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NewsPop proms get exec
The BBC has appointed former Radio 1 executive Lorna Clarke to head its£6m Alternative Proms initiative. The event - which is billed as a pop music version of the classical concert series - was one of the beneficiaries of the£355m a year savings resulting from BBC director general Mark Thompson's ...
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Flying TV's helicopter follows the whale
Aerial filming outfit Flying TV supplied the continuous coverage of the whale stranded in the Thames last Saturday. Flying TV's helicopter, GPIXX, filmed the action using an Ikegami camera in a nose-mounted Cineflex gyro mount. A directional antenna installed in the helicopter pointed the signal at a ground receive site ...
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NewsTough at the top
As a driving force in ITV's radical shake-up and rebranding, Ian McCulloch won a reputation for toughness - but he'd rather see himself as prepared to ask difficult questions and think the unthinkable.
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Profile: Ron Jones - Tinopolis' unknown quantity
Tinopolis' takeover of TV Corporation has put its chairman, Ron Jones, in charge of the UK's sixth largest indie - and he is relishing the challenge.
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Music at the touch of a button
With new technology transforming the way production music is delivered, libraries are fast becoming the first choice for cost-effective soundtracks. Simon Meekreports on the download revolution.
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NewsMajor shake-up for BBC factual
The BBC's factual and learning department is to be carved up into nine 'studios', with the loss of 23 managers' jobs.
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NewsMacKenzie set for radio return
Kelvin MacKenzie, the former chairman of the now defunct Wireless Group (TWG), is understood to be considering re-entering the UK radio market by buying a series of stations from GCap.
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NewsSky Bet Vegas revives Strike It Rich format
Sky has bought the rights to the 90s Michael Barrymore- hosted game show, Strike It Richfrom FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide with the view to making an interactive TV game.
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NewsVirgin Radio beefs up its executive board
Virgin Radio has promoted its head of new media to the board, throwing extra weight behind its continued expansion into digital radio.
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NewsUS networks WB and UPN in shock merger
The talk of the day at the annual Natpe marketplace in Las Vegas is that two free-to-air US networks, The WB and UPN, are to merge creating one new network, The CW.
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Flextech finds new head of interactive internally
Flextech has promoted Edward Humphrey to the position of head of interactive, in advance of Jason George's departure in February.
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Opinion - In my view - Life-changing PVRs?
As PVRs penetrate more homes, the prediction that spot advertising will start to disappear is nonsense, argues Mark White.
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Would you make a baby to get on TV?
A BBC3 documentary has tested how low reality TV can go by setting up a spoof programme which encouraged complete strangers to conceive a baby together, writes Geoff White.
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NewsPrison Break rounds up 1.7m
Five's new high profile US drama import Prison Breakgot off to a solid, if unremarkable, start with 1.7 million (9.4%) at 10pm.
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NewsWeakest Link in anti-Welsh investigation
Police are looking into a complaint about alleged anti-Welsh comments made during a broadcast of BBC2's Weakest Link.
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NewsMore moves at ITV
ITV Productions director of business affairs for factual, entertainment, daytime and international production Jane Turton is the latest to move to ITV's broadcasting arm.
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NewsSky News's whale coverage peaks at 365,000
Interest in the tragic story of the Bottlenose whale in the Thames brought a surge of viewers to the 24 hour news channels with Sky News taking the spoils.
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NewsSky News boss backs star signings
Sky News chief Nick Pollard says he has no plans to axe star signings such as Eamonn Holmes and James Rubin, despite poor ratings.
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NewsO'Connell kicks off at Virgin Radio
10am:Former Xfm breakfast show host Christian O'Connell kicked off his Virgin Radio show this morning, with his old team firmly in place around him.
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NewsNBC pulls the plug on The West Wing
Major US network NBC has pulled the plug on long-running More4 political drama The West Wingbut has commissioned 22 more episodes of its remake of The Office.