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BBC News axes nine TV posts
BBC News head of television news Roger Mosey has axed nine key management posts in a move that BBC insiders claim is a U-turn by chief executive Tony Hall, write Tara Conlan and Jason Deans.
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Talk relaunches and attacks EBU
Talk Radio has stepped up its legal offensive against the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in a bid to win sports rights from the BBC, as it prepares to relaunch as the
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Granada seeks OFT approval for offers
The move towards further ITV consolidation gathered pace on Friday (7 January) when the Granada Group asked the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Independent Television Commission for permission to
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BURGESS APPROACHES CAFE
Former Transmedia Productions managing director Bruce Burgess has been in talks with indie Cafe Productions about a possible umbrella arrangement for shows he is developing. Burgess is understood to have pitched
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HIT APPOINTS FOLIGNO AS DIRECTOR OF INTERNET
Hit Entertainment has appointed Stephen Foligno as director of internet activities. Foligno, who has been Hit head of technical for two years, will develop existing websites such as Bob the Builder
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DECODE APPOINTS BAZAY AND DORRIS TO SALES POSITIONS
Canada's Decode Entertainment has appointed Dominique Bazay as director, international sales and Caroline Dorris as international sales executive in its recently formed international distribution division. Both report to Decode partner Neil
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FORD APPOINTED TO HEAD NEW EMAP PERFORMANCE
Emap has announced a management shake-up following the creation of a new music-based division, Emap Performance, to encompass all its radio and TV interests. Reporting to Emap Performance chief executive Tim
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Future uncertain at AOL/Time Warner
Hundreds of Turner/Time Warner staff in Europe face months of uncertainty as they wait to hear how the proposed merger with AOL will affect them.Those working for Time Warner's European TV
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Antelope takes on Marley biography
Independent Antelope Productions has been commissioned to make a 90-minute biography of Bob Marley for Channel 4 backed by a budget in excess of£500,000.The documentary, called Rebel Music, will be
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OFF THE RECORD - Another Kiss goodbye
As imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the good people of London's Kiss FM were no doubt over the moon at news of BBC Radio 1's latest appointment, the oddly
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RTS ANNOUNCES STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS SHORTLIST
The Royal Television Society has unveiled the shortlist for its Student Television Awards, to be presented on 11 February at Bafta in London.The animation shortlist is: Nightlife by Anwyn Beier from
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Halo joins up with Cinar Europe for BBC Animation
UK independent Halo Productions has linked up with Canadian producer/distributor Cinar Europe to secure a BBC 2 peaktime animation commission, Treasure. The 26 x 10-minute series, which will be aimed at
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CARLTON POACHES ANDREW FROM GENERATION GAME
Carlton Television controller of entertainment Mark Wells has hired BBC entertainment executive producer Sue Andrew. Andrew has been with the BBC for 17 years and has been working on Jim Davidson's
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Who's losing control?
Are commissioning editors turning into TV's very own Stressed Erics (above) - a breed of overworked, highly pressurised but ultimately powerless paper pushers, asks Ashley Davies.
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SMITH TO OUTLINE ANALOGUE SWITCH-OFF STRATEGY
Media Secretary Chris Smith (left) will outline his strategy for switching off analogue television signals at a Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) seminar at 17.45 on 9 March in
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Free to air
Whatever happened to detector vans? I ask not only because I am still waiting to be visited by one (I pay my licence fee but have for some reason failed to
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BARRACLOUGH SIGNS UP FOR DESIGN AGENCY SKARAMOOSH
Helen Barraclough has joined design agency Skaramoosh, where she will join the producing and marketing team. Barraclough worked previously at Touch at Frontline, where she was a producer for design and
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Runel to head up Fox Kids across Europe
Fox Kids Europe has promoted Benoit Runel to the new role of executive director of programming and acquisition, writes John Plunkett.Runel, who has been deputy general manager and programming director of
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NORWAY'S NRK ACQUIRES TWELFTH PINNACLE FXDEKO
NRK in Norway has taken delivery of its twelfth Pinnacle FXDeko character generator, making it the largest FXDeko user in northern Europe. The systems are integrated into NRK's network of regional
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FRANCE TO ACCELERATE INTRODUCTION OF DTT
French authorities are attempting to speed up the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTT) by introducing new regulations and accelerating the development of receiving equipment and the selection of DTT operators.The