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GALAXY 102 PRODUCER RITCHIE MOVES UP
Galaxy 102 breakfast show producer Simon Ritchie has been promoted to the role of deputy programme director. Ritchie will help build and implement the Manchester station's programming strategy. The appointment follows
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BARR TAKES OVER AS SPORTS REPORTER AT ITN
ITN has appointed Felicity Barr as its new sports correspondent. Barr joins from regional news programme London Tonight where she was a sports presenter. She will replace Gabby Yorath on ITV's
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NTL/SCORE SECURE IRISH DIGITAL CONTRACT
NTL and Scottish Radio Holdings subsidiary Score Digital have signed a 12-year multi-million pound deal to provide digital multiplex and transmission services to Northern Ireland for 10 new services. NTL already
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TELCAST WOMAN JOINS DOCUMENTARY EXPO
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival has poached Telcast International documentary sales manager Sirkka Moella to become festival programmer. She replaces Alex Cooke with a brief to build on rising delegate numbers,
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SO WHAT NOW? TO GET SECOND SERIES ON BBC
The BBC has said it will commission a second series of the Lee Evans sitcom So What Now? (left) despite reports that it had axed the vehicle. A BBC spokeswoman told
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NTL OUTSOURCES IT OPERATION TO CUT COSTS
NTL is outsourcing its information technology operations to IBM in a move to save $450m (£317m). As part of the $2bn (£1.4bn) deal, which runs until 2012, 483 NTL staff will
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TIME OF OUR LIVES TO LOOK AT SEX AFTER THE WAR
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has ordered a second 3 x 60-minute run of social history series Time of our Lives from producer RDF. Currently in production, the
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JAZZ FM STARTS LATE-NIGHT CHILLIN' SHOW
Jazz FM 102.2 and 100.4 are launching a late-night show next Thursday (7 June) dedicated to 'chill out' music. The show will feature a string of laid-back bands such as Morcheeba
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ITV ORDERS THIRD MEET THE BRAITHWAITES
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a third series of Meet The Braithwaites from Yorkshire Television. The series, will be executive produced by YTV controller of drama Carolyn Reynolds.
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JERRY SADOWITZ TO COME BACK TO CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has commissioned Ronin Entertainment to produce the fourth series of People Versus Jerry Sadowitz. The 6 x 30-minute series, originally produced by LWT, will
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DISCOVERY AND EMAP TO MAKE FISHING TV
Discovery Home and Leisure has struck a deal with Emap, the publisher of Broadcast, to produce a series of masthead programmes with fishing title Angling Times. London-based Diesel Films is making
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Darlow scoops record orders
London-based indie Darlow Smithson has scooped its largest ever animation commission after securing $2.5m (£1.76m) for two 120-minute films from Discovery Communications and The Learning Channel (TLC).The first film, for Discovery,
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Undercover doc to film Britons abroad
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has commissioned another series exploring the package holiday, with a six-part order from Yorkshire Television (YTV), writes Steve Aston.
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Output boost for Artsworld
Artsworld Channel director Richard Melman has made a raft of orders, taking the total hours of original programming to over 100, writes Simon Ellery.
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Sky airs tribute to Anne Frank
Sky News and the History Channel have joined forces for the first time to make a one-off factual special to coincide with Anne Frank memorial day later this month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Tiger to make Goodall's Dates
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a raft of factual commissions from the BBC and Channel 4 including a follow-up to its recent Bafta success Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, writes Penny Hughes.
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Production chief made md at The Mill
High-end post facility The Mill has promoted director of production Pat Joseph to managing director as part of a reshuffle of the board of directors, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Pinnacle to aim at B2B
Pinnacle Systems will concentrate its streaming products on the business-to-business (B2B) market in future rather than the consumer market, given the difficulties many companies have had making a profit from consumers in the internet market, writes Nick
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BBC signs with iTV ad agency
BBC Media Arc and interactive TV agency BMPtvi have formed a partnership to deliver interactive television advertising solutions.Although the alliance means that London-based BMPtvi will use Media Arc exclusively for interactive
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Thomson bids for Philips arm
French electronics group Thomson Multimedia is to buy the professional broadcast content creation activity of Dutch giant Philips, writes Barbara Marshall.