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CASUALTY DAYS ON BBC 1
The BBC is celebrating the 250th episode of BBC 1 drama Casualty with two daytime specials. On Monday (15 March) the corporation will air A Holby Morning in Casualty, presented by
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West-1 mulls Soho move
Soho facility West-1 Television is planning to move its sister audio company, West-1 West, into Soho. The move, which is expected to be finalised in the next few weeks, could see
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REGENCY, TF1 AND FILMFOUR STRIKE FILM FINANCE DEAL
FilmFour, TF1 and Regency Enterprises have struck a joint-venture deal to finance a minimum of three feature films a year. Based at FilmFour's London offices, the partnership will focus on low
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TOUCH CONTINUES SIMON'S JOURNEY FOR BBC 1
Touch Productions is working on a fifth instalment of the story of Simon Weston, the Welsh Guardsman whose face was severely burnt during the Falklands conflict. Simon's Journey, a 60-minute special
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OFF THE RECORD - Table for two
The frosty relations between Channel 4 and The Guardian - glacial since C4's Hard News put the paper's coverage of The Connection affair under the microscope - appear to be thawing.
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WOODWARD SIGNS UP FOR PICCADILLY
Former ES Video director Bob Woodward is joining Piccadilly Broadcast & Professional as central London sales manager. Woodward is expected to take up his new position at the beginning of April.
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OFF THE RECORD - The party's over
OTR is grateful to Noel Edmonds for pointing us towards the real reason why his side-splitting House Party has gone down the pan. Worn-out Gotchas?The demise of Mr Blobby? Er, no.
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OPINION - Off message
It takes two to tango, and, so it seems, at least two to broadcast a jazz music station.Jazz FM has become the latest radio station catering to minority tastes to realise
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MILLENNIUM LICENCES
The Radio Authority has awarded 25 restricted service licences (RSLs) to mark the millennium. The successful applicants, which will broadcast for up to four weeks in December until the new year,
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PG Studio to launch at Siggraph
Animation production company Pepper's Ghost has developed a new digital production control and asset management system, which it intends to launch at Siggraph in August.Developed over the past 14 months, PG
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Panasonic loses Holland in reshuffle
Panasonic broadcast and professional director Martin Holland has unexpectedly quit the company after a reorganisation of its senior management.Holland, who was the company's European marketing director, resigned officially last Monday (February
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OmniBus hires Paisley
OmniBus Systems has appointed former Tektronix systems director Brian Paisley as its new group managing director.OmniBus Systems chairman Glynn Powell-Evans said the company created the role to reflect the changing nature
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IMI HEADS SKY VENTURES
Matthew Imi has been named as the new head of Sky Ventures, effectively replacing James Ackerman who left last summer to take the helm at British Interactive Broadcasting. Imi, a former
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Hat Trick pushes shows at Mip-TV
Leading UK comedy and entertainment indie Hat Trick Productions will be selling completed shows through its distribution arm for the first time at Mip-TV next month.Hat Trick International (HTI), which was
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Governors tipped to okay new Scots HQ
BBC governors are expected to give BBC Scotland the green light to build a new Scottish headquarters in Glasgow.Senior executives at BBC Scotland have been pushing for the creation of a
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YTV finds recipe for ITV
Yorkshire Television (YTV) has landed a commission to produce ITV's first peaktime food and drink programme, plus a series for the network on the current lives of former celebrities, writes Nicola Methven.
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ITV SPECIAL - And finally
As the last bong sounds for News at Ten, ITV director of programmes David Liddiment talks about the launch of his new peaktime schedule, freed up by the axing of the long-running bulletin.
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AND FINALLY
Glenn Marshall, creator of ITV Evening News' brand-new look, drinks just over 23 units a week. Must be the pressure.What is your proudest achievement?Having no plans for the millenniumWho do you
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TVI TO OPEN FIFTH SOUND SUITE
Soho facility TVI will open its fifth sound suite next week. Run by former Tele-Cine sound engineer James Hynes, it will be based around a 32ch automated digital desk with AudioVision,
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Ethnic minorities fail to land senior posts
Broadcasters still have work to do in promoting ethnic minorities to senior management roles, according to a Broadcast survey on ethnic diversity carried out this week, writes Tim Dams.