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NewsHazlitt quits SMG as merger looms
Radio industry insiders believe the merger of SMG and UTV is a done deal and that the departure of Fru Hazlitt as chief executive of Virgin Radio is the first part of the fallout from the merger.
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Sir Peter Michael retains lead in Broadcast Rich List
Though combined wealth of this year's 100 TV and radio multimillionaires has been dented by the dotcom crash and advertising downturn, the Classic FM chairman, among others, has seen his fortune grow
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BBC sharpens axe for documentary cull
Over 100 jobs to go next month after Tessa Jowell's expected Edinburgh TV Festival announcement on BBC's proposed new digital services
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Carlton starts pay-freeze
UK media group responds to 'challenging trading environment' by stopping even inflation-liked pay-rise from director level down
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NewsCNN's Chris Cramer quits
CNN international managing director Chris Cramer is retiring after 11 years at the rolling news channel. He will leave in April.
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Gardam promises to sort-out commissioning process
Channel 4 head of programmes says he will act to iron-out inconsistencies and delays
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BBC steps up soap wars
EastEnders' one-off specials focusing on individual characters away from Albert Square to air later this year
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Kerris quits Alias Wavefront to join Apple
Driving force behind 3D animation software Maya quits software company to join computer manufacturer
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Discreet launches Combustion 2
Discreet has launched Combustion 2 at Siggraph in Los Angeles, a year after the first version of its desktop paint, animation and compositing software was released, writes Joanna Scott.New advanced toolsets
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BBC Resources aims to fight industry skills shortage
BBC Resources is fighting the industry's technical skills shortage with a second wave of traineeships following the success of a similar scheme introduced last year, writes Barbara Marshall.Twenty-one young people
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CPS considers prosecuting over Brass Eye
Crown Prosecution Service mulls case for prosecution of Channel 4 under the Protection of Children Act
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ITV hits back at radio claims
Carlton sales chief says methodology behind claims that more people are listening to radio than watching TV 'simply wrong'
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ITV to air live music specials
Network commissions Wembley TV and Mission Television to produce 6x60 minute series featuring Texas, Coldplay and David Gray
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Somethin' Else delivers pioneers follow-up
Indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a second series of Pioneers to air from next January.Commissioned by C4 commissioning editor music and youth Jo Wallace,
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C4 signs first ever deal with MTV
Channel 4 has struck a deal with MTV Networks International for the first time to screen the MTV Europe Music Awards from Germany.With artists including Destiny's Child, Dido and Janet
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BBC 1 launches interactive holiday show
BBC 1 is to launch a new holiday show based on the interactive travel recommendations of the public.Holiday - You Call the Shots, a 6 x 30-minute series to be
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ITV drama chief orders two new series
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has commissioned two comedy dramas for the network.Indie Alibi Productions has produced a 90-minute comedy thriller Dead starring Caroline Quentin and Robert Bathurst. The
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C4 commissions MBC to create futuristic factual doc
Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured two one-off commissions from Channel 4 including a film looking at the effects of climate change in the year 2050, write Colin Robertson and Jon Rogers
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BBC to mark 40 years of Jamaican independence
BBC Multicultural commissioning executive Maxine Watson has unveiled a raft of new programmes for BBC 2 as part of her brief to develop original strands intended to reflect 'real diversity'.The programmes,