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VIRGIN TO LOSE EVANS
A source suggested Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans would definitely leave the station, as Broadcast went to press. Evans has not been on air since last Wednesday and Virgin Radio bosses
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NHS DIGITAL LAUNCH
Flextech expected to launch the pilot NHS health channel Living Health this week with over 11,000 pages of NHS information and the facility to book a GP appointment through the television.
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ITV partners clash over ownership rule
Serious cracks in the ITV partnership between Carlton and Granada emerged this week following a bitter public clash between the two companies over government plans for media ownership reform.The row erupted
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PrimeEnt grows Welsh TV interests
Media outfit PrimeEnt is planning to beef up its TV output with the launch of two restricted service licence (RSL) services in Wales, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Capital poaches Chrysalis chief
Capital Radio has poached rival Chrysalis Radio's online content director, Kevin Palmer, to help spearhead its drive into digital, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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EASTENDERS' SECRET FILMING
The BBC has started production on the long-awaited fourth episode of EastEnders, which is expected to go out on a Friday evening from 10 August, writes Leigh Holmwood. A source close
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RATINGS - Panorama's Sunday night plight worsens
The fortunes of BBC 1's Panorama continued to decline, as the show recorded its lowest ever rating since moving to Sunday, writes Mark Banham.
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KINGSTON ON-DEMAND
Kingston Communications has assembled a four-strong content team to thrash out a strategy for the group's TV and video on-demand offering, KIT. Andrew Forcett has been named content service development manager
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SKY FOOTBALL DEAL
The Footballers' Football Channel, which last weekend produced the British Leg of the Kronenbourg Cup European Beach Soccer League featuring Eric Cantona, has closed a carriage deal to launch on Sky
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BBC NEW MEDIA FIRST
BBC new media has appointed its first controller of business development as part of its departmental restructure. Director of broadband services at games portal gameplay.com Angel Gambino has been hired and
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UKTV'S FOOD PLANS
UKTV has unveiled fresh details for its new food channel which include a plan to commission half of its content from indies as part of a£20m spend. Content for the
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TWG HITS OUT AT BBC
The Wireless Group has submitted a document to the Office of Fair Trading in which it complains that the BBC abuses its dominant position by buying radio rights to sporting events
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PLAY ORDERS TOONS
Play UK's website has commissioned a brace of original animated series as part of a dual TV and web bid to bolster the channel's image. The commissions are 6 x 3-minute
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NEW RORY PECK AWARD
The Rory Peck Awards is introducing a new category, the Sony International Impact Award, for freelance broadcast journalists whose work that has made an impact on government policy or public opinion.
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OCTOPUS ONLINE WORK
Digital Octopus, the new media division of Octopus Publishing, has continued plans to extend books to the web and interactive TV. Projects include antiques information resource The Miller's Price Guide for
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ITV SHELVES SLAP BANG
ITV has decided not to commission any further episodes of Ant and Dec vehicle Slap Bang from indie Blaze. The show was originally intended to return with 16 shows in the
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CARLTON WINS AWARD
Carlton has picked up The Windrush Partnership Achievement Award for its commitment to cultural diversity. The award is given to organisations that have helped people from ethnic minorities through their business.
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C4 launches health and lifestyle portal
Channel 4 is extending its commitment to educational services with the roll-out of a health and lifestyle portal.Health House, which will be a cross-media project overseen by 4 Learning and aimed
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ITV issues tender doc to bidders
The battle for ITV's£200m news contract kicked off last week as bidders ITN and Channel 3 News took receipt of the much anticipated tender document, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC Wales boosts factual team
BBC Wales has recruited three producers from the commercial sector to work on new projects in its standalone factual department, writes Leigh Holmwood.