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NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - Purvis backs TV bulletins
ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis launched a passionate defence of traditional TV news bulletins, claiming they had kept their audience 'rather better' than terrestrial TV as a whole.In a debate on
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Mirror Trinity turns back on television
Trinity Mirror is to pull the plug on virtually all its TV interests following the closure of Live TV last week, leading to the loss of around 250 jobs.The media group
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Dyke to give keynote speech at Media Race Awards
BBC director general designate Greg Dyke will deliver the keynote speech at the next Race in the Media Awards (Rima) on 7 April 2000 - the end of his first week
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BBC scoops five Bafta Children's Awards
The BBC dominated the fourth annual Bafta Children's Awards on Sunday (7 November), scooping five of the top prizes at a ceremony at the London Hilton, writes Paul Donovan.Leading the way
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RTS AWARD FOR INNOVATION GOES TO PHILIPS SPECTER
Philips Specter Datacine has won the Royal Television Society award for innovative applications. Philips beat nominations from Autocue and BSkyB to win the award, which was presented at a ceremony on
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Radio Authority raises licence fees for first time
The Radio Authority has announced the first hike in the annual licence fees that radio stations pay to cover the RA's costs. The increases average 8 per cent and come into
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NEW CHAIR CHAIMOWITZ BIDS TO EXPAND AUCTION CHANNEL
Brilliant Digital-owned The Auction Channel has named Ron Chaimowitz as its new chairman and chief executive officer. Chaimowitz, a former co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of GT Interactive Software, said
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Avid cuts Unity price to attract smaller facilities
Avid technology is dropping the price of its Unity media networking system in an attempt to kick-start sales to smaller facilities.In a campaign redolent of its disastrous summer promotion for AVBV-based
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Border Radio appoints Gregory to Century Brands
Border Radio Holdings has appointed Mark Gregory as group creative director of its three Century brand stations. Gregory, who was formerly an independent radio consultant working on restructuring the creative department
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Pacy moves in for Appleton at Clever
WPP subsidiary Clever Group has parted company with chief executive Stuart Appleton as part of a move to restructure the company, which will eventually group WPP's diverse facilities interests into a
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News World announces new awards
The organisers of News World have announced the launch of a new set of awards to recognise and reward outstanding achievement in news.Launched in association with Broadcast, the inaugural awards ceremony
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Dinosaur animation films key to Fox Kids Christmas
Fox Kids has acquired a triple bill of animated dinosaur movies from MCA-TV Universal to make up a key part of its Christmas schedule. The deal reflects a drive to feature
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NEWS ANALYSIS - The eagle has landed
Liberty Media's expansive plans to make a£150 million bid for US facilities giant Four Media has sent shock waves through post-production in this country. Dominic Timms investigates.
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Airey to join board of newly formed Film Council
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey (left) is joining the board of the Film Council. The newly formed body will be responsible for distributing£150 million of government and lottery
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Flashback wins A&E job for war machines series
Flashback Television has picked up a commission from A&E Television Networks' The History Channel for a 4 x 60-minute series, Battle Stations, writes Tim Dams.The series examines the machines that proved
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MONTE CARLO TV FESTIVAL ADDS BEST TV SERIES PRIZE
The Monte Carlo Television Festival is planning to launch a new television category at its 2001 event. Festival secretary general David Tomatis confirmed this week that the event would add a
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Jump Design & direction has created titles for the latest series of LWT classic, Blind Date. Using a combination of live action and graphic elements, designer Russell Mann conjured up different
Jump Design & direction has created titles for the latest series of LWT classic, Blind Date. Using a combination of live action and graphic elements, designer Russell Mann conjured up different
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BBC gives academic human resources post
The BBC has appointed an external candidate to replace Margaret Salmon as director of human resources and legal affairs, writes Tim Dams.
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Shier lands top job at Oz's ABC
Former Thames Television deputy chief executive Jonathan Shier has landed a new job in Australian broadcasting as managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).Shier, most recently commercial director at Scandinavian
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Free licences for over-75s heralds funding breakthrough
The Government's decision to foot the£300 million-a-year bill to give free TV licences to pensioners over 75 represents a breakthrough in the Treasury's attitude to BBC funding, writes John Lewis.