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Warner rights to UK
UK independent distributor NBDtv has been hired to handle more than 200 hours of music programming from Warner Vision, including a number of LWT South Bank Show 60-minute specials and several
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New head for classical
Creative leader of the BBC's classical music television production department Paul Maniura is to take on a new role within the television arts commissioning structure. Maniura will now become head of
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Webby nominations
BBC News Online and BBC World Service websites have both been nominated in the US Webby Awards for excellence in news and radio web-sites respectively.The Webbys, which will take place on
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Forever buys stake
Radio group Forever Broadcasting has bought a 10 per cent stake in production company Somethin' Else for£1.75m. The deal, which values the indie at£16.1m, will help fund its expansion
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CNN poaches journos
CNN News Group chief news executive Eason Jordan has poached two journalists to bolster the company's European production centre in London. ABC journalist Sheila MacVicar has become senior international correspondent and
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Sky cricket advance
Sky Sports has launched Sky Scope, a system which 'uses the latest missile-tracking technology to measure the exact flight path of a cricket ball'.Sky Scope uses computer graphics and six specialised
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ITC carpets QVC
Shopping channel QVC has been carpeted by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) over comments made by one of its presenters. In a segment advertising Buddha statues, the presenter said that if
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ROSE D'OR SPECIAL: MONTREUX 27-30 APRIL - C4 and BBC square up for chat rivalry
Former channel 4 bedfellows Johnny Vaughan and Graham Norton could go head to head as chat show hosts on different channels, after signing exclusive two-year deals with the BBC and C4
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ROSE D'OR SPECIAL: MONTREUX 27-30 APRIL - Montreux news snips
- World's End Productions is developing another series with comedy stars Adam and Joe. Adam and Joe's American Animation Adventure will air as part of a second Channel 4 animation season
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ROSE D'OR SPECIAL: MONTREUX 27-30 APRIL - Lux orders Marion special
BBC controller of entertainment Danielle Lux has lined up a one-off Marion & Geoff special for BBC 2, which will reveal the identities of the show's eponymous characters for the first time, writes Lucy Rouse.
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ROSE D'OR SPECIAL: MONTREUX 27-30 APRIL - Lenny Henry takes Golden Rose for BBC
BBC comedy Lenny Henry In Pieces scooped the coveted Golden Rose of Montreux award this week as part of a solid haul for UK producers, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BSC clears Robinson insult to Welsh
Anne Robinson's anti-Welsh outburst on BBC 2's Room 101 programme generated 427 complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), yet the commission did not uphold any of them. The BSC found
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NBC orders more weakest link shows
US network NBC has licensed a further 13 instalments of BBC entertainment show The Weakest Link. The order follows an original deal for 13 x 60-minute editions of the award-winning show,
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BBC appoints Shah to senior India role
BBC Worldwide territory manager for south Asia Monisha Shah has been appointed director of BBC Worldwide India Private Limited. As a member of the board, she will be charged with formulating
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Eurosport strikes cricket portal deal
Eurosport has struck a deal with the 365 Corporation cricket service cricketline.com to create a dedicated Eurosport cricket portal. The agreement means that eurosport.co.uk will receive the latest cricket news, including
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NTL in AOL Time Warner broadband talks
NTL is in talks with AOL Time Warner to launch a broadband tie-up following AOL's mounting frustration with BT over broadband access. The deal could see AOL customers accessing high-speed internet
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Ghosh sees off strong Emma Competition
ITN home affairs correspondent Shiulie Ghosh has been named Best Television News Journalist at this year's Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (Emmas). Ghosh, who has been nominated for Best TV journalist at
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Celador bags Queen's award for top show
Celador Productions has picked up the Queen's Award for Enterprise for exporting its hit format Who Wants to be a Millionaire? around the world.Since the first edition of the quiz went
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Zone vision to distribute adult channel
London-based channel distributor Zone Vision has signed a deal for a second Private-branded men's channel, Private Girls, on Sky Digital. Programming will be sourced from the US and Europe featuring feature
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BBC radio boosted by 23 Sony awards
The BBC swept the board at this year's Sony Radio Awards, with BBC Radio 2 winning UK station of the year.The BBC won 23 of the 30 awards at last Monday's