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MEDIA JOB OPEN DAY
All UK terrestrial broadcasters and other organisations including Bectu, Skillset and the National Film & Television School are taking part in the London media careers information day at Kensington Town Hall
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PREMIERSHIP DEMOTED
ITV is to move football highlights programme The Premiership to the later slot of 22.30. As reported by Broadcast last week (19.10.01), the show will move after 17 November. A repeat
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BBC to map out regional quotas
The BBC IS set to introduce minimum output guarantees across a range of genres for production in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions in a further bid to appeal
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Paladin and Invision merge
Factual Indies Paladin Pictures and Invision Productions have merged to form a new company and have delivered their first programme to Channel 4, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Distraction to switch sales HQ to London
International format distributor Distraction Formats is to move its global sales operation from Paris to London after securing a capital injection of£900,000, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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VOD provider sets sights on Europe
Video-on-demand (VOD) operator Video Networks is in talks with a number of international media players about forming a strategic alliance for the international roll-out of VOD services, writes David Wood.
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VIEWERS' GROUP TO HOST CONFERENCE ON KIDS TV
Pressure group Voice of the Listener & Viewer is to hold a conference examining the future of children's television in the UK. CBBC controller Nigel Pickard (left) and CITV controller Janie
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GWR FORMS JV TO BID FOR MIDLANDS LICENCE
Radio outfit GWR has joined forces with multimedia music company Channelfly in a bid for the east Midlands analogue licence. GWR and Channelfly have formed East Midlands Radio to develop a
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BBC EXTENDS PROTECTION FOR KIDS ONLINE
The BBC has introduced further guidelines to help protect children from potential dangers on the internet. Content producers have been told to take steps to prevent children and young people accessing
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FILM FOUR SALES HEAD MOVES TO INTERNATIONAL
Film Four head of sales Janine Gold has been promoted to head of Film Four International. At the same time, sales co-ordinator Libby Hughes becomes film sales executive of the department
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BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS FILM RIGHTS SOLD
Universal Studios has bagged the feature film rights to Just Group's CGI-animated kids series Butt-Ugly Martians. Universal has also secured the right to finance and produce additional TV episodes, associated consumer
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CARLTON FOOD NETWORK CLOSURE FINALISED
Carlton will close its Carlton Food Network channel by the end of the year. The channel has been dropped by the broadcaster in response to the dip in ad revenue and
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C4 AND VICTORIA REAL FUND DIGITAL TV COURSES
Channel 4 is pumping£12,000 into two bursaries for students on the new MSc in digital television management and production at the University of Brighton. The bursaries will cover the cost
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CORRECTION: FRAN BARLOW
In an item on Edinburgh International Television Festival director Fran Barlow in last week's issue (Barlow Joins Beyond, 19.10.01), we incorrectly stated that she was to join distributor Beyond International. She
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La Plante sets up indie Cougar
Two of the UK's leading female drama producers have joined forces to form new indie Cougar Films.Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante and The Camomile Lawn producer Sophie Balhetchet have set
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Second term for Biggam
Sir Robin Biggam has been reappointed as chairman of the Independent Television Commission (ITC) from the end of his current term in December and will take a lead role in the
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WORLD CUP SECURED
The BBC and ITV have finally agreed a deal for rights to next year's football World Cup after inking a£160m deal with German media group Kirch, writes Simon Ellery. The
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Granada axes producer to boost Corrie
Granada is hoping to revamp its ratings banker Coronation Street by shifting executive producer Jane MacNaught away from the soap and bringing in former boss Carolyn Reynolds, writes Steve Aston.
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Wax to host BBC gameshow
The BBC is set to add another big-money gameshow to its peaktime line-up after commissioning Hat Trick Productions to produce a new quiz show fronted by Ruby Wax with a jackpot of£30,000, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Manchester ups culture shows
New BBC Manchester editor, entertainment features Alan Brown has unveiled a raft of new commissions from BBC 1 and BBC 2, building on the success of programmes such as the I