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Sky pulls out of future awards
BSKYB has decided not to enter any more industry awards events as it considers the submission process too time consuming, writes Simon Ellery.The news comes in the week that the Royal
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CITV TO BE RUN BY A KID
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace is to bring a young viewer into CITV to be controller for the day. The child's schedule will be shown on the channel
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NET FM SIGNS UP MPS
Internet radio station Net FM, run by former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs, has signed up three MPs from the major political parties to give their own personal election diaries in
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EXTREME APPOINTS MD
The Extreme Sports Channel Europe has named Phil Jones as its first European managing director. A former Planet 24 producer, Jones joins from Extreme's Dutch broadcast partner UPC where he oversaw
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BOOST FOR GO RACING
Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing has signed up a further 17 British racecourses, taking the number to 49 out of the 59 Racecourse Association tracks. The consortium is now poised
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VIRGIN NABS STEVE PENK
Virgin Radio has poached star Capital Radio DJ Steve Penk as its new drivetime presenter. Penk will replace Nick Abbot who is moving to a new show. The announcement comes after
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SKILLSET PLANS CENSUS
Training group Skillset is to repeat its census of the audiovisual industry, building on the results of the first ever industry census launched last year and backed by Broadcast. Census day
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SCRAP DCMS, SAYS GAVIN
The existing structure of the DCMS, DTI and DfEE should be replaced by a 'minister of ideas', according to BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin. Giving the RTS Fleming Lecture last
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SCIENCE DRAMA FUND CROSSES TO EUROPE
The Public Awareness of Science (Paws) drama fund is launching a major European operation this spring. EuroPaws will focus on the creation of new science-based TV drama with a European angle.
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ITV LAUNCHES WEB WEATHER SERVICE ..
ITV is to launch a new weather service, itv-weather.co.uk. The site has been created with the Met Office and web consultancy Integra. It will include forecasts for 13 key areas across
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... AND SPECIAL ELECTION FORECAST
ITV is to run a special election weather segment fronted by Sian Lloyd after its early evening news. Three parliamentary constituencies from different parties will get their own special weather forecasts.
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CLAYPOLE JOINS BOARD OF TVNEWSWEB
Stephen Claypole has joined the board of broadcast news industry video exchange and information portal TVNewsweb as a non-executive director. A founding managing director of Associated Press Television (APTV), Claypole was
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ZONE VISION CLINCHES $12M IN INVESTMENT
Channel producer Zone Vision has clinched a deal for $12m (£8.5m) worth of investment from global investment firm Advent International. The London-based outfit, which operates several pan-European channels, including Reality TV
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YORKSHIRE TYNE TEES EXTENDS ROBINSON ROLE
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Productions has appointed Mark Robinson as executive producer in its features department. He will add the role to his existing duties as head of development for features at
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WISE BUDDAH TO BUILD IBIZA RADIO FACILITY
Indie Wise Buddah is to set up the first dedicated audio facility in Ibiza for use by UK and international radio stations. The equipment - including editing and ISDN suites -
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CLARK TO REPLACE HOWIE AT BBC'S HARDTALK
BBC Breakfast deputy editor Carey Clark has been appointed as editor of the BBC News 24 and BBC World daily interview programme Hardtalk. She replaces Caroline Howie who has moved on
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C4 TO COVER LE MANS RACE ON TV AND NET
Channel 4 will broadcast the 24-hour Le Mans race next month, making it the first terrestrial broadcaster to cover the sports car event in 20 years. C4 has bought the terrestrial
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Radio 2 wins more listeners than R1
BBC Radio 1 has once again suffered a huge fall in listeners with BBC Radio 2 overtaking it for the first time to become the country's most popular station.According to Rajar
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Real Radio takes off in south Wales
The Guardian Media Group's first station, Real Radio in south Wales, has become the UK's most successful regional launch, racking up a share of 11.5 per cent and a weekly reach
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BBC Radio unveils election programming
BBC Network Radio has unveiled a comprehensive programme of election coverage in the run-up to polling day on 7 June, including a new daily slot on Radio 1 featuring the station's