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MERIDIAN TONIGHT ED.
Nick Myers has been appointed regional editor for the south-east edition of ITV regional news programme Meridian Tonight. Replacing Lloyd Bracey, Myers, a former GMTV night editor, joins from ITN where
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CTIT PROMOTES CHILDS.
Columbia TriStar International Television(CTIT) has promoted Darren Childs to the newly created post of senior vice-president, international networks. Working from the company's London office, he will now be responsible for management
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FILMFOUR/ORANGE PRIZE.
FilmFour is teaming up with mobile phone operator Orange to launch a new prize for would-be film-makers. The Orange FilmFour Prize for Short Film will be open to writer and director
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RTL ATLANTIC SELL-OFF?
Media group RTL is expected to sell its 80 per cent stake in long-wave radio station Atlantic 252 in the next few months and is talking to at least two major
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STRANKS JOINS DRG.
Children's radio campaigner Susan Stranks has joined the Digital Radio Group (DRG), the consortium bidding for the London digital licence. Stranks, who runs the Children 2000 pressure group, will develop a
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SPORTSWORLD PROFITS.
Sportsworld Media Group has returned profits of£5.8m for the six months to 31 December 2000, a 12-fold increase year on year. The increase, up from£469,000 for the same period
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COMMONWEALTH TIE-UP.
Broadcast is joining forces with the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association to host a seminar on 29 March entitled Cable and satellite viewing: how far can it go? Chaired by Investec Henderson Crosthwaite
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ACTION TIME NET ARCHIVE.
Action Time is to build a digital archive of shows such as Denis Norden's Laughter File for streaming over the internet. The aim is to provide a searchable archive database of
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NORTON IS TVYP PATRON.
The Guardian Edinburgh Inter-national Television Festival has lined up comedian Graham Norton as the first patron for its education initiative TVYP, which calls for participants this week.
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CNN NABS SKY'S SMITH.
CNN has poached Sky presenter Claire Smith to front new weekly travel show CNN Hotspots. Smith replaces Jane Dutton, who is being moved to work on new CNN projects, including being
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PLAYJAM MAKES BARB.
Static-owned digital channel PlayJam has become the first interactive service to be included in Barb weekly and monthly viewing summaries. The channel hopes the move, which kicks off later this month,
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Bazal clinches four Indie wins.
Bazal dominated the ninth annual Indie Awards held on Wednesday night at the BBC TV Centre (7 March), picking up four gongs for Big Brother, while Hat Trick's Peter Fincham scooped
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Baines quits ITN after 24 years' service.
ITN managing director new media Garron Baines is to leave the company after almost 25 years to join computer giant IBM, writes David Wood.
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Morphos loses Quantel Editbox to con men.
DHL delivery men were tricked into handing over a£200,000 Quantel Editbox to strangers last week, following a routine delivery to a Soho-based post-production firm, write Simon Ellery and Barbara Marshall.
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CME meets Czechs in court.
A dispute between Ronald Lauder, controlling shareholder of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), and the government of the Czech Republic over Czech television channel Nova TV moved to the UK courts this week, writes Jane Marlow.
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FROM GINGER TO NUTSHELL TO MONKEY.
Nutshell, the indie fronted by ex-Ginger TV chiefs Will Macdonald and David Granger, officially launched this week under a new name, Monkey. The company, trading as Monkey Kingdom Ltd, aims to
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PLAYBOY TO AIR NEW PAY CHANNEL ON SKY.
Playboy TV UK has launched a new pay channel on Sky Box Office called Spice. The launch takes the number of channels Playboy has in the UK to three. It also
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CLASSIC FM MAY START ITS OWN TV CHANNEL.
Classic FM is holding discussions with the Performance channel about the possibility of launching its own television programme. The national commercial radio station has not confirmed format or programming details, but
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RADIO INITIATIVE AT SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN.
A radio forum is to be included in the Third World Summit on Media for Children for the first time. The conference, which will focus on issues of globalisation and new
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JAZZ FM SIGNS TRAVEL INFORMATION PROVIDER.
Travel information company Trafficlink has signed deals to supply its service to Jazz fm's London and Manchester radio stations and the MXR digital radio consortium. The new partnerships are a boost