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PROFIT LEAP FOR PACE
Digital set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technologies reported a 61 per cent leap in annual profits on Monday (9 July), comfortably beating analyst forecasts. Pre-tax profits before amortisation and exceptional items
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CABLE VIEWING SURVEY
Viewers in cable and satellite homes are more attentive TV watchers with an increased tendency to sit through commercial breaks, according to a BSkyB-backed survey by BMRB out this week. Programme
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BARTON TO BIRMINGHAM
Carlton Central has appointed Dan Barton as editor of its Birmingham newsroom. Currently editor of Central News East in Nottingham, he will be responsible for an autumn relaunch of the Central
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C5's Hytner joins ITV
ITV has poached one of the architects of Channel 5 - marketing and new business director Jim Hytner - to take on the challenge of turning the terrestrial giant into a
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Pryde wins licence role at TWG
The Wireless Group (TWG) has appointed a new head of development following Jason Bryant's move to a part-time role at the group, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Plea for unity over NHS digital TV
The Department of Health has asked the four broadcasters and production companies involved in its£5m NHS digital TV project to work together to create a universal proposition, writes Simon Ellery.
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Wise Buddah strengthens radio line-up
Indie Wise Buddah has strengthened its radio programming department with a brace of senior appointments, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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VIRGIN RADIO SIGNS DJ FROM BOURNEMOUTH
Virgin Radio programme director Paul Jackson has signed another new DJ to the station. Ben Jones, 23, takes up the Friday and Saturday night show Wheels of Steel, replacing John Revell.
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BBC to boost US factual orders
The BBC plans to increase the amount of factual production work it undertakes for US broadcasters as part of the expansion of BBC Bristol's commercial arm, Wild Vision.The plan follows the
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Yorkshire boost for GMG Radio
Guardian Media Group Radio has scooped the coveted Yorkshire regional radio licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TV jokes 'difficult' claims BSC report
Offbeat jokes broadcast in late-night comedy programmes have been a major sticking point for the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Colin Robertson.
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THIS LONDON TO EXPLORE CAPITAL FOR LWT
LWT is to screen a 6 x 30-minute series looking at the lives of Londoners. This London will be shown weekly in an early evening slot from next month. Among topics
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Flextech signs Talkback deal
Flextech has struck a deal with Talkback Productions - maker of They Think It's All Over and Never Mind The Buzzcocks - for a new weekly music quiz series.The Pearson-owned producer
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C4 to chart history of blood
Channel 4 head of arts, religion and history Janice Hadlow has commissioned an epic three-part series from Optomen Television tracing the history of blood from human sacrifice to the AIDS crisis and beyond, writes Penny Hughes.
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Radio 1 set for first TV foray
The BBC is pushing its Radio 1 brand onto television for the first time with a new BBC Choice series based on the station's life, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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SCI-FI ARRIVES HEAD ON
Sci-Fi Channel's Headfuck season is to return next month with a weekly four-hour slot, writes Barbara Marshall.
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EMI sounds out television and film move
EMI has made its first ever move in to film and television audio with the opening of a dedicated sound studio at its Townhouse Studios complex in west London, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TV Set in co-production search
Facility group The Television Set (TV Set) is stepping up its search for co-production opportunities following the success of its documentary Coconut Revolution which it co-funded with Stampede, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Major TV boost lifts Pinewood
Pinewood Studios is investing a further seven-figure sum in television facilities to accommodate the next series of The Weakest Link which it has won from Magic Eye Studios in Wandsworth.Work has
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COUP FOR RED PEPPER
Red Pepper ID has staged a major design coup by winning the contract to rebrand Chinese State Television (CCTV), writes Barbara Marshall.