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Benson heads F&L full-time
BBC controller of specialist factual Glenwyn Benson has taken on the post of factual and learning co-director on a full-time basis, despite having previously turned the job down.Benson was originally made
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C5 GLADIATOR TRIUMPH.
Channel 5 has won the British terrestrial television first-run rights to the multi-Oscar nominated film Gladiator after a 'keenly contested' battle with other broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Gearhouse sells off its assets.
Audiovisual equipment specialist Gearhouse Group, which went into receivership two weeks ago, has been disbanded after the sale of a number of its assets to two different parties, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Granada revamps kids department.
Granada has restructured its children's department following its takeover of United Productions' children's assets, rebranding the division as Granada Kids, writes Colin Robertson.
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Carlton sex doc injunction.
Carlton has been further prevented from broadcasting Tara's Story, its controversial regional documentary on under-age sex, following a high court injunction lodged by Nottinghamshire County Council, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC News never went off air - First hand experience.
On Saturday evening, I was in town when a member of my team called me to say there had been a bomb warning and they had been told to evacuate the
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BBC's digital channels 'offer very little'.
THE BBC is targeting too narrow an audience with its planned digital channels, a leading business academic claimed this week, writes Nick Radlo.
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Emap/C4 teen portal scrapped.
Emap Digital and Channel 4's planned teen portal, Slam.com, has been shelved after the two companies admitted they had drastically rethought the project, writes Steve Aston.
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Shopping channel studios catch fire.
A fire service investigation has been launched after a blaze in the warehouse and studios of satellite shopping channel Ideal World on Tuesday night (6 March) caused serious damage and forced the channel off the air, writes Simon Ellery.
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Acquisitions head is fresh loss to Hit.
Hit Entertainment head of acquisitions Peter Curtis has joined creative director Kate Fawkes in quitting the indie, writes Steve Aston.
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ORDER FOR SCARLET.
The BBC has appointed independent producer Scarlet to produce the Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (Emmas), replacing Initial which pulled out of the project last week. Scarlet has produced the European Media
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GMTV ASKED TO REPLY.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has asked GMTV to respond to recent newspaper allegations that presenter Fiona Phillips breached its broadcasting guidelines by mentioning on air charities she had worked with.
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BBC SEEKS ROVING EDS.
BBC head of TV news Roger Mosey has invited BBC news assistant editors to apply for newly created 'roving brief' editor posts to work across all TV news services. Mosey is
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WORLD CUP DEAL.
German media outfit Kirch Group has struck a deal with the two German terrestrial broadcasters ARD and ZDF for rights to screen the World Cup tournament on terrestrial TV. The deal
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NEW DEAL FOR C5.
Channel 5 is to take an 11.5 per cent stake in internet pets product company Petspyjamas.com after agreeing to give the firm£2m worth of on-screen advertising in its latest equity
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BBC leads field at RTS awards.
The BBC is leading the field in ahead of this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) programme awards with a total of 31 nominations, writes Steve Aston.ITV picked up 17 nominations, while
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Oftel may act if ITV/BSkyB fail to settle.
The government may call on the telecoms regulator, Oftel, to force BSkyB to take ITV onto its digital platform if a 'just result' between the two companies is not reached, writes John Lewis.
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Strike may hit ITV's top shows.
Union members at Carlton Central will vote next week on whether to strike over new pay conditions - a move that could put production of a number of key ITV programmes
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BBC kids' services face OFT investigation.
An Office of Fair Trading (OFT) probe into the BBC's proposed new digital services has sparked calls for an independent investigation into the economic impact of the corporation's new children's services, writes Simon Ellery.
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E4 TO PREMIERE EMINEM SHOW.
Channel 4 and E4 have picked up exclusive rights to Eminem: Live in Concert from producer and international distributor Portman Television.The two channels have rights to a 90-minute version of the