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S4C BAGS LIONS AUSTRALIA TOUR DEAL
Welsh public broadcaster S4C has signed a last-minute licence deal with BSkyB for coverage of the British Lions' rugby tour of Australia. A package of 'as live' matches and highlights will
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PLAN TO PUSH SCOTTISH POP VIDEO INDUSTRY
Channel 4 has launched a new initiative, 4 Minute Wonders, to drive the pop video production industry in Scotland. Each month, aspiring producers are invited to put forward storyboard ideas to
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Sky Pics closes after films flop
BSKYB IS to close ailing film production division Sky Pictures after the offshoot failed to make its mark in the highly competitive feature film market.Set up by former Sky Networks managing
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ITN urges online parity
ITN head of sport Malcolm Munro this week slammed the sports industry for attempting to prevent news organisations from carrying coverage of sporting events online, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Third digital multiplex licence nabbed by DRG
The Digital Radio Group has scooped the coveted third London digital multiplex licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Sunrise fined£10,000
Sunrise Radio has been fined£10,000 by the Radio Authority for breaching broadcasting legislation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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LAST DOCTOR WHO TO MAKE ONLINE DEBUT
A one-off special of cult sci-fi series Doctor Who is to be broadcast on BBC Online - the first new instalment featuring the cult time lord since a 1996 TV movie.
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PEOPLE VERSUS EXHUMED FOR ITV OVERHAUL
ITV is to revive Celador's ill-fated gameshow The People Versus as part of its early evening schedule. The show, which has been overhauled following dire ratings for its initial peaktime run
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TWIGGY TO PRESENT SHOW FOR 'GREY' VIEWERS
Sixties icon Twiggy is to front a new ITV series aimed at the 'grey' market. The 8 x 30-minute series will be broadcast in most ITV regions from July. In the
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FIRST BBC JAZZ AWARDS TO DEBUT ON R2 AND R3
BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3 are to broadcast the corporation's first annual jazz awards. The BBC Jazz Awards will take place on 31 July, hosted by Jools Holland and Humphrey
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2DTV leads ITV comedy drive
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has moved to bolster the channel's ailing sitcom reputation with a bundle of commissions, including a full series of satirical animation show 2DTV.Billed as a
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Graham Norton indie wins first BBC deal
So television, the indie set up by comedian Graham Norton and former United Productions controller of entertainment Graham Stuart, has secured its first commission outside Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.BBC 1
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BBC drama to air Nero epic
The BBC has unveiled a new landmark drama series set in ancient Rome, writes Leigh Holmwood.Falco, a series of 60-minute episodes, based on the Falco books by Lindsay Davis, will focus
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THE REAL DIVA
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor for history, arts and religion Tim Kirby has commissioned SMG TV Productions to produce an unauthorised biography on Shirley Bassey, writes Simon Ellery. The 60-minute programme
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C5 and ITN to put 'real' into reality shows
Channel 5 has lined up a counter-reality show from ITN factual that attempts to paint a more accurate picture of survival on a desert island, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The Real Castaway features
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S&M fills marketing head role
Smoke & Mirrors is beefing up its market presence with the appointment of advertising agency boss Amanda Lowit to the newly created post of head of marketing, writes Barbara Marshall.
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London Playout Centre gains md in RTL rejig
RTL technical group chief executive Mike Southgate has promoted Paul Evans to managing director of the London Playout Centre as part of a restructure of the London operation, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Kingston revamps brands
Kingston Mediastream is to be renamed Kingston Inmedia as part of anoverall rebranding exercise by parent company Kingston Communications, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Landmark case hits card fraud
Fraudsters have been dealt a blow in a recent UK court case as Dutch conditional access firm Irdeto Access secured a conviction against a maker of pirate satellite smart cards.However, despite
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SPORTS GRAPHICS DEAL WIN AT BBC MEDIAARC
BBC MediaArc has bagged two prestigious graphics commissions from BBC sport, one for Wimbledon and the other for the World Athletics coverage. Pictured is a frame from the titles for this