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Unions seek deal at Sky
THE NUJ and Bectu are lobbying BSkyB to try to improve redundancy terms for 36 Sky News employees, writes Simon Ellery.
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Smash Hits launch knocks MTV share
MTV's grip on the UK music TV market appeared to slip this week, following reports from Emap Performance that the launch of its Smash Hits Television channel helped clock up a combined 50 per cent music audience share for the division in Sky Digital homes
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New boss for Heart 106.2
Chrysalis Radio is understood to have appointed former Emap Performance director of music Francis Currie as the new Heart 106.2 programme director, according to sources, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Hewitt set to join Cabinet
Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce within the next 24 hours that e-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt will be the new media secretary if a Labour government is returned to
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ITV CUTS SURVIVOR
ITV has confirmed plans to screen its beleaguered reality show Survivor in a new one episode a week pattern from Monday.The new schedule will see it go out 21.00. ITV director
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WORLDWIDE PROFITS
The BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is expected to announce record profits of around£95m when it releases its results on 4 July.A BBC spokeswoman re-fused to comment on specific figures,
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SKY AND C5 CO-PRO
Sky News is collaborating with Channel 5 for the second time in producing a 60-minute documentary, Body Brokers, uncovering the trade in human body parts in the US. The one-off is
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BBC DENIES RUMOURS
A BBC spokesman has denied growing speculation that controller Andy Parfitt is understood to be leaving his post at BBC Radio 1. According to radio industry sources, Parfitt, who has held
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AHERNE IN TALKS
Royle Family writer Caroline Aherne is understood to be in talks with Granada about possible ideas for new BBC shows. Aherne, who announced she would be quitting television earlier this year,
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Commissions for autumn shedule unveiled
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has unveiled four new landmark factual commissions for the autumn schedule, including the return of investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre, writes Leigh Holmwood.MacIntyre, whose first Undercover series
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ITV Digital runs into problems
Carlton and Granada's plans to relaunch digital terrestrial service On Digital as ITV Digital are being stymied by the network's smaller licence holders, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC tries PVR on MediaTV
The BBC has paired up with German personal video recorder (PVR) provider AXTechnology to develop a trial BBC-branded environment on the German company's MediaTV platform, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC Resources to make kids JV
BBC MediaArc, the design and animation arm of BBC Resources, has signed its first ever co-production deal, with a multi-million pound 39-part animation trilogy for CBBC.Friends and Heroes will be co-produced
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Interviews start for Lux job
A further round of musical chairs kicked off among entertainment executives this week following confirmation that BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux is to join Channel 4, write Leigh Holmwood
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Comedy Unit orders
Scottish indie The Comedy Unit is hoping to buoy up the UK's flagging sitcom scene with a brace of commissions for ITV and the BBC, writes Penny Hughes.
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Satire returns
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has struck a deal with Carlton International to screen the first 10 series of satirical puppet show Spitting Image on Granada Plus, writes Steve Aston. The 83
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Ratings - BBC 1 overwhelmed by ITV's Soap Awards
BBC 1 suffered its worst peaktime audience last Wednesday since September 1999, writes Jon Rogers.
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TELEWEST UPS PRICES
Telewest is to increase the average price of its TV packages by£2. The move comes as the company reported its interim results, which showed net losses of£209m to 31
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SKILLSET BOARD MOVES
Carlton channels chief executive Clive Jones, Channel 5 finance director Grant Murray and Emap 21 - the training division of Emap Radio - managing director Lynne Wood have all joined the
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CENTURY APPOINTMENT
Former Chrysalis Radio content director Ande Macpherson has taken up the new role of Century 105.4 FM programme director. Macpherson will report to the station's managing director Nick Davidson and has