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Study sheds light on TV viewing
Contrary to popular belief, men like soap operas and make joint decisions with their female partners over what TV to watch, according to a new study from the British Film Institute
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ONE WORLD HELPS KIDS
The One World '99 International Media Conference & Awards takes place on 17 June. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, the conference explores the media's role in protecting children's rights. Participants will include
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OFF THE RECORD - What happened next?
Red faces at the Royal Television Society sports awards last week when rivals in the sports entertainment award, the Beeb's Question of Sport (right) and TalkBack's They Think It's All Over,
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RADIO SALES AT TOP STATIONS GROW BY QUARTER
Total sales at the top 70 commercial radio stations grew by 28 per cent between 1995 and 1998, according to a report by Schober Direct Marketing.The stations, which together account for
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GWR GROUP TO RESHUFFLE MANAGEMENT AT ORCHARD MEDIA
GWR Group has announced a further management restructure at Orchard Media, the south-west England group that GWR bought for£25.6 million in January.Robert Pocock, who was appointed chief executive of Orchard
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Only Fools ... optioned to US
Castle Rock, part of the Time Warner group, is pitching Only Fools and Horses to US writers after optioning US rights to the series from creator John Sullivan.The company is thought
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HENSON MAKES FLETCHER A SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT
The Jim Henson Company has promoted Angus Fletcher to senior vice-president, international television, from vice-president.John Stephenson is to be senior vice-president and creative director and David Gwynne-Evans is named director of
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FILMFOUR SIGNS RUDOLPH
FilmFour has recruited Mark Rudolph, senior vice-president of interactive TV outfit MIH Group BV/mindport, as deputy chief executive with a brief to oversee day-to-day management of the company. He will also
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FILM FESTIVAL HIRES HEULYN
Next year's Celtic Film & Television Festival will be produced by media marketing consultant Menna Heulyn. Until last year Heulyn was S4C's head of marketing, responsible for the channel's branding and
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TV producers lament fall in quality and standards
An overwhelming majority of production staff believes the quality of television programmes has deteriorated during the past four years.There is also widespread concern over what many programme-makers perceive as a fall
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MTV REVAMPS ITS EUROPEAN OPERATIONS
MTV Networks has reorganised its European operations, creating a new managing director role for its feeds targeted at northern and eastern Europe and grouping its services in Spain, Portugal, Greece and
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METAWAVE MERGES WITH MATTHEY ELECTRONICS
UK routing specialist Metawave has merged with Matthey Electronics to create a new company, which will be known as Metawave Video Systems. The new venture will combine Metawave's Newbury design facility
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LAURENCE JOINS ON DIGITAL
Digital terrestrial outfit On Digital has named Guy Laurence as its new sales and marketing director.Laurence, who joins the company from Planet Hollywood, where he was executive vice-president of marketing for
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Murrell leaves Picture Palace for development role at Red Rooster
Red Rooster Television has signed up Rachel Murrell, drama development executive at Picture Palace Films, to be its new head of development, writes Ashley Davies.
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SOCIETY DEBATES FUNDING
The Media Society is hosting a debate entitled Losing the Licence - How Will We Fund the Future of Broadcasting? at the London School of Economics on 25 May. TV Journalist
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Daubney departs PBE
Panasonic Broadcast Europe (PBE) managing director Chris Daubney is quitting the company after just two years in a move understood to be part of a major management reshuffle.Daubney, who joined PBE
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CWC rolls out digital from July
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is to roll out its digital television service from 1 July, and is aiming for 200,000 subscribers within 12 months.From July, new CWC customers in Manchester
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NEWS CORP SEEKS STAKE IN GEOGRAPHIC JOINT-VENTURE
News Corp is reportedly negotiating to buy into the joint-venture between National Geographic TV and NBC to allow the partners to launch a National Geographic channel in the US. National Geographic
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ITC COMMISSIONS DIGITAL STUDY FROM NTL AND SMITH
NTL and the Smith Group have been commissioned by the Independent Television Commission to undertake a study that will investigate how to maximise UK digital terrestrial following the switch-off of analogue
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Tully moves to Tele-Cine colourist
Tele-Cine has lured Alan Tully to become its new senior telecine colourist.Tully, currently senior colourist at Soho Images, is expected to arrive at Tele-Cine at the end of May. He replaces