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DAVIES TO STAY AT LONDON ECONOMICS TO OVERSEE MEDIA
Senior associate at consultancy London Economics Jonathan Davies has been appointed head of media, just two months before he was to quit to join the European Broadcasting Union. In his new
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BAFTA LINES UP WALMSLEY FOR MANAGEMENT CLASS
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has lined up Carlton Communications executive director Nigel Walmsley (right) to present one of its management masterclasses. The session will be chaired
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UDEN GRABS NEEDHAM FOR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT MOVE
Factual specialist Uden Associates has recruited Delissa Needham from Rapido TV in a bid to break into entertainment programming. Needham, who joins in the newly created role of head of entertainment,
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COMMUNITY HEAD SOUGHT
Media Trust chief executive Caroline Diehl is looking to recruit an executive to head up its new Community Channel. Set to launch early next year, the channel was granted just under
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DYSLEXIA BEATS RECORD
Channel 4's Dyslexia season, produced by indie Twenty Twenty Television and broadcast last month, has generated more helpline calls than any previous education campaign on the channel. To date more than
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CARLTON UNVEILS WEBSITES
Carlton TV has launched websites dedicated to the work of documentary-maker John Pilger and long-running investigative show The Cook Report this week. The launch of www.carlton.com/pilger on Wednesday (25 August) precedes
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ENERGY STRIKES GOLD
The Energy Film Library, one of the leading libraries for film images, has struck an agreement with Universal Studios to represent a collection of licensable material from the Universal Film Library.
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C4 boosts drama in autumn schedule
Channel 4 has unveiled its 1999 autumn schedule heralding an increased emphasis on drama output.A£6 million, 2 x 120-minute adaptation by Granada Films of the best-selling book Longitude heads the
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BBC Wales readies cash for S4C 2
BBC Wales has earmarked£500,000 from its£6 million devolution fund to pay for the first year of its live coverage of the Welsh Assembly for new digital channel S4C 2, writes Jason Deans.
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UK Play bolsters line-up with raft of new series
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has commissioned six new series for the autumn including a show from Avalon starring comedian Richard Herring, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Talk to play sports for Digital One
Digital radio operator Digital One has signed up Talk Radio to provide a new 24-hour digital sports station but has so far failed to reach a deal with Virgin Radio for a digital simulcast of the rock station's analogue service, writes John Plunkett.
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Living head of programming Emma Tennant has bought the first seven runs of Soldier Soldier, representing 62 x 60-minutes, to air from early September, plus the first six series of Peak
Flextech wholly owned channels Living and Bravo have struck a deal with Carlton International to buy three primetime series between them for their autumn schedules, writes Alice Macandrew.
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LAST CALL FOR PECK AWARD
The organisers of the Rory Peck Awards have issued a final call for entries to this year's competition. The awards, organised by the Rory Peck Trust in memory of the cameraman
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TRAVEL APPOINTS DEAR
The Travel Channel has appointed Jeremy Dear to the newly created role of head of television.Dear has spent the last few months at the cable and satellite channel in a consultancy
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CAPITAL TO AIR ROBBIE GIG
Capital Radio is to broadcast Robbie Williams' sell-out Dublin concert live across the group's radio stations on Saturday (28 August).Capital DJ Dr Fox will present the exclusive live coverage from 20.00
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SKY NEWS TOPS POLL
More digital satellite viewers watch Sky News than its rival 24-hour news channels CNN International and BBC News 24, according to a survey from BMRB. The research into digital homes, carried
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DCMS canvasses for RA post
Former EMI chairman Sir Colin Southgate and BPI director general John Deacon are among the names put forward by the radio industry as possible successors to outgoing Radio Authority chairman Sir Peter Gibbings, writes John Plunkett.
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Publisher aims to turn books into TV
A major book publishing group - whose titles range from The Joy of Sex to Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book - has launched a production arm to develop its titles for
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London Tonight and London Today, the London News Network (LNN)-produced Carlton region news bulletins, are to be relaunched on Monday 6 September, writes Jason Deans. The revamped look will feature a
London Tonight and London Today, the London News Network (LNN)-produced Carlton region news bulletins, are to be relaunched on Monday 6 September, writes Jason Deans. The revamped look will feature a
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Bafta picks Berry for job
Bafta has named Amanda Berry as its deputy executive director as part of an internal restructure, writes Wale Azeez.