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CNN NABS SKY'S SMITH.
CNN has poached Sky presenter Claire Smith to front new weekly travel show CNN Hotspots. Smith replaces Jane Dutton, who is being moved to work on new CNN projects, including being
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PLAYJAM MAKES BARB.
Static-owned digital channel PlayJam has become the first interactive service to be included in Barb weekly and monthly viewing summaries. The channel hopes the move, which kicks off later this month,
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Bazal clinches four Indie wins.
Bazal dominated the ninth annual Indie Awards held on Wednesday night at the BBC TV Centre (7 March), picking up four gongs for Big Brother, while Hat Trick's Peter Fincham scooped
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Baines quits ITN after 24 years' service.
ITN managing director new media Garron Baines is to leave the company after almost 25 years to join computer giant IBM, writes David Wood.
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Morphos loses Quantel Editbox to con men.
DHL delivery men were tricked into handing over a£200,000 Quantel Editbox to strangers last week, following a routine delivery to a Soho-based post-production firm, write Simon Ellery and Barbara Marshall.
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CME meets Czechs in court.
A dispute between Ronald Lauder, controlling shareholder of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), and the government of the Czech Republic over Czech television channel Nova TV moved to the UK courts this week, writes Jane Marlow.
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FROM GINGER TO NUTSHELL TO MONKEY.
Nutshell, the indie fronted by ex-Ginger TV chiefs Will Macdonald and David Granger, officially launched this week under a new name, Monkey. The company, trading as Monkey Kingdom Ltd, aims to
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PLAYBOY TO AIR NEW PAY CHANNEL ON SKY.
Playboy TV UK has launched a new pay channel on Sky Box Office called Spice. The launch takes the number of channels Playboy has in the UK to three. It also
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CLASSIC FM MAY START ITS OWN TV CHANNEL.
Classic FM is holding discussions with the Performance channel about the possibility of launching its own television programme. The national commercial radio station has not confirmed format or programming details, but
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RADIO INITIATIVE AT SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN.
A radio forum is to be included in the Third World Summit on Media for Children for the first time. The conference, which will focus on issues of globalisation and new
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JAZZ FM SIGNS TRAVEL INFORMATION PROVIDER.
Travel information company Trafficlink has signed deals to supply its service to Jazz fm's London and Manchester radio stations and the MXR digital radio consortium. The new partnerships are a boost
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TPC HIRES BBC PRODUCER TO HEAD PRODUCTION.
The Television Production Company (TPC) has appointed drama producer Martyn Auty as head of production. A former BBC producer, Auty recently worked on projects such as Dirty Work and Gentleman's Relish.
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PEARSON RESULTS SHOW DROP IN PROFITS.
Shares in UK media group Pearson held firm this week despite the company reporting a 17 per cent slide in pre-tax profits. Citing a year of heavy internet investment, Pearson said
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BBC GETS RIGHTS TO LIVERPOOL VS FC PORTO.
BBC sport has secured exclusive live rights to both legs of the UEFA Cup quarter final between Liverpool and Portuguese club FC Porto, and for the final of the competition in
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WORLD OF WONDER FILLS TOP PRODUCTION JOB.
World of Wonder has signed its first UK head of production, Maria Silver. Silver was production manager on Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and Michael Moore's Big One.
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CORRECTION: ATTACHMENTS.
Broadcast would like to point out that the BBC elected to re-edit an episode of Attachments following complaints and was not asked to do so by the Broadcasting Standards Commission as
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BBC backs new diversity push.
The BBC Black Forum (BBF) is planning to set up a network of representatives across the UK as part of an initiative to improve ethnic diversity across the corporation.The plan is
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Granada sets a date for portals.
Granada Broadband plans to launch its much-vaunted Liverpool and Arsenal enhanced football broadband portals in the autumn, writes David Wood.
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C5 presenter heads indie Sponge.
Channel 5 presenter Marc Crumpton and actor Ed Sanders, star of Sky One football soap Dream Team, have set up their own entertainment production company, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Telewest buys major sit-up stake.
Telewest has invested£14.8m in cash and equity for a 38 per cent stake in sit-up, the TV and internet venture founded by former On Digital executives Ashley Faull and John Egan, writes Lucy Rouse.