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Fewer indies make radio shortlist.
Nominations for independent producers in this year's Sony Radio Awards have nosedived from last year's tally, with only a meagre 11 making the grade, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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UK Gold loses second editor in two months.
UK Gold channel editor Catherine Mackin has resigned from the BBC/Flextech joint-venture with no job to go to, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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RATINGS - Viewers gave their all to BBC's Comic Relief.
Viewers said pants to all other channels last Friday as they flocked to BBC 1's charity fundraising evening, writes Jon Rogers.
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ITC SLAMS ITV'S LUCY.
ITV has been slammed by the ITC for shifting late night Carnival Films comedy drama Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married to an early evening slot earlier this year. The regulator upheld
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OCEAN NETS SADLER.
Capital-owned Ocean Radio Group, which runs Ocean FM, Power FM and Capital Gold in Hampshire, has appointed programme controller Mark Sadler to its board as an executive director.
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HUGE GULLANE PROFITS.
Animation company Gullane has posted record six-monthly figures through merchandising and the growth of its Thomas the Tank Engine brand in the US and Europe. Revenue rose 173 per cent to
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BBC WORLD CUP WIN.
BBC sport has secured exclusive TV and radio rights to England's World Cup qualifier against Greece in Athens on 6 June. The game will broadcast on BBC 1 on Match of
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BRIT FILM EVENT ENDS.
The British Short Film Festival is to close down following the BBC's decision to end its sponsorship of the event. The BBC has sponsored the event since its inception in 1987.
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TELEMAGINATION STAFF.
Animation house Telemagination has announced a series of appointments to its London office. Alan Simpson returns as director of animation from parent company TV-Loonland's Hungary studio. Digital facilities producer Lyndon Pickersgill
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ITC cuts cost of ITV franchise licences.
ITV will be on the receiving end of a major cash injection after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) this week slashed the cost of licence fees for some of its key
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Peres: 'cameras as bad as guns'.
ISRAELI FOREIGN minister Shimon Peres has claimed TV cameras can be more dangerous than guns, writes Steve Aston.
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Jackson quits Capital for Virgin.
Capital radio has denied that a decision by regional director of programmes Paul Jackson to leave the company had anything to do with the resignation of his father, Richard Park, last week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ross wary of football PPV.
Pay-per-view rights for Scottish Premier League (SPL) football games will undermine the value of terrestrial highlights, according to Scottish TV managing director Sandy Ross, writes Simon Ellery.
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NEWS IN BRIEF - BRIGHTER TALENT BOOST.
Indie Brighter Pictures has launched a new talent arm called Brighter Talent. Brighter Pictures managing director Gavin Hay will assume overall responsibility for the talent division which has already signed up
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NEWS IN BRIEF - RA OPEN FOR WALES BIDS.
The Radio Authority is seeking applications for the new FM licence covering Pembrokeshire in west Wales. The deadline for bids is 3 July, with a decision expected in the autumn.
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NEWS IN BRIEF - BBC SIGNS UP BOOK PRIZE.
The BBC has signed a three-year deal to broadcast The Booker Prize for Fiction, previously shown on Channel 4. The deal, signed this week after months of discussion, includes rights for
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NEWS IN BRIEF - ONE IN 7 STREAM ON NET.
One in seven UK internet users used streaming media in January, according to internet monitoring company NetValue. Ongoing research on streaming media - where audio or video files such as videos,
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NEWS IN BRIEF - BID-UP.TV PROMOTION.
Interactive auction channel bid-up.tv presenter Andy Hodgson has been promoted to the new position of head of presentation, managing the 16-strong presentation team at the channel.
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FOCUS: THE PRODUCTION SHOW - C5 lobbies ITC for further drama cuts.
Channel 5 is lobbying the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to once again reduce the number of hours of original drama productions it is obliged to broadcast so it can plough more
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Sports heads unite against Kirch
ITV head of sport Brian Barwick and BBC head of sport Peter Salmon have launched a united attack on German media group Kirch's handling of the sale of rights to the World Cup 2002, writes Simon Ellery.