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    Hammond set to join 24-hour travel station

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Travel channel TV Travel Shop has named former Wish You Were Here? executive producer Douglas Hammond as director of broadcasting and channel development, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Digital One to woo listeners

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    National digital radio multiplex operator Digital One is launching a summer campaign to win over sceptical listeners, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    TRAVEL NEWS VIA WAP

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Trafficlink, which supplies traffic and travel news to commercial and BBC local radio, has signed a deal with XY Network, run by indie Somethin' Else, to launch audio travel news bulletins

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    RED TO INTERVIEW STAR

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Red Production founder Nicola Shindler has been lined up to interview Sex and the City creator Darren Star at the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival (GEITF) which runs from 24 to

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    JUST GROUP UNIFIES

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Children's entertainment company Just Group, producer of the Butt-Ugly Martians, is to consolidate its operations into one London office after buying Mediakey (trading as Marshall Publishing) in December last year. The

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    PRIME ENT GOES LOCAL

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment rights company Prime Ent is to expand into local television after buying TV12 owner Your TV in a deal worth about£9m. TV12 operates three restricted service licences (RSLs) in

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    Voters trust TV election news

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Voters are putting greater trust in television than in other forms of media in the run-up to the general election on 7 June, according to a poll conducted by NOP for

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    BBC lands six sport awards

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Olympic victory of Britain's coxless fours proved a triumph for the BBC this week as the corporation scooped six gongs at the Royal Television Society's sports awards, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Oneword chief wins promotion

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Digital radio channel Oneword head of programmes Paul Kent has stepped up to become programme director, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BIG BROTHER RADIO DEAL

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio Group has snapped up the exclusive rights to broadcast Big Brother audio highlights, writes Penny Hughes. Under the terms of the deal - struck between Capital, Channel 4's commercial

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    WOOLF TO HEAD DEVELOPMENT AT MAVERICK

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has promoted development producer Paul Woolf to head of development. He replaces Alexander Fraser who takes a more strategic role at the outfit. Woolf's credits in-clude Channel

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    MAJOR SHAKE-UP FOR CNN TEAM IN LONDON

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    CNN has beefed up its 150-strong London news team and devolved decision-making in a move that sees CNN veterans Kira Grishkoff and Kim Norgaard become European regional co-ordinators. The pair will

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    RADIO CAMPAIGN TO URGE YOUTH TO VOTE

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Commercial Radio Companies Association has launched a campaign to encourage more young people to vote in the forthcoming general election. The Use Your Voice drive, which will air across the

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    GALAXY 102 PRODUCER RITCHIE MOVES UP

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Galaxy 102 breakfast show producer Simon Ritchie has been promoted to the role of deputy programme director. Ritchie will help build and implement the Manchester station's programming strategy. The appointment follows

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    BARR TAKES OVER AS SPORTS REPORTER AT ITN

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    ITN has appointed Felicity Barr as its new sports correspondent. Barr joins from regional news programme London Tonight where she was a sports presenter. She will replace Gabby Yorath on ITV's

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    NTL/SCORE SECURE IRISH DIGITAL CONTRACT

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    NTL and Scottish Radio Holdings subsidiary Score Digital have signed a 12-year multi-million pound deal to provide digital multiplex and transmission services to Northern Ireland for 10 new services. NTL already

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    TELCAST WOMAN JOINS DOCUMENTARY EXPO

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Sheffield International Documentary Festival has poached Telcast International documentary sales manager Sirkka Moella to become festival programmer. She replaces Alex Cooke with a brief to build on rising delegate numbers,

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    SO WHAT NOW? TO GET SECOND SERIES ON BBC

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has said it will commission a second series of the Lee Evans sitcom So What Now? (left) despite reports that it had axed the vehicle. A BBC spokeswoman told

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    NTL OUTSOURCES IT OPERATION TO CUT COSTS

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    NTL is outsourcing its information technology operations to IBM in a move to save $450m (£317m). As part of the $2bn (£1.4bn) deal, which runs until 2012, 483 NTL staff will

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    TIME OF OUR LIVES TO LOOK AT SEX AFTER THE WAR

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has ordered a second 3 x 60-minute run of social history series Time of our Lives from producer RDF. Currently in production, the