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MUSIC LIVE TO GO ANNUAL
BBC Music Live, which took place this May, is to become an annual event but will be smaller than this year's millennium festival and each year will be set in a
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JACKSON IN CONVERSATION
Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette will be in conversation with Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson on 14 November at 18.00 at the London School of Economics.
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DCMS to advertise to replace Holme
The appointment of a new chair for the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has been held up following the Department for Culture, Media & Sport's (DCMS) decision this week to advertise the
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UK leads in convergence
The UK will have the biggest 'convergent' population in Europe by 2005, predicts a new report on digital TV, internet and mobile phone convergence to be published next week, writes David Wood.
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LWT ties up with Ministry
LWT has joined forces with the dance music media group Ministry of Sound to develop a number of dance music-related projects for television, writes Colin Robertson.
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Business to be central, says Dyke
BBC director general Greg Dyke has outlined his commitment to overhaul business coverage on radio and TV and plans to group business output across the BBC's current and planned channels, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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UKTV to get£70m extra
UKTV is to receive a cash injection of£70m as part of new terms thrashed out between co-owners BBC Worldwide and Telewest, writes Simon Ellery.
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WORLD SERVICE ENGLISH NETWORK DIRECTOR TO LEAVE
BBC World Service director of English networks and news Bob Jobbins is to leave the organisation next spring after 30 years. A replacement for him has not been announced. Jobbins plans
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EASTENDERS EXEC PRODUCER GOES TO FAMILY AFFAIRS
Pearson TV has appointed former EastEnders executive producer Jane Harris as its new producer of Channel 5 soap Family Affairs. Harris was executive producer of EastEnders between 1996 and 1998. She
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BECTU HOLDS OFF BALLOT OF BBC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Bectu has cancelled a ballot of members of the former BBC education department following a meeting with its members on 1 November. A Bectu spokesman told Broadcast that it was now
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ASIAN SOUND RADIO FINED FOR BREACHING FORMAT
The Radio Authority has fined Asian Sound Radio£1,000 for a breach of its format. The station was fined for failing to broadcast its Gujerati output during two weeks in September.
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SKILLSET DOUBLES PLACES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING
Broadcast industry training body Skillset is injecting£75,000 into doubling the number of its health and safety course places. More training is to be provided for critical health and safety grades,
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TALENT TV RAIDS THIS MORNING FOR PROGRAMME HEAD
Talent TV has hired former This Morning executive producer Siubhan Richmond to the newly created post of director of programmes. She reports to chairman John Kaye Cooper and will head the
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WIRELESS GROUP APPOINTS MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR WALES
The Wireless Group (TWG) has appointed Big 1170AM station director Chris Hurst as its new regional managing director for the group's Welsh stations - Swansea Sound, The Wave 96.4 FM and
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WELSH TRAINING BODY WINS EUROPEAN FUNDS
Welsh TV and film training body Cyfle has been awarded European funds to train eight young people across a range of disciplines. European Union Objective One funding has been allocated to
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AWARDS FOR WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP AND CLOCKING OFF
The BBC has scooped two out of three of the production awards at the first BBC 2 Awards. At the ceremony on Friday (3 November), BBC 2's Arena: Wisconsin Death Trip,
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BIRMINGHAM FILM AND TV FESTIVAL TO FOCUS ON DIGITAL
The 16th Birmingham Film and TV Festival will run from 15 to 25 November and feature discussions, masterclasses and special events including digital debates held as part of Digital Babylon Weekend.
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EINSTEIN PROMOTES HEAD OF PLANNING TO CHANNEL HEAD
Science and technology service Einstein Channel has promoted head of planning Stuart Pearson to channel head. Pearson will take over from Einstein Channel chief executive officer Steve Timmins, who has been
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NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS MOST CRITICISED PART OF BBC
The BBC programme complaints unit received 159 complaints about 113 items between 1 July and 30 September. The corporation upheld 31 of the complaints which concerned 11 different broadcasts or series.
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CARLTON FOOD DIRECTOR TO LEAVE AS CHANNEL SPLITS
Carlton Food Network channel director Anne Gray is to leave at the end of the year. She has been at Carlton since 1996. The move comes as Carlton Digital effectively splits