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    Warden to oversee longform drama at West One

    2000-02-09T08:00:00Z

    Former TVI senior editor and head of production Shane Warden has joined West One as senior editor working mainly on longform drama productions. Warden quit TVI (now 4MCUK) last November citing

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    Scheduall introduces newsroom tracking system

    2000-02-09T08:00:00Z

    Facility management and scheduling software company Scheduall has developed a resource management system for use in TV newsrooms.Called NewsPLAN, the system is designed to show exact resource availability and costs.

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    Highsted takes on Editbox work at London Post

    2000-02-09T08:00:00Z

    Editbox editor Stuart Highsted has quit M2 to join London Post to work on its new EditboxFX. Highsted has specialised in Editbox editing for the past three years, working mainly on

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    EBU summit sees calls for further interoperability

    2000-02-09T08:00:00Z

    A production seminar on video servers at the EBU in Geneva last week saw calls for further progress towards interoperability of digital video formats.Although there are now two families of digital

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    Cable operators cleared in bundling row

    2000-02-09T06:00:00Z

    Watchdogs reject BSkyB's complaints against 'unfair' bundling of TV and telephony packages

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    DTI refers Carlton/United merger

    2000-02-08T19:07:00Z

    Competition Commission will investigate concerns over implications to advertising and programming markets

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    One ITV, one company?

    2000-02-08T16:15:00Z

    For ITV it's the final solution - one ITV, one company. It's become a when-not-if question. All that's left to do is to cross the legal t's and dot the regulatory

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    BBC lands Masters golf deal

    2000-02-08T14:30:00Z

    Corporation clinches three-year deal to broadcast live coverage of golf tournament

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    Hearst Corporation in Spanish cable venture

    2000-02-08T14:13:00Z

    The Hearst Corporation has formed a joint-venture with Spanish cable operator Multipark to create a 24-hour cable channel based on Cosmopolitan, writes Ashley Davies.Hearst Entertainment senior vice president Cynthia Hudson

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    Big Brother to air in UK and US

    2000-02-08T14:13:00Z

    Hit European format to broadcast this year on Channel 4 and CBS

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    UK Gold plans 24-hour broadcast

    2000-02-08T13:55:00Z

    BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK gold is to broadcast around the clock from the end of next month. The channel, which is part of the UKTV network, currently broadcasts for 20 hours

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    Internet start-up lures Zee TV international exec

    2000-02-08T13:55:00Z

    New internet company Silicon Valley have poached Bhaskar Majumdar from Zee TV, writes John Plunkett.Majumdar moves from his position as head of international operations at Zee TV to

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    Miramax pulls plug on HAL Films

    2000-02-08T13:55:00Z

    Miramax is disbanding HAL Films, the UK film outfit it funded two years ago. It was set up by Channel 4 head of film David Aukin, director of film acquisitions Colin

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    Sunset + Vine beefs up distribution

    2000-02-08T13:55:00Z

    Sunset + Vine (S+V) has expanded its distribution department and appointed Giselle Maynard to the post of sales and marketing director, writes John Plunkett.Maynard, formerly senior distribution manager, now heads

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    Innes Ker joins TV Corp

    2000-02-08T13:55:00Z

    The Television Corporation (TVC) has appointed Lady Katherine Innes Ker to the post of non-executive director, writes John Plunkett.Innes Ker is also a non-executive director of On Digital and a

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    Ward to oversee Initial events slate

    2000-02-08T13:55:00Z

    Editor of BBC millennium special joins GMG Endemol production arm

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    Granada Media expands overseas

    2000-02-08T12:01:00Z

    Strategic alliance signed with Seven Network as new German arm launches

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    BSkyB to post£55 million loss

    2000-02-08T08:05:00Z

    Cable and satellite broadcaster blames deficit on free set-top box offer

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    Paying for the name

    2000-02-07T16:16:00Z

    More bad news for the BBC with a report that BBC 1 and BBC 2 are up for sale - the internet domain names that is. Domain name auction firm Names

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    Mansfield joins Granada

    2000-02-07T15:51:00Z

    ITV daytime chief Nelmes appointed successor as Network Centre reshuffles