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Carlton bids for racing
Race course owner Arena Leisure's£320m bid for interactive and terrestrial horse-racing rights has been thrown off course after Carlton Communications jumped in this week with an 11th-hour expression of interest.
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PVR launched in UK
BSkyB and TiVo are scheduled to launch the first personalised video recorder (PVR) in the UK on Thursday (28 September). Widely tipped to shake up the economics of programme production, the
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LNN appoints Balen
Former BBC news executive editor, bulletins Malcolm Balen has been appointed as London News Network (LNN) head of news, as predicted in Broadcast (22.9.00).Balen takes up the role on 1 November
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BBC digital radio plan
BBC radio and music director Jenny Abramsky is preparing to announce proposals for a raft of new digital radio services on Thursday (28 September).The news, which follows governor approval, will include
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Rapture cuts staffing
Rapture TV's 40-strong production team in Norwich is facing cuts. The announcement was made at a meeting on Wednesday (27 September) in a now defunct Rapture studio within the Anglia TV
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Thompson orders last BBC kids slate
Outgoing BBC children's commissioning chief Roy Thompson has ordered a raft of new programming, plus another 130 episodes of hit pre-school show Tweenies from Tell-Tale Productions for BBC 1.Head of children's
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APTN chief to press for cash
New Associated Press Television News (APTN) chief executive Ian Ritchie is to lobby the video news agency's US parent, Associated Press, for more investment following his appointment this week, writes Tara
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Brown quits C4 history department
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, history, biography and religion Gill Brown has confirmed she plans to leave the broadcaster in January, writes Ashley Davies.
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Tragedy prompts guidelines
News executives from the BBC, Associated Press Television News, Reuters and CNN are meeting this week to begin thrashing out guidelines for reporters working in the world's troublespots, writes Tara Conlan.Sky
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Yes TV rolls out Scandinavian VOD
Video on demand (VOD) outfit Yes TV is in talks to roll out in a Nordic region instead of its earlier proposal to launch across the UK, writes Simon Ellery.
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Disney Channel UK wins advance showing of hit films
Walt Disney claims to have broken a film deal precedent with rights to show a raft of blockbusters on television within three years of UK theatrical release, instead of the normal
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C4 news share is up one percentage point
Channel 4 News increased its audience share from 4 per cent for June to August inclusive last year to 5 per cent for the same period this year, according to its
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Virgin to broadcast digital radio station online
Virgin has created a new online radio service, Virgin Radio Digital. The programming will remain the same as Virgin Radio, but will have separate station branding and will carry separate advertising.
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Bland says BBC local radio budgets are safe
BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland has announced that BBC local radio budgets are protected for the next five years. Speaking at the Gillard Awards in Bristol last Thursday (21 September), Bland
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Women in film and TV summit details announced
Women in Film & Television is holding its international summit in London between 11 and 14 October. The keynote speech will be given by Pearson chief executive officer Marjorie Scardino on
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Radio 4 to build its image with new promotional blitz
The BBC is launching a brand-building marketing campaign for BBC Radio 4. On Monday (25 September), R4 controller Helen Boaden admitted at a Voice of the Listener & Viewer speech that
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Just group creates managing director role
Just Group has hired former Scottish Television Enterprises managing director Darrel James for the new role of managing director of its Just Entertainment division. His brief is to focus on TV
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Sportal joins British Internet Publishers' Alliance
Internet sports service Sportal has become the first dotcom-only company to join the British Internet Publishers' Alliance (Bipa), highlighting concern in the private sector over the BBC's online activities. Sportal, a
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Satellite & Cable Group demand digital subsidy
The Satellite & Cable Broadcasters Group, which includes broadcasters such as Nickelodeon, Discovery and MTV, has called for government funds to help it meet digital targets for subtitling, captioning and signing.In
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Radio authority seeks bids for north-west multiplex
The Radio Authority has invited applications for a regional digital multiplex to cover the north-west of England, including Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire. It should reach around 5.3 million adult listeners