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Deane quits Lucky Dog to set up indie.
Lucky dog chief executive Geoff Deane has severed links with Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) and is setting up a new production company after disagreeing with the company's strategy of consolidating its
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ITV lobbies ITC to promote On Digital.
ITV is lobbying the Independent Television Commission to remove a rule that bars it from cross-promoting On Digital, writes Simon Ellery.
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Puremix to shut down.
Chrysalis New Media is to close its internet radio station, Puremix.com, after conceding there is currently no market for it, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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OFF THE RECORD - No laughs down at the the farm.
Foot and mouth disease could end up having a deeper impact on broadcasting than one would assume, and vice versa. The National Farmers Union chief was heard last week pleading with
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Play UK editor lured from Sky.
Sky one executive producer Matthew Littleford has been made Play UK's channel editor, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TOP EDITOR RETURNS.
Martin Hicks has returned from the US to join Oasis Television, bringing its editing team to 19. Formerly at the Moving Picture Company, Hicks worked on music videos for Brian May,
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Einstein ups original production.
Digital science channel Einstein is looking to form a number of production partnerships with science-based indies with a view to increasing its original production output, writes David Wood.
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Indie quits Emmas job.
THE BBC has been forced to look for another independent to produce the Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (Emmas) after its original production choice, Initial, pulled out this week, writes Ashley Davies.
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EUNITE EXPANDING.
Interactive producer Eunite has appointed former Granada G-Wizz director of programmes Chris Pressley to sharpen the company's focus on enhanced TV for the broadcast and entertainment sectors. Pressley, who will head
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Everett is Highfield number two.
BBC controller, interactive TV and navigation Katharine Everett has been promoted to the newly created post of controller, new media, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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INTERVIEW - Facing the facts.
Factual commissioning controller Nicola Moody is looking for contemporary stories which are 'inventive and innovative' and 'really connect with viewers'. With a remit that extends from BBC 1 and 2 to Choice and Knowledge there should be no shortage of ord
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FOX KIDS PROFIT FALL.
Fox Kids Europe has reported earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $16.3m (£11.3m) for the six months to 30 November 2000 down from $26.2m (£18.2m) for the same
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NATPE AND PRIX ITALIA LINK UP FOR FESTIVAL.
US trade body Natpe and the organisers of the Prix Italia have joined forces to hold a series of seminars and workshops for producers at this year's Prix Italia festival in
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SPORT GAPS UNFILLED.
Channel 4 and BBC 1 were still seeking to fill gaps left by the cancellation of all racing meetings and the Wales v Ireland Six Nations rugby due to the foot
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TWI GOES TO THE RACES.
TWI has been hired by French race course promoter France Galop to act as its global distribution agent for TV rights to all its events, including the Prix de L'Arc de
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IBC GOES INTERACTIVE.
The International Broadcasting Convention is to target producers with a special focus on interactive television at this September's Production Festival in Amsterdam. A day of sessions on the creative and business
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VIRGIN ONLINE A HIT.
Virgin Radio is the most listened-to music station on the internet, according to Arbitron, the US version of Rajar. The group, which monitors more than 2,000 internet-based radio stations from around
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INFERNO OP MOVES.
Inferno operator Johnny Hicks is to move to Clear. He joins after five years at Glassworks, where his credits included George Michael's Fastlove promo and the Orange advertising campaign. Managing director
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SKY JOINS MXR.
Sky News is to join the MXR digital radio consortium as a shareholder and content provider. Under the terms of the deal, output from Sky News Radio will be available to
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LIVE & KICKING RENEWED.
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has confirmed that BBC 1 Saturday morning kids show Live & Kicking has been re-commissioned and will run over the summer for the first time.