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TOP GEAR DRIVES SOUTH.
Production of BBC 2 motoring show Top Gear is to be moved from Birmingham to London in order to accommodate frontman Jeremy Clarkson, who has been lured back to present the
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BBC AIDS BLIND STAFF.
The BBC is developing new radio equipment to help visually impaired radio producers working at the corporation. BBC disability advisor for technology Claire Jennings has been working with technology company Calrec
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WORLDWIDE ENGLISH.
BBC Worldwide is to launch an English learning package for broadcasters around the world to help jobseekers. The package, which is also available for publishing, encompasses the 26 x 15-minute TV
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NESTA GRANT FOR HORNBY.
Documentary filmmaker Craig Hornby has received a #75,000 National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) fellowship to establish a community TV network in his Teeside. The three-year fellowship will
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Granada rejigs archive service.
Granada is hoping to boost revenue from its archive sales business by pooling material from its seven regional libraries into a new division Granada Visual.The operation, which launches on 2 April,
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Lion Scotland makes history.
Glasgow-based indie Lion Scotland is pushing into high-end history programming and has appointed producer John Toba to oversee the drive, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Second md for Action Time.
Carlton-owned format shop Action Time has promoted director of international business Caroline Beaton to joint managing director, writes Penny Hughes.
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Artsworld buys South Bank Show.
Digital Arts channel Artsworld has bought a raft of programmes from LWT's ITV series The South Bank Show to air as part of a celebration of the programme's 25th anniversary, writes Simon Ellery.
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DISCOVERY NETWORKS EUROPE CREATES UK ARM.
Discovery Networks Europe has restructured for the second time in less than 15 months, with the creation of a distinct UK business to be headed by former branded content general manager
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TV TRAINING SET UP FOR MINORITIES IN WALES.
A new training scheme has been unveiled to increase the percentage of black and minority ethnic people working in the Welsh film, television and interactive media industries. Devised by Cyfle, the
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SOMETHIN ELSE TO OFFER AUDIO TRAINING.
Radio indie Somethin Else is setting up a two-day training course in sound engineering for radio in its London-based studios. The course will provide tuition on topics such as recording voices
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UBC MEDIA SETS UP WEATHER JV WITH MET OFFICE.
UBC Media Group has developed a Meteorological Office (Met Office) digital weather service. The service will be freely available on the Digizone data channel and will be updated six times a
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BUENA VISTA PICKS UP FKE/SABAN LIBRARY.
Disney distributor Buena Vista International Television is set to distribute the Fox Kids Europe (FKE) Saban library. The arrangement, which covers 6,300 episodes of programming such as Power Rangers and X-Men,
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SKY NEWS RADIO AGREES DISTRIBUTION DEAL.
Global Radio News (GRN) has signed a deal to distribute Sky News Radio content outside the UK. The agreement, which excludes South Africa, started this week. Stations around the world will
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EXTREME BUYS EINSTEIN'S PROGRAMME LIBRARY.
Extreme International has signed an exclusive three-year deal with Einstein.tv for its entire programming library. Under the terms of the arrangement, Extreme will have access to Einstein's existing 100-hour science and
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CLARIFICATION: ELECTRONIC MEDIA SYSTEMS.
Electronic Media Systems (EMS) - a company specialising in broadcast systems consultancy and systems integration - has asked Broadcast to point out that it has no connection to Eurasia Management Services
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BBC/Discovery deal extended.
The future of high-cost landmark factual programming on the BBC was effectively secured for another decade this week after the corporation extended its co-production deal with Discovery until 2012.The deal is
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MacKenzie slams Rajar ratings.
The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has sparked controversy in the radio sector once again, this time criticising the Rajar audience measurement system as misleading and inaccurate, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Indie move goes against the tide.
Wild Dream Films is bucking the trend of indies moving out to the regions by moving from Wales to Brighton to be closer to London commissioning editors, writes Penny Hughes.
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SIR PAUL LENDS VOICE TO GMG.
Musician Paul McCartney this week launched Guardian Media Group Radio's new analogue radio station in Yorkshire, writes Georgina Lipscomb.