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    WAP INTERACTIVE TV PLANS

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Somethin' Else has signed a deal with Ericsson to develop a platform for use by broadcasters wanting to deliver interactive content to both WAP-enabled mobile phones and the internet.The

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    TF1 AND CANAL+ OUT ESPN

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    TF1 and Canal+ have bought out ESPN shares in sports channels Eurosport International and Eurosport France. The international service is now jointly owned by the two with TF1 holding 50.5 per

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    KERSHAW SPINS SWANSONG

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Kershaw is to leave the station after 14 years. Kershaw's contract ended last week and he presents his final show on R1 on Thursday (25 May).

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    Loughrey quits NI to head up regions

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland controller Pat Loughrey is to succeed Mark Thompson in the key BBC post of director of nations and regions.Loughrey has been appointed ahead of a restructure of BBC

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    NHS to fund digital services

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada Broadband, Granada Media's newly formed new media division, and Flextech are vying for up to£5 million from the National Health Service, in a bid to incorporate government services into their forthcoming digital health channels, writes Colin Robe

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    Sunset + Vine hit a six at RTS sports awards

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Sports specialist indie Sunset + Vine (S+V) scooped two awards for its coverage of test cricket for Channel 4 at Monday night's Royal Television Society (RTS) TV sports awards, writes Tara Conlan.

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    BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned Red Productions to make a second series of Clocking Off (above), writes Ashley Davies. The new 6 x 60-minute series is expected to go

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned Red Productions to make a second series of Clocking Off (above), writes Ashley Davies. The new 6 x 60-minute series is expected to go

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    Inglish leaves ITN for consultant job

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    ITN Radio's editor of LBC 1152AM, Sue Inglish, is leaving at the end of June, eight months after the station's relaunch last October, writes Georgina Lipsomb.

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    RA PLANS TO MAKE VOICE HEARD IN WESTMINSTER

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    New Radio Authority chairman Richard Hooper has said the Authority is preparing to make a strong contribution to the government's forthcoming Communications White Paper. In the past, radio chiefs have complained

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    CORRESPONDENT PRODUCER TO EDIT NEW LONDON LIVE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC News Correspondent senior producer Sandy Smith is to edit new BBC News TV show London Live when it replaces Newsroom South East early next year. Smith has been appointed by

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    SIT-UP.COM COMMISSIONS PILOT FROM ENTERACTION

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Fledgling interactive TV company Enteraction, which is backed by former Live TV programme executives, has been commissioned to produce a programming pilot for interactive outfit Sit-up.com. Launched by former On Digital

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    BBC PICKS UP MULTICULTURAL MEDIA AWARDS

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The BBC picked up two gongs at the Carlton-produced Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards on Monday night (22 May). BBC TV's Koran & The Kalashnikov picked up the prize for best documentary,

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    TOTALROCK! RADIO GRANTED RESTRICTED LICENCE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has awarded a one-month restricted service licence (RSL) to TotalRock! Radio, a rock and heavy metal radio station that will serve London between 29 May and 25 June.

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    KINGSTON COMMS PLANS NATIONAL INTERACTIVE NETWORK

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Kingston Communications plans to create a national network to provide interactive TV services such as video-on-demand in a co-build project with rival Colt Telecom, which could launch services by July 2001.

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    SRH BOUNCES BACK FROM BORDER DEFEAT

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH), which earlier this year lost the bidding war to buy Border Television to Capital Radio, has announced it is still in the market for acquisitions. Unveiling its

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    SIMPLY MONEY TO OFFER AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Invest TV will launch interactive services on its consumer finance channel Simply Money in June, in conjunction with Sony-owned technology firm Digital Interactive Broadband Services. As part of the project, viewers

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    TELEWEST/FLEXTECH 'ON COURSE FOR 500,00 DIGITAL SUBS'

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Telewest/Flextech chief executive Adam Singer has said the company is on track to meet its target of 500,000 digital subscribers by the end of this year after announcing that it had

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    STUDENT STINGS WINNERS CHOSEN BY CHANNEL 4

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has chosen the winners of its student stings animation competition.The 15-second stings will all be broadcast later this year. The winners are: Rocio Cangas-Martinez from the Edinburgh College of

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    BORDER TV GOES TO CAPITAL RADIO FOR£151 MILLION

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio has successfully bought Border Television after its recommended offer of£14 in cash for each Border share, which values Border at approximately£151 million, went unconditional last week. Capital

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    INTERNET AUDIO CHANNEL TO AIR FROM JAZZ FM IN JUNE

    2000-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Jazz FM is launching an internet audio service called ejazz.fm on 5 June.Ejazz.fm will offer two streamed audio channels playing continuous down-tempo and up-tempo jazz. Subscribers will also be able to