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    SKY NEWS AWAITS ITC

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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.

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    Sky pulls out of future awards

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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