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Telewest brushes up image
Telewest has embarked on a fundamental image overhaul as it prepares to launch its digital cable channels this November, write Alice Macandrew and Tina Mistry.
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Skillset and C4 to fund programme
Channel 4 and training organisation Skillset have promised to fund 75 per cent of the costs for a new researcher's development programme aimed at regional production companies, writes Wale Azeez.The new
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GSB receives clearance to flag programmes during ads
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) is to become the first TV company to flag its programmes during commercials, writes Tina Mistry.
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BSkyB has chosen Arsenal v Manchester United for its first interactive football match on 22 August. It will air on newly launched digital channel Sky Sports Extra, alongside its normal broadcast
BSkyB has chosen Arsenal v Manchester United for its first interactive football match on 22 August. It will air on newly launched digital channel Sky Sports Extra, alongside its normal broadcast
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United looks to increase ITV and C5 stakes
United News & Media (UNM) chief executive Clive Hollick said last week that the company will be a 'buyer not a seller' in any future ITV consolidation, writes Jason Deans.
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BBC Radio loses its lead in Rajars
Commercial radio has gained a marginal lead over the BBC thanks to a strong performance by independent local radio, according to the latest round of Rajar figures.The commercial sector's overall share
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Virgin sheds early birds in London
Virgin Radio's share of the key London breakfast show battleground has slumped, with the station dropping from third to sixth, according to leaked Rajar figures, writes John Plunkett.
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Local commercial stations report surge in listeners
Local commercial radio added nearly 600,000 listeners on the previous quarter, upping its share from 38.1 to 40.1 per cent, writes John Plunkett.
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BBC Resources director Sean de Sparengo was commissioned by BBC Knowledge producer Richard Gort to produce three new 30-second ads for the channel. The spots revolve around three prominent British cha
BBC Resources director Sean de Sparengo was commissioned by BBC Knowledge producer Richard Gort to produce three new 30-second ads for the channel. The spots revolve around three prominent British characters,
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The Network has produced a new series of idents for FilmFour's antipodean movie season, Up From Down Under. An exploding FilmFour logo leads into 90-second distillations of the forthcoming feature; su
The Network has produced a new series of idents for FilmFour's antipodean movie season, Up From Down Under. An exploding FilmFour logo leads into 90-second distillations of the forthcoming feature; subtitles
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SGI TO RESTRUCTURE AGAIN IN BID TO REVIVE FORTUNES
SGI has announced its second restructure in less than a year in an attempt to accelerate its planned turnaround. At an analyst meeting on Tuesday (10 August), SGI chief executive Rick
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VFG CONFIRMS SIX-MONTHLY LOSS OF£184,000
Listed broadcast video and film group VFG has reported a loss of£184,000 for the six months ending 31 March 1999, as the group predicted earlier this year. While turnover leapt
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TECHNICOLOR TO BUY STAKE IN DIGITAL CINEMA OUTFIT
Carlton subsidiary Technicolor is planning to acquire a 49 per cent stake in digital cinema developer Real Image Digital as part of an ongoing plan to build Technicolor into a global
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NewsCritics rate Daisies as pick of ITV's bunch
ITV acquisition Pushing Daisieslooks set to be one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the new US season - but the rest of the broadcaster's pick-ups may not fare so well.
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FLEXTECH CHIEF IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT PROMAX UK
Promax UK has lined up Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer as the keynote speaker at this year's conference and awards due to take place in November. Other confirmed participants
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LIP SYNC OPENS UP FACILITIES
Dean Street creative services company Lip Sync is opening up its facilities to outside parties. The move coincides with the arrival of new facilities manager Jason Elliot, who joins from the
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SHARP QUITS CORPORATION FOR SOMETHIN' ELSE
BBC studio manager David Sharp is joining independent radio production company Somethin' Else. Sharp, who has spent the last nine years with the BBC, will become the production company's new head
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Avid and Complete in out of court deal
Avid Technology has reached an out of court settlement with commercials facility Complete three months before the case was due to be heard in the High Court.Avid Technology inter-national vice-president Peter
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Tektronix offloads VND arm to private investment group
Tektronix has sold its video and networking division, VND, to a private investment group for an undisclosed sum.The sale, announced on Monday (9 August), ends months of speculation about the future
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Scott critical after bike accident
Nigel Scott, co-founder and managing director of MetroTyrell (formerly Tyrell Corporation), has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident.Scott was taken to Peter-borough Hospital on 28 July and immediately transferred to