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    ITN STAFF WANT REDUNDANCY

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Fifty-four ITN staff have applied for voluntary redundancy as part of a package offered by management in February, in exchange for new terms and conditions.Most come from technical staff working in

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    Macbean resigns from Itel

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean has resigned from the distributor as it emerged this week that Itel and Carlton International could be merged by October, write Lucy Rouse and Colin Robertson.According

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    SKY'S SWINGEWOOD HIRES RUDDER FOR NEW MEDIA ROLE

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB director of new media John Swingewood has announced the full-time appointment of Sky News deputy head Jim Rudder as head of new media for movies and news. Rudder, who was

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    TRADE TALK - Hip hoaxer

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    New E4 head of programmes Andrew Newman cut his teeth on shows like The Word and Brass Eye. But just how far will he go, asks Ashley Davies.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Gone write to his head

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Fun and games at this year's Broadcasting Press Guild awards, where writer Andrew Davies was in typically bombastic form. Picking up the award for his adaptation of Wives and Daughters, Davies

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    GMG and Wireless scoop RA licences

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has handed out two new digital licences, with the Switch Digital consortium winning the second local digital multiplex for Greater London and the Guardian Media Group (GMG) scooping

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    OPINION - Time to home in on global kudos

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    For some, travelling to Cannes for Mip-TV is about as welcome as a takeover bid from an ITV company with north-west franchises. But the twice-yearly exodus does provide a sense of

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - National romps home at fifteen to four

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The Grand National on BBC 1's Grandstand on Saturday (8 April) led the ratings race this week, galloping in way ahead of other competitors, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to unofficial overnights, Grandstand's

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    OFF THE RECORD - That sinking feeling

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    There was much gnashing of teeth not so long ago when the beautiful people of Bafta decided to split the TV and film awards into two separate categories, with fears that

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    Merged giant may float by end of year

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The newly merged Pearson TV/CLT-Ufa broadcast-production company could be floated on the London stock exchange with a new name by the end of the year.Speaking at Mip-TV in Cannes this week,

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    EBU TO BE HONOURED WITH GOLDEN ROSE AT MONTREUX

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is to be honoured with a special award at The Golden Rose of Montreux in May. The Golden Rose of Honour will be presented to the

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    STANDARDISED SCRAMBLING SYSTEM TESTED BY EBU

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said this week that is has successfully tested a simple standardised scrambling system, suitable for digital satellite news gathering, that can work with all makes of

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    Dyke poised to fill nations and regions post by Easter

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke is expected to appoint a new director of nations and regions before Easter, thereby filling one of the most senior and politically sensitive vacancies at the

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    TV does not push drugs

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Television does not influence people to take drugs and is even a deterrent, according to a major new study due to be published this week by the Broadcasting Standards Commission, writes

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    Ferguson quits STV for new NTL division

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    NTL is to start making its own programmes for its digital services and has poached Scottish TV (STV) controller Scott Ferguson to set up the department.The level of NTL's investment is

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    ON DIGITAL UPS SUBS

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    On Digital has announced its digital subscribers now number 673,000 homes, up from 552,000 at the end of 1999, and claims it is still on course to hit 1 million homes

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    FEATURE - Watching the detectives

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    With an inquiry into ITV's share of advertising looming, Ed Shelton looks at the four key Competition Commission players, to find out if their industry knowledge and mixture of abilities measure up to the task.

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    Neal takes deputy to form new indie

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal is leaving to set up his own indie and is taking his deputy Catriona McKenzie with him.The duo, who have worked together in various

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    INTERVIEW - TV's culture shock

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Passionate about equality and responsible for implementing a cultural diversity strategy at Carlton Television, Parminder Vir is perfectly placed to spearhead CDN, the industry's project geared towards fair representation.

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    ROGER COOK GETS LEGAL WITH NEWS OF THE WORLD

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Roger Cook has issued a High Court claim for defamation against the News of the World newspaper, following a series of articles that have accused Carlton Television's The Cook Report of