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MORRISON TO HEAD WORLD SERVICE NEWS OPERATIONS
John Morrison, BBC News executive editor of core news, has been appointed head of news operations at BBC World Service. Morrison, who will take up his new post in mid-April, is
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EVANS TO GINGER UP DAILY STAR WITH SHARE OFFER
Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group has approached United News & Media about making a bid for the Daily Star newspaper. Evans is said to have offered a 16 per cent share
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NTL REPLACES CHALLENGE WITH FILMFOUR
NTL has dropped games channel Challenge from its analogue line-up to make way for new services. The Flextech wholly owned channel was taken off air on 28 February and replaced by
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BBC HIRES BRIT PRODUCER FOR MILLENNIUM MUSIC EVENT
Brit Awards '99 producer Guy Freeman has been recruited by the BBC to become television executive editor of Millennium Music Live. The six-day event, scheduled for late spring 2000, will feature
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MOVING IMAGE TO MANAGE RSPB FILM LIBRARY
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has appointed Moving Image Communications to manage its film library. The RSPB hopes greater commercial use of its archives will help boost
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KEITH SMITH TO BE REMEMBERED AT BAFTA EVENING
Barry Took is to host a celebration in April in honour of Keith Smith, the former BBC and ITV publicity executive who died suddenly last December.The evening will be held at
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HENFREY UP AT HTV WALES
HTV Wales output producer Philip Henfrey has been appointed news editor of HTV Wales in Cardiff.Henfrey, 32, will produce evening news programme HTV News, which moved to 18.00 on Monday (8
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PRIX ITALIA PUT BACK
The dates of the 1999 Prix Italia have been moved back a week to 18-25 September. Taking place in Florence and Sienna, the festival will include two new prizes: one for
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MEMORIAL FOR LORRIMER
A memorial service for veteran producer Vere Lorrimer will be held next Thursday (18 March).Lorrimer, who died aged 78 last October, produced a host of TV classics including Dixon of Dock
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GRANADA RENEWS GRANT
Granada Television is renewing its annual contribution to the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropolgy at Manchester University. The broadcaster makes an annual payment to the centre of£10,000.The centre trains students
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CASUALTY DAYS ON BBC 1
The BBC is celebrating the 250th episode of BBC 1 drama Casualty with two daytime specials. On Monday (15 March) the corporation will air A Holby Morning in Casualty, presented by
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Singer makes call for 'open' market
Platform operators should open their networks to all content providers or risk stunting the growth of the UK pay-TV industry, according to Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer.Speaking at the
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'THREE-QUARTERS OF ON DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS NEW TO MULTI-CHANNEL TV'
Three-quarters of On Digital subscribers are new to multi-channel TV, according to On Digital chief executive Stephen Grabiner, writes Alice Macandrew.
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UK hopefuls line up for Montreux
British entries have again dominated the Golden Rose of Montreux Awards with the UK producing 31 of the 104 shortlisted entries.The US is the next closest with 24 entries, followed by
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Union confronts BBC over new media cash
The BBC is facing a challenge from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) to increase writers and journalists' remuneration if it wants to use their work in other media, writes John Plunkett.
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Weil named programme chief at DNE
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has confirmed veteran programmer Peter Weil as its new programming chief, writes Alice Macandrew.
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BBC lawyer McTernan joins Carlton
A BBC lawyer is joining Carlton Television to replace former controller of compliance and legal affairs Don Christopher, writes Nicola Methven.
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BBC Resources Birmingham's graphic design department was commissioned by MBC Midlands to design the titles for new gameshow Whose House?. Designed by Carl Booth, the sequence depicts an animated 3D pu
BBC Resources Birmingham's graphic design department was commissioned by MBC Midlands to design the titles for new gameshow Whose House?. Designed by Carl Booth, the sequence depicts an animated 3D puzzle
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Initial's new factual children's series, Wildtrack, gets its title sequence courtesy of antirom. Designed and directed by Luke Pendrell, the titles use the colours and textures of the African landscap
Initial's new factual children's series, Wildtrack, gets its title sequence courtesy of antirom. Designed and directed by Luke Pendrell, the titles use the colours and textures of the African landscape to
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Component has created the title sequence for new Science Pictures/Channel 4 series Bodyscapes, which uses the latest techniques in scanning electron microscopy to show the surface of the human body in
Component has created the title sequence for new Science Pictures/Channel 4 series Bodyscapes, which uses the latest techniques in scanning electron microscopy to show the surface of the human body in