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Video Networks sets up learning output
Video On Demand (VOD) service provider Video Networks is to launch an on-demand education service this summer, initially available free of charge, to entertainment platform HomeChoice, subscribers, writes David Wood.LearningChoice will
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Just TV goes into daytime
Just Productions is moving into lifestyle programming and has appointed Bazal executive producer Debbie Pollitt to spearhead the drive, writes Penny Hughes.A former head of Granada Breeze, Pollitt, who joined the
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Big Brother 2 web firm to axe staff
Victoria Real, the new media company behind the original Big Brother and the forthcoming Big Brother 2 websites, is to axe up to 20 members of its 126-strong staff.The cuts will
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SKY NEWS AWAITS ITC
The Sky News-led consortium gearing up to challenge ITN for the ITV news supply contract expects to be granted regulatory approval from the Independent Television Commission this week.Thirteen members of the
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JONES ADDRESSES EBU
S4C chief executive Huw Jones warned on Thursday (17 May) that public service broadcasters need the commitment and support of national governments if homegrown programming in Europe is to meet the
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BBC SPORT HITS BACK
BBC sport has hit back at claims by radio station Talk Sport that it abused its dominant market position by buying bundled TV and radio rights to the England v Greece
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SKY SHARE SWAP
BSkyB is to swap more than£380m worth of its shares with BT to increase its shareholding in beleaguered interactive service Open from 80.1 per cent to 100 per cent. BT
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KEMP MOVES UP
BBC specialist factual creative director, independents and nations Adam Kemp is to take on the acting role of specialist factual deputy commissioner. He temporarily replaces Emma Swain who is on maternity
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BERTELSMANN RTL STAKE
The European Commission has approved continental media powerhouse Bertelsmann's acquisition of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's 30 per cent stake in the RTL Group. The transaction - due to be finalised on 2
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CHRYSALIS MAKES LOSS
New media investments have hit the Chrysalis Group which returned a loss of£5.6m for the six months to 28 February, despite rising radio and TV profits. The new media division,
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UPC RECORDS RESULTS
Dutch cable outfit UPC has returned earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) losses for the first quarter 2001 of EUR61m (£37.7m) up from EUR57m (£35.2m) for the same period
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ITN pushes election news onto website
ITN News Channel is hoping to snatch viewers jaded by blanket election coverage away from its competitors by adopting a 'business as usual' approach, writes Steve Aston.The 24-hour broadcaster has decided
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Ad spend drop makes ITV consolidation less likely
ITV's share of broadcasting ad spend is being tipped to rise next year, casting further doubt on the swift emergence of a single ITV, writes Steve Aston.According to media agency Zenith's
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Channel 4 wins 11 Baftas
Channel 4 won the largest share of the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Baftas) last Sunday, with 11 gongs - the BBC took seven and ITV picked up only
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3i takes a shine to Liz Murdoch
Former Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch's new production company, Shine Entertainment, has secured more than£6m in first-round funding from venture capitalist 3i, writes Leigh Holmwood.The funding will allow Shine
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Vivid Post Production and Ghost Design provided the editing and graphic design facilities for the Minerva Picture Company's The Spectre of Hope. The one-hour documentary focuses on Sebastio Salgado, who has
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N&CA man gets nations and regions job
Channel 4 has ended its search for a replacement for commissioning editor for nations and regions Alan Hayling, appointing Julian Bellamy to the post, writes Penny Hughes.Bellamy, currently C4 deputy commissioning
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BBC films wins cash boost
BBC Films' new cash injection of£106m of private backing will help the corporation revitalise its TV film output, according to BBC films head David Thompson.Thompson told Broadcast that while the
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Pittard boss moves to interactive firm
Pittard Sullivan UK managing director John Holland has left the struggling branding specialist to join interactive agency AMX and oversee the launch of interactive TV services, writes David Wood.As director of
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Deaf viewers gain legal support for DTT subtitling
Digital Terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasters will be obliged to broadcast 80 per cent of all their programming with subtitles within 10 years under new legislation, writes Simon Ellery.