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MURDOCH IN LINE TO LAND BUNDESLIGA RIGHTS
Rupert Murdoch is being tipped as a likely bidder for the TV rights to the premier German domestic football league, the Bundesliga, when the contract comes up for grabs this summer.
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BSKYB TO NAME SUCCESSOR
Mark Booth's successor as BSkyB chief executive could be announced by the end of the week, according to sources. It is understood that his replacement, thought to be Tony Ball, head
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BSC rapped for 'frightening' guide to religious TV shows
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has come under fire for publishing a 'frightening' and 'threatening' guide about religion for programme-makers.The attack comes from The National Secular Society, which has written to
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LWT BREACHES ITC CODE
LWT has been issued with its first formal reprimand for breaches of the Independent Television Commission Programme Code. The reprimand centred on LWT's Saturday morning Children's ITV show, SM:TV Live, made
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DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS TO SAVE ON SECOND SET-TOP BOX
On Digital subscribers will soon be able to get BSkyB's digital satellite service without purchasing a second set-top box thanks to the development of modules that can be added to existing
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Buyers book Breakers
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment's (CVE) Australian-produced drama, Breakers, has been reordered by TV3 in the Republic of Ireland and TV4 in New Zealand.The 215 x 30-minute second series of the Bondi Beach
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OFF THE RECORD - Bird brained
Media Secretary Chris Smith was among a host of, er, celebrities asked to choose their favourite museum piece to help launch a new museums website.So what did Smith opt for? The
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Digital radio bids unveiled
The three contenders for the first London digital radio multiplex unveiled their proposed services for the Capital on Tuesday (11 May), writes John Plunkett.As expected the three are CE Digital, the
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Christians make fresh bid for UK radio
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB), which broadcasts to continental Europe from the UK, is making a fresh appeal to the Government for a UK radio licence, writes John Lewis.
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DEBATE BEGINS ON NEW FRENCH BROADCASTING LAW
Parliamentary debate is to start on France's new broadcasting law, personally sponsored by prime minister Lionel Jospin, on Tuesday (18 May). Culture and communication minister Catherine Trautmann has promised the legislation
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OFF THE RECORD - Only here for the beer
Shock news in a press release from those good people at the Student Radio Network, who are fed up with students (right) being stereotyped by the media. 'Say the word student
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Poole joins features team at BBC Bristol
Close Up editor Michael Poole is leaving the BBC's arts department to join the corporation's Bristol-based features division as a senior executive editor, writes David Wood.
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NATURAL HISTORY OFFERS TUTORIALS FOR BBC KNOWLEDGE
The BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) is to produce a new 35 x 60-minute 'tutorial' series, Ology Hour, for the corporation's new digital education channel, BBC Knowledge, which launches on 1
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ZDF DRAWN TO BBC WORLDWIDE EVEREST FILM
BBC Worldwide has pre-sold Lost on Everest, the BBC feaures documentary about the successful search for the body of climber George Mallory, to ZDF in Germany. Worldwide has invested in the
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Euronews' Baer is replaced by deputy
James Baer, managing director of ITN-operated Euronews, has unexpectedly left the pan-regional 24-hour broadcaster.Baer resigned at a board meeting last Friday (7 May) and has been replaced by his deputy, Martyn
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Axed ITV shows win RTS awards
News at Ten and World in Action posthumously won the top two prizes at the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards on Tuesday (11 May), calling into question ITV's decision to overhaul
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TEKTRONIX CONFIRMS AVSTAR TIE WITH VND
Tektronix has confirmed that AvStar, its newsroom joint-venture with Avid Technology, is tied to its Video Networking Division (VND) and not to holding company Tektronix Inc. A spokeswoman for the company
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GEATER TO JOIN AVALON
Sara Geater, head of production at Miramax/Hal, is leaving to join Avalon Television as head of television and film. She has a brief to lead a drive into drama and feature
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SMG unveils promotion to attract new drama ideas
Scottish Media Group (SMG) and Scottish Screen are requesting scripts for 30-minute television dramas as part of an initiative to encourage budding young Scottish writers, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OFF THE RECORD - When insects attack
It seems the makers of OTR's favourite cable and satellite show, When Animals Attack, could do worse than get down to the Channel 5 HQ in Long Acre. OTR mentions this