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Emap moves against GWR
The Midlands city of Leicester has become an unlikely battleground for digital radio after Emap Performance stepped up its challenge to GWR's stranglehold on the city by offering to supply residents with digital radio sets for under£50, writes Georgina L
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Sky and ITV seek new football terms
BSkyB and ITV are expected to seek legal guidance over whether they can renegotiate their contracts with the Premier League, after members of the Professional Fooballers' Association (PFA) announced plans to boycott all televised matches from next week, w
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Faking It Upgrades Mentors
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth run of RDF Media's reality hit Faking It, which will feature more recognisable household names in its cast of professional mentors, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC NI grows local output
BBC 1 Northern Ireland is increasing the number of locally produced programmes it screens in peaktime as it battles to close the ratings gap with Ulster Television. The move is expected
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Kaufman rebukes ministers over decision
MPs on the media select committee have issued a written rebuke to media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt after the pair swept aside their concerns over the future of broadcast regulation, writes David Rose.
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Pace calls for digital subsidy
Set-top box maker Pace has called on the government to make a clear financial commitment to promote free-to-air digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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MTV to give away rights to P Diddy Aids Day special
MTV is to produce a one-off documentary fronted by notorious rapper P Diddy for World Aids Day on 1 December, which it plans to offer to other broadcasters free of charge, writes Simon Ellery.
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Flame TV to branch out
Flame TV, the indie set up two years ago by Roger Bolton and Barbara Altounyan, is launching a Brighton-based sister company specialising in religion and sport, writes Penny Hughes.
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Anson goes in 4 Ventures cut
Channel 4 head of business planning and interactive Andy Anson has become the first casualty of the planned 15 redundancies at the broadcaster's commercial arm 4 Ventures.His departure will herald a
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SMG gives Grampian pledge
Grampian TV owner SMG has moved to assure senior Scottish public figures that it will not cut its hours if ITV is allowed to streamline its regional output next year, writes Steve Aston.
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UNIONS TO FIGHT ITN CUTS
Unions representing workers at ITN have vowed to fight any job cuts imposed by the news organisation. The National Union of Journalists and Bectu passed a resolution on Tuesday (20 November)
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BBC INVESTS IN THE NORTH
The BBC is to invest£400,000 over the next two years in new writers from northern England as part of director general Greg Dyke's plan to move away from the corporation's
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TIVO ADDS 50,000 SUBS
Personal video recorder manufacturer Tivo has clocked up 51,000 new subscribers in the US for the three months to 31 October, taking the total subscriber base to around 280,000. Revenue for
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CAPITAL PROFITS DROP
Capital Radio's underlying profit has fallen by 27 per cent to£30.1m, according to its preliminary results for the year ending 30 September. Operating profit for analogue radio fell 20 per
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INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE
Channel 4 Learning interactive editor Paul Sternberg, managing editor C4 websites Andrew Grumbridge and Kingston Communications head of content Andrew Fawcett will lead a Pact interactive conference in Birmingham this weekend.
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New president for Static 2358
Open TV has recruited another former senior executive of the defunct British Interactive Broadcasting (BIB), appointing Joan Gillman as president of its interactive TV subsidiary Static 2358, writes Simon Ellery.
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October lines up new team
October Films, producer of the award-winning Staying Lost, has unveiled a raft of new appointments including a leading drama producer from Irish broadcaster RTE who will be charged with spearheading a new push into drama, writes Simon Ellery.
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Pickard heralds kids golden age
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has unveiled details of the BBC's two new digital children's channels, which he claimed herald a 'golden age in children's programming'.The corporation's pre-school network will be called
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Radio urged to enter data market
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has added his voice to the call for digital radio broadcasters to develop subscription-based data services, claiming the potential market could be worth billions, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Ratings - Sir Cliff and Robbie pull on Saturday evening
BBC 1 proved to be the popular choice in a light musical entertainment head-to-head this week, writes Jon Rogers.