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CHRYSALIS SIGNS RALLIES
Chrysalis Sport has signed a five-year deal with International Sportsworld Communicators (ISC) to become the TV partner of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC).
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EX-OMNI MEDIA PRESIDENT ROSSI MOVES TO CINAR
Cinar Corporation has appointed Omni Media USA president George Rossi as its new senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Rossi, who took up the role this week, will have overall responsibility
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Double Exposure to make commission for Discovery
Indie Double Exposure is making a 13 x 30-minute series for Discovery International called Streets of the World, writes Ashley Davies.
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A RAFT OF COMMISSIONS FOR INDIE GOLDHAWK MEDIA
Buckinghamshire-based factual indie Goldhawk Media is in production with projects for UK broadcasters Carlton Television and Telewest content arm Flextech, as well as US-based Discovery Health Channel. Discovery has commissioned a
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Natpe mulls reality TV at conference
US programme market Natpe is to tackle reality TV at its 38th conference in January.Headline sessions at the four-day conference in Las Vegas include Formats: the new reality, which will feature
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UK leads in convergence
The UK will have the biggest 'convergent' population in Europe by 2005, predicts a new report on digital TV, internet and mobile phone convergence to be published next week, writes David Wood.
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JACKSON IN CONVERSATION
Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette will be in conversation with Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson on 14 November at 18.00 at the London School of Economics.
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Nickelodeon defends itself
Children's channel Nickelodeon has reacted angrily to comments made by broadcasting minister Janet Anderson singling out 'violent content' in programmes such as Power Rangers, writes Simon Ellery.
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Public 'resisting' switch to digital
Fears are growing that too little is being done to tackle the estimated 10 million households that are expected to resist the switch from analogue to digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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On Digital refuses to pay price hikes
On Digital will refuse to pay BSkyB's increased charges for carrying Sky channels, in the hope that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will intervene in the latest row between the
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RADIO IN NEW DIGITAL DRIVE
National digital multiplex operator Digital One is organising digital radio training roadshows for 350 electronics retailers around the country as part of a six-month training and education and strategy.
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DIGITAL FILM LAB RECRUITS TWO MORE IN RUN-UP TO LAUNCH
New digital film facility Digital Film Lab has made two further appointments ahead of its launch next week. Rod Shelton joins as senior producer from VTR where he set up the
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WORLD SERVICE ENGLISH NETWORK DIRECTOR TO LEAVE
BBC World Service director of English networks and news Bob Jobbins is to leave the organisation next spring after 30 years. A replacement for him has not been announced. Jobbins plans
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NEWSWORLD - The great divide
Should the BBC be allowed to expand its news coverage across different platforms? ITN new media's Garron Baines says no, while the corporation's Martin Vogel argues it adds up to more value for the licence fee payer.
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Mercury to make war reporter doc
As discussions between broadcasters continue over how to prevent the deaths of frontline reporters, it has emerged that fledgling distribution and production company Mercury Media is making a 3 x 50-minute documentary series about war reporting, writes As
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TWG to make sports docs for TV
The Wireless Group (TWG) is making a move into television, joining forces with indie 3BM TV to produce sports documentaries, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The expansion sees a return to television production for
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SKILLSET DOUBLES PLACES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING
Broadcast industry training body Skillset is injecting£75,000 into doubling the number of its health and safety course places. More training is to be provided for critical health and safety grades,
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DOWLING JOINS INTERACTIVE OUTFIT PITTARD SULLIVAN
Interactive media and branding specialist Pittard Sullivan has hired Paul Dowling for the newly created role of head of operations. Reporting to UK managing director John Holland, Dowling will take on
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OFF THE RECORD - Dumbing down
OTR would like to appeal for public assistance after three people infiltrated last week's ITV2 quiz, disguising themselves as Broadcast reporters. The quiz was organised to launch Total 90s, the hugely
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Pinewood opens first full-facility TV studio
Pinewood Studios launched its first full-facility television studio last week. The recent refurbishment has seen Sony install a turnkey system, including a DVS 7250 vision mixer with Studer supplying a D950M2