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SKY IN MOBILES DEAL.
Sky News has struck a deal to provide telecommunications outfit YAC's 300,000 customers with news via mobile phones. YAC, which provides a range of telecommunications services including audio conferencing, has signed
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EUNITE EXPANDING.
Interactive producer Eunite has appointed former Granada G-Wizz director of programmes Chris Pressley to sharpen the company's focus on enhanced TV for the broadcast and entertainment sectors. Pressley, who will head
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TWI GOES TO THE RACES.
TWI has been hired by French race course promoter France Galop to act as its global distribution agent for TV rights to all its events, including the Prix de L'Arc de
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MONEY IS CASH RICH.
The Money Channel is exploring 'strategic alliances and corporate transactions' with other broadcasters and internet service providers, after revealing that it has£2.6m cash in the bank. Directors of the channel
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BBC UPS TALENT DRIVE.
BBC Talent 2001 will seek talent in twice as many categories as last year's scheme and 46 contracts and commissions up for grabs. The initiative, details of which were unveiled last
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SKY JOINS MXR.
Sky News is to join the MXR digital radio consortium as a shareholder and content provider. Under the terms of the deal, output from Sky News Radio will be available to
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SMG UPS STAKE IN RIVAL.
The Scottish Media Group (SMG), owner of Virgin Radio, has upped its stake in rival Scottish Radio Holdings to 24.9 per cent in anticipation of a change in ownership rules. The
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BBC'S WILSON GOES WEST.
BBC controller of English regions Andy Griffee has picked BBC Cambridge editor Andrew Wilson as head of regional and local programmes for BBC West. Wilson, 33, will have editorial responsibility for
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Weakest Link wins top billing at BBC Showcase.
the BBC's homegrown quiz show format The Weakest Link was the star attraction at BBC Showcase this week, while new format Dog Eat Dog was tipped by executives as the BBC's
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SKY IN TRANCE.
World Productions has started filming a dark, comic feature film about art theft and the depths of the human subconscious for BSkyB feature film production division Sky Pictures, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITV lobbies ITC to promote On Digital.
ITV is lobbying the Independent Television Commission to remove a rule that bars it from cross-promoting On Digital, writes Simon Ellery.
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Everett is Highfield number two.
BBC controller, interactive TV and navigation Katharine Everett has been promoted to the newly created post of controller, new media, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Deane quits Lucky Dog to set up indie.
Lucky dog chief executive Geoff Deane has severed links with Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) and is setting up a new production company after disagreeing with the company's strategy of consolidating its
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Einstein ups original production.
Digital science channel Einstein is looking to form a number of production partnerships with science-based indies with a view to increasing its original production output, writes David Wood.
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BBC re-edits Attachments after BSC ruling.
The BBC has been forced to re-edit its controversial dotcom drama Attachments following a rash of complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Penny Hughes.
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Puremix to shut down.
Chrysalis New Media is to close its internet radio station, Puremix.com, after conceding there is currently no market for it, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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JAZZ FM BREAKS INTO PROFIT AFTER 11 YEARS.
The Jazz FM group has reported its first profit since its launch nearly 11 years ago. The music broadcaster and retailer - which owns Jazz FM 102.2 in London and Jazz
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NATPE AND PRIX ITALIA LINK UP FOR FESTIVAL.
US trade body Natpe and the organisers of the Prix Italia have joined forces to hold a series of seminars and workshops for producers at this year's Prix Italia festival in
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NTL ALLOTS£5M TO BROADBAND PROMOTION.
Cable giant NTL is to spend£5m promoting broadband to consumers and has set itself a target of 100,000 broadband customers by the end of this year. The outfit, which will
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ITN WINS GOLD NYMPH NEWS AWARD.
ITN this week beat the BBC, CNN and Sky News to scoop its second consecutive gold nymph news award - a first in the award's history - for its coverage of