, writes Steve Aston.Lloyd & Hill is a 120-minute film adaptation of Jill McGown's book Shred of Evidence
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SKILLSET PLANS CENSUS
Training group Skillset is to repeat its census of the audiovisual industry, building on the results of the first ever industry census launched last year and backed by Broadcast. Census day