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TOP SPEAKERS LINED UP FOR UK DIGITAL TV CONFERENCE
The UK Digital TV conference has lined-up a host of top-level speakers, including former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt. Running from 17 - 19 April at the Hyatt Carlton Hotel
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GNU'S NEW PROJECT COMPLETED FOR OUR TOWN STORY
Gnu has just completed designing and animating the opening titles for new Sky Digital series McDonalds - Our Town Story. The series of programmes from Brewers Productions gives students from towns
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OFF THE RECORD - Cold feet, warm hearts
Cast your minds back to the Edinburgh TV Festival two years ago, if you will. In one session, BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon was asked which programme he wished he had
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EX-MANCHESTER EDITOR UNGER CHOSEN BY JAZZ FM
Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly has appointed Manchester Evening News former editor Michael Unger to the new position of general manager of Jazz Fm 100.4, the station's north-west operation. He
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PAYNE TAKES SOUTHERN STAR SALES CHIEF EXEC ROLE
Cathy Payne has been promoted to chief executive Southern Star Sales after the departure of Robyn Watts, who left the company last week. Watts has not announced further details of her
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OFF THE RECORD - Censor-sational news
News reaches OTR this week that Michael Grade, former Channel 4 pornographer-in-chief (Daily Mail passim), has added yet another directorship to his growing number of boardroom gigs - chairman of the
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CARLTON AND LWT PREPARE SEPARATE MAYORAL SPECIALS
Carlton Television and LWT are both preparing regional specials that will see the key London mayoral candidates appearing just days before the capital's elections on 4 May. Carlton has secured a
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HOLDEN TO STAR IN CARLTON VERSION OF THE HUNT
Carlton has started production on new two-part ITV drama The Hunt and has confirmed that The Grimley's star Amanda Holden is to take the starring role. Holden features alongside Adrian Lukis
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FORMER CARLTON FACTUAL CHIEF UNVEILS NEW LOOK MBC
Former Carlton TV controller of factual Steve Clark (right) has unveiled a relaunch of Arab TV service MBC News. Clark, now MBC director of news and production, said the London-based channel's
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Panavision offers Sony cam
Sony announced at NAB this week that Panavision, the leading supplier of film cameras to the Hollywood motion picture industry, is to begin offering film and TV producers Sony's 24P high-definition
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OFF THE RECORD - Cannes call
Although Greg Dyke appears to have his hands full at the BBC, he still finds time to watch over his old patch at Pearson. This fact came to light when Pearson
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Quantel staff prepare for buy-out
The board of editing and effects manufacturer Quantel has submitted a bid to parent company Carlton Communications for a management buy-out of the company, writes Dominic Timms.Senior management informed Quantel staff
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BSKYB REBRANDS SPORTS NEWS AS A DOTCOM CHANNEL
Sky Sports has rebranded digital channel Sky Sports News as Skysports.comTV, in a move that sees it become a sports news text and programme channel.The service relaunched this week, airing popular
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Brook Lapping quits Timeline
Brook Lapping has pulled out of Timeline Productions, its joint production deal with ORTV and APTN, but the remaining two parties are pressing ahead with the freshly signed arrangement, writes Ashley
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BROADCAST OUT EARLY
Broadcast will publish a day early next week to allow for the Easter bank holiday. It will be available from Wednesday 19 April.
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COLLIS TAKES SONY DIRECTOR OF BROADCAST BUSINESS JOB
Sony Broadcast & Professional Europe has promoted Ian Collis to director of broadcast business, responsible for Sony's Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Collis has worked at Sony for 18 years
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ILLSLEY SET TO BOW OUT
Telewest chief executive Tony Illsley has decided not to stay on as number two to Flextech chief executive Adam Singer, who will head the operation formed out of the merger of
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Panasonic boosts HD
Panasonic is seeking to boost the take-up of its high-definition TV formats with other manufacturers by introducing easily integrated mini board codec modules and standalone codec packages for its D5-HD and
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OFF THE RECORD - Blooming cheek
And so to last week's Race in the Media Awards (Rima), where Greg Dyke took a break from handing out P45s to BBC PRs, marketeers and strategists to admit that minorities
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JIM HENSON TV POACHES LITTLE PONDS' BLAKE
The Jim Henson Company has hired Little Pond chief Juliet Blake as Jim Henson TV senior vice-president, creative affairs. Blake was a Pearson TV senior vice-president, programming until she moved to