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Story named MD in Kiss restructure
Emap Radio executive Mark Story has been made managing director of London dance station Kiss 100 FM as part of a radical company restructure.Story, a former Virgin Radio programme director, has
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Clarke loses top Bafta job
Bafta has ousted its chief executive Jane Clarke just one year after she was hired by the academy, writes Tim Dams.The Bafta board voted unanimously to terminate the contract just before
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Microsoft lines up Westminster Cable
US computer giant Microsoft is understood to be tabling a bid to take control of the influential Westminster Cable TV franchise, writes Alice Macandrew.BT-owned Westminster Cable is expected to be sold
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UK Arena channel editor Rob Warr has commissioned Arena 100, a series of short films featuring the best of twentieth century British art, from indie Illumina. The 100 x 6-minute shorts
UK Arena channel editor Rob Warr has commissioned Arena 100, a series of short films featuring the best of twentieth century British art, from indie Illumina. The 100 x 6-minute shorts
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Ross to anchor C4 film programme
At It Productions has signed Jonathan Ross to front a studio discussion programme that will form the centrepiece of Channel 4's film censorship weekend, writes Claire Handley.The 50-minute special, provisionally titled
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EX-TV PRODUCER MP WILLS MOVES TO TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Michael Wills, the former TV producer who is now MP for North Swindon, has been appointed a trade and industry minister and is likely to take direct responsibility for telecoms policy.
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CARLTON WINS INTERVIEW CLIP COPYRIGHT CASE ON APPEAL
Carlton TV has won a landmark appeal case concerning the use of a clip from a paid-for TV interview in ITV current affairs programme The Big Story. The copyright of the
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SKY PASSES 200,000 DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION TARGET
BSkyB is understood to have passed its target of signing 200,000 subscribers to its digital service by Christmas. The satellite operator, which launched its digital service on 1 October, refused to
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MIRROR AND RANGERS LINK UP IN TV DEAL
Mirror Group has joined forces with Glasgow Rangers football club to develop the club's TV interests. Mirror Group said it had launched a new division, Mirror Networks, to negotiate and manage
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C5 SPARE DIGITAL CAPACITY PASSES TO SDN
Channel 5 has struck a deal with its digital multiplex licence-holder, S4C Digital Networks (SDN), for the use of its spare digital capacity. Under the terms of the deal, concluded on
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RAVEN PROMOTED TO DEPUTY MD AT MERIDIAN
Jim Raven, United Broadcasting & Entertainment director of news and sport strategy, has been appointed deputy managing director of Meridian Broadcasting to assist managing director Mary McAnally, who is recuperating from
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MILLER APPOINTED CHAIR OF EDINBURGH TVYP COMMITTEE
The Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival has appointed a new director and new committee chair of its training and youth arm, Television & Young People (TVYP). The new director is Varsha
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CURRIE TO FRONT BBC SCOTLAND SALMONELLA SPECIAL
Former Tory minister Edwina Currie is to front the first documentary made with her co-operation about salmonella in eggs since she resigned over the issue 10 years ago. Produced by John
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ITC ACTS ON DTT PROMOTION
The Independent Television Commission has issued a Direction to all digital terrestrial (DTT) broadcasters prohibiting the provision of misleading or denigratory information regarding competing services. The Direction will ensure that licensees
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VIVENDI OUT OF TELEWEST
French utilities group Vivendi has sold its 6.5 per cent stake in UK cable company Telewest for£200 million. The company placed the shares on the market but there has been
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NOTTINGHAM STUDIO OPENS
The BBC's new£4.5 million digital studio complex for the East Midlands opens in Nottingham on Sunday (10 January). The state-of-the-art development will be home to the regional news programme East
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BLUMER SIGNS FOR CRASH
Merseyside station Crash FM has signed Chris Blumer as its new breakfast show host. The 24-year-old joins from Capital-owned Red Dragon FM in Cardiff where he has presented the evening show
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ITN OPENS THE COLLECTIONS
ITN Archive has launched a selection of archive and features compilations aimed at broadcasters and independent producers.The new service, called The Collections, aims to provide quick and easy access to images
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BBC appoints Chapman to head up online
The BBC's protracted search for a director of its online service has ended, with the appointment of controller of BBC English regions Nigel Chapman, writes Jason Deans.The role of director of
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ITC shows teeth with Carlton fine
The£2 million fine dished out to Carlton TV by the Independent Television Commission after an independent inquiry confirmed that The Connection was faked is being viewed as 'a clear sign'