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TRINITY DENIES LIVE TV SALE
Regional newspaper publisher Trinity, which this week completed its takeover of Live TV owner Mirror Group in a£2 billion deal, has no immediate plans to sell off the cable station.A
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OXYGEN FINED FOR DECEIT
Dawe Media-owned Oxygen FM has been fined£20,000 and had its licence shortened by two years after it falsified a day's programming in a bid to deceive the Radio Authority. The
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MICROSOFT/LIBERTY DEAL
Microsoft and Liberty Media, the investment vehicle controlled by cable entrepreneur John Malone, are to form a near $500 million (£313 million) joint-venture to exploit further opportunities in European cable television.
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Viacom/CBS merger creates media giant
One of the biggest media mergers of all time was announced on Tuesday (7 September) by US entertainment giants Viacom and CBS Group, writes Claire Atkinson.
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TELEVISION CORPORATION TAKES STAKE IN US FIRM
The Television Corporation is expected to announce that it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in an as-yet-unnamed audio post-production business in America, when it reports its interim figures expected
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Monti continues tough EU line
Incoming European Union (EU) competition commissioner Mario Monti intends to take a tough line with broadcasters to make sure they respect anti-trust rules, as well as continuing to pursue his predecessor's
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MILLENNIUM TELEVISION - Dome comfort
For the BBC it's millennium fever as the countdown to the big day begins in earnest this autumn, but for other broadcasters 'millennium schmillennium' might be a more accurate description. Peter Keighron reports.
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FRAMESTORE SNARES DRUM CO-FOUNDER MACKENZIE
FrameStore has appointed Drum co-founder Helen Mackenzie as senior producer with particular responsibility for 3D. Mackenzie helped set up Drum in September 1995 with fellow ex-Electric Image employees Ian McFayden and
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CHURCH SPECIAL TO HEAD NBDTV MIPCOM SLATE
A 40-minute classical music special featuring teenage singer Charlotte Church accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra will be among the new programming launched by UK indie distributor NBDtv at Mipcom.Other new
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STEWART TRADES IN LIBERTY FOR CHRYSALIS ROLE
Chrysalis Radio has poached Adrian Stewart from Liberty Radio to become deputy programme director of midlands-based 100.7 Heart fm. Stewart, 36, was head of music and operations manager at Liberty for
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Zenith North chief shown door in revamp
Independent producer and rights' owner Zenith Entertainment is to downscale its Newcastle arm, Zenith North, and has made its managing director, Peter Mitchell, redundant, writes John Plunkett.
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CHATSWORTH DISTRIBUTORS HIRES HARIA AS MANAGER
Chatsworth Television Distributors, the sister company of UK indie Chatsworth Television, has appointed Sital Haria as its new manager. Sital Haria joins from High Point, with a brief to expand the
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CE Digital scoops London multiplex
The hotly contested London digital radio multiplex has been awarded by the Radio Authority to the joint-venture between Capital Radio and Emap Radio, CE Digital.The winning application, which consists of eight
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TRADE TALK - Cash machine
Television Corporation chief executive Chris Rowlands may not be very well-known in TV land but the City adores him, says Ashley Davies.
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FAY TO OVERSEE YEAR OF PROMISE FOR CARLTON
Carlton has appointed Colin Fay as senior producer of ITV's millennium initiative, Year of Promise. The scheme will ask people to make their mark on the year 2000 by making and
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United Wildlife MD Broughton departs
United Wildlife managing director Mark Broughton has left the company, writes Tim Dams.
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READ TO HOST JAZZ FM BREAKFAST SHOW IN NORTH-WEST
Jazz FM has named former BBC Radio 1 and Classic FM DJ Mike Read as the new breakfast show host for its north-west station. Read replaces journalist Martin Kelner, who also
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INTERVIEW - The brand leader
As she sets off on a freelance career after almost two decades with Lambie Nairn, the hard working, hard walking Sarah Davies is living proof that branding has become central to the future of the television industry.
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Boyle chastises radio producers
BBC Radio 4 controller James Boyle has chastised programme-makers for not listening to the network enough, writes John Plunkett.
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UNITED REVAMPS HTV BOARD STRUCTURE
United Broadcasting & Entertainment has announced a series of changes in the board structure of HTV. The board has been enlarged to encompass the interests of both Wales and the west