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TV mags fix deadlines
TV listings editors have forced the terrestrial channels to limit schedule changes to an earlier deadline of 16.00 on Wednesdays with any subsequent changes to remain unpublished.The agreement follows a 'listings
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DCMS' JONES TAKES POLICY POST AT PACT
Producers' alliance Pact has appointed Kris Jones, a broadcasting policy adviser at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, as its new head of public affairs. Jones has worked at the
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SINGER, TAYLOR AND DAVEY HONOURED BY RTS
Flextech executive chairman Adam Singer, Discovery Channels Europe managing director Joyce Taylor and former Independent Television Commission director of cable and satellite Jon Davey were awarded silver medals by the Royal
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House welcomes Dann
Barnes Trust Media has confirmed that Steve Dann has been appointed as sales and marketing development manager for facility subsidiary The House.The appointment, predicted in Broadcast last week, comes less than
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DAISLEY TO HEAD SALES AT SOMETHIN' ELSE
Bruce Daisley has been appointed head of sales for independent radio production company Somethin' Else. Daisley, formerly a sales executive for Emap On Air, will be responsible for developing new revenue
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CWC offers digital for under a tenner
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has turned the heat up on its rivals by unveiling a digital pay-TV package that it claims undercuts similar offerings from both On Digital and BSkyB
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LWT PROMOTES MACKIE TO DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF DRAMA
Laura Mackie has been promoted from head to deputy controller of drama at LWT, as part of a reshuffle by controller Jo Wright. Since joining LWT from BBC drama along with
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ITN wins editorial control of LNR
ITN has taken editorial control of London News Radio (LNR) in a radical overhaul of the company announced on Wednesday (30 June), writes John Plunkett.
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Jones sets up TV rights consultancy
Philip Jones, Carlton International director of international relations, is quitting after 17 years with Carlton and Central TV to set up his own TV rights consultancy.Jones, who will leave Carlton's distribution
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Tektronix confirms it will offload VND
Tektronix has confirmed that it plans to sell or merge its loss-making VND division, as predicted in Broadcast in April (23.4.99.)News of the decision came as the company announced that it
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ITV TARGETS GAMESHOWS FOR NEW COMEDY DRAMA SERIES
Keith Allen and Denis Lawson will be taking supporting roles alongside Michael Barrymore in Bob Martin, Granada TV's comedy drama for ITV. Allen and Lawson will play, respectively, warm-up man and
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Hibbert Ralph co-founder departs to focus on films
Hibbert Ralph Animation co-founder Graham Ralph is leaving the company to start up a new company.Ralph, who has worked with co-founder Jerry Hibbert since 1983, will relinquish his stake in the
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CN GROUP MOVES INTO RADIO
Carlisle-based newspaper publisher CN Group has acquired controlling interests in two radio stations - The Bay, covering Morecambe Bay, and City Beat in Belfast - from the Oyston Family Trust. CN
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SIMON NYE SCRIPTS TV MOVIE OF THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye is scripting a TV movie version of E Nesbitt's classic family story, The Railway Children, for Carlton and ITV. The 120-minute drama will be screened
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History Channel strikes co-pro deal
The History Channel UK has struck a major new co-production deal with distributor Electric Sky and indie Basic Films to make a slate of documentaries, writes Alice Macandrew.
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COUNTRY TRACKS RETURNS WITH CELEBRITY MUSCLE
BBC Birmingham network production is producing a second series of Country Tracks, the BBC 2 outdoors show. Presented by Pete McCarthy, the series will feature location reports from all over Britain,
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Talk catches cricket deal
Talk Radio has bought the exclusive live rights to England's cricket tour of Pakistan, the second overseas series it has signed in three months, writes John Plunkett.
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CARLTON TO START SHOOTING ONE-OFF LONDON DRAMA
Carlton has gone into production with Blue Murder, a TV movie for ITV. The 120-minute single drama, which stars Gary Mavers as a policeman who falls for a rich woman played
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CARLTON SCRAPS HQ PLAN
The Carlton Media Group has scrapped plans to unify its London operations at a new building in Great Marlborough Street. The plan, which was announced last July, has been abandoned because
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Carlton World orders some Toast
Digital terrestrial channel Carlton World has lined up two 26 x 30-minute series from Carlton Productions and Carlton subsidiary Action Time, writes Alice Macandrew.