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ROBINSON NO TO SMG BID
Granada Group has stated that, as a 20 per cent shareholder in Scottish Media Group (SMG), it would not give its approval to a£225 million SMG bid for Ginger Media
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Berriff quits Granada TV to hook up with United
Award-winning documentary-maker Paul Berriff is leaving Granada Television to join the growing team of factual heavyweights at United Productions assembled by chief executive John Willis, writes David Wood.United's factual department already
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TYRO BEGINS WORK ON SEQUEL TO IMOGEN'S FACE
Production started in London this week on 1 x 100-minute ITV drama Pretending to be Judith, a sequel to Imogen's Face, which is being produced by independent Tyro Productions. The single
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ITN beats rivals in mobile phone wars
ITN has beaten the BBC to become the first broadcaster to launch a mobile phone news service in the UK.The service, which was rolled out on Tuesday (23 November), gives mobile
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BEAT TAPS METRO
News and information outfit Metro Networks is to provide a slate of programming for central Scotland's new radio station, Beat 106. Metro will provide Beat, headed by former Virgin Radio programme
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ITC's Biggam urges review of BBC
Independent Television Commission chairman Sir Robin Biggam argued this week that a fundamental examination of the structure of the BBC and its role as a public service broadcaster must take place
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BAFTA INVITES SINGER TO GIVE MASTERCLASS
Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer will be the next guest in the cable and satellite season of Bafta management masterclasses on Monday (29 November). Singer (right) will talk about
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SURVEY BACKS BROAD BBC
A survey by BMRB on behalf of the BBC has found that 86 per cent of respondents believe it is either extremely or very important for the BBC to maintain its
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Euro doc outfit to back UK films
The pan-European documentary sales outfit d.net.sales is seeking to back UK projects after landing£500,000 from the European Commission Media II funding programme and German film fund MDM, writes Liz Shackleton.The
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Avid faces Sumatra delay until March
Avid Technology has confirmed it has been forced to put back the launch of Sumatra - its much anticipated new 3D software - until at least the end of March next
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... AND NAMES PA CONSULTING AS REGULATORY AUDITOR
The ITC has appointed management and technology consultancy PA Consulting Group to conduct a survey among its licensees to determine key priorities for regulatory change. The survey is part of the
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Neal attacks BBC on drama series
Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal has called on the BBC to abandon in-house production of drama series and fully open the door to independent producers.Delivering a broadside against both
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SONY BRINGS ASIAN CHANNEL TO NOTTINGHAM
Sony's premium Asian pay-TV channel, Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia), has extended its carriage in the UK with a distribution deal with NTL in Nottingham. The channel, which is already
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COMPLETE VIDEO SIGNS UP INFERNO ARTIST HOPKINS
Covent Garden's Complete Video has appointed Inferno artist Mark Hopkins who joins from Melbourne facility Iloura. Complete head of production Andrew Swepson said Hopkins' arrival was part of an 'ongoing drive
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SGI to keep control of NT arm
SGI has decided not to hive off its beleaguered NT workstation business to a third party or into a separate business, according to general manager of SGI's visual solutions business unit
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GWR APPOINTS WATSON TO DRIVE UK RADIO GROWTH
The GWR Group - the parent outfit of Classic FM - has appointed head of special projects Gregory Watson to the new post of director of operational strategy, to oversee the
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Back at the cutting edge?
It's almost a year since Jane Root was appointed controller of BBC 2. David Wood looks back on her first year at the helm and asks how she's preparing for the battle ahead.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Comeback kid
Sport's share of the TV audience is down but, despite the loss of live football, cricket, Formula One and, of course, Des Lynam, the BBC is still outperforming its rivals.
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CARLTON AMERICA AND GRANADA SEAL US JOHN DENVER DEAL
Carlton America has struck a deal with Granada Entertainment USA (GE USA) for exclusive worldwide distribution rights to GE USA's new film, Take Me Home: The John Denver Story. The deal
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Everyman special follows UN ambassador Halliwell
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is to present a 2 x 50-minute Everyman special for BBC 1 produced by September Films, writes John Plunkett.Geri's World Walkabout, commissioned by BBC 1 controller