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Regulators get ready for Ofcom.
The five communication industry regulators have signed an agreement to share information and develop common policy positions in preparation for their proposed merger under Ofcom, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 converges TV and new media.
Channel 4 is expected to overhaul its new media strategy in a move that will see a much closer relationship between the company's broadband development and its commissioning process.Broadband Lab head
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MTV to launch dance channel.
MTV Networks UK is to launch its seventh music channel - MTV Dance, writes Simon Ellery.
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UNIQUE RELAUNCHES.
Radio indie Unique is relaunching itself and introducing a new structure as part of its strategy of expansion. The changes, implemented by new managing director Pippa Sands, will see the creation
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MILLIONAIRE ONLINE.
ITV has paid£2m for the rights to produce an interactive version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in a deal with the show's producer, Celador.The ITV website will host
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MONEY TO GO OFF AIR.
Financial service Simply Money's 50-strong staff have been put on full paid leave after the channel's backer Invest TV decided to refocus the business into a shopping channel. The channel's 14-strong
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NEW VP FOR HEALTH.
Health service Channel Health has named James Ramsay as vice-president programming and content. Ramsay joins this week and reports to Channel Health chief executive Joanne Sawicki.
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DISNEY CUTS IN UK.
Walt Disney's 100-strong UK TV operation faces job cuts as part of a global plan to slash 4,000 jobs. Details were scant as Broadcast went to press but a Walt Disney
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LINK SOLD FOR£15M.
Global brand management company Entertainment Rights has bought Link Licensing for£15m. The deal provides Entertainment Rights with 440 hours of programming.
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GMTV SHORTLIST.
Former Border chief executive Paul Corley and former Sky One general manager David Bergg have been shortlisted to head GMTV.
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ITC's report soft on ITV.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) delivered its final annual performance review of commercial terrestrial channels this week and immediately faced accusations that it had gone soft.Despite a relatively turbulent year, in
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LAST EVER PERFORMANCE REVIEWS: REGIONAL ITV AT A GLANCE.
Anglia - First-run regional material was higher than ever before at 10 hours 15 minutes a week. Supplied 300 hours of programming to the network, including Trisha - its second highest
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ITV starts TV drive.
ITV will next week start a TV campaign to raise awareness of digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Digital radio must lower costs.
Media Secretary Chris Smith this week conceded that digital radio has yet to capture the imagination of customers, and called for more to be done to bring down the cost of receivers, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Raw Spice peps up Wednesday night on ITV.
ITV's much-vaunted documentary on the gestation of the Spice Girls was the programme viewers were hollering for last week, writes Jon Rogers.
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KEY HIRE FOR BBC WALES.
BBC Wales controller Menna Richards has appointed acting head of resources Toby Grosvenor as head of operations for BBC Wales. Grosvenor, a member of the BBC Wales management board, takes up
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WEST 175 PURCHASE.
Media outfit West 175, which produces Master Chef in conjunction with joint-venture outfit Union 175, has bought the rights to European cookery event the World Cook Book Fair from Madrid-based Strategic
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APTN IN TRIBE TIE-UP.
APTN has struck a deal with Australian youth content developer Tribe to jointly develop 'youth-centric television news material'. Subjects will include music, clubbing, fashion, film and lifestyle aimed primarily at 20
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BBC IN PROPERTY DEAL.
BBC governors have appointed Insight, the Land Securities Trillium bid, as its preferred property bidder. Negotiations are still taking place to form the partnership by this summer. The BBC announced its
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HEAD OF SPEECH FOR R3.
BBC Radio 3 has appointed arts unit editor Abigail Appleton to the post of head of speech programming. Appleton, 35, who currently edits flagship programme Night Waves, will be responsible for