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dbc plans July movie launch
New pay-per-view movie operator digital broadcasting company (dbc) has unveiled the on-screen branding for its July launch on Sky Digital, writes Alice Macandrew.The new service will kick off under the name
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Tenby calls for more Welsh drama
Lord Tenby, grandson of former prime minister David Lloyd George, has called on the BBC to commission more quality drama from Wales, writes John Lewis.He told BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland
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SKY WINS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO UEFA CUP MATCHES
BSkyB confirmed this week that it has secured live and exclusive rights to all Uefa Cup matches involving Leeds United, Spurs and Newcastle United, as reported exclusively in Broadcast last week
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NewsFour companies vie for BBC3 Friday night series
Objective Productions, Zeppotron, the BBC's Comedy Unit and Hat Trick Productions are all understood to be on the shortlist to make BBC3's new Friday Night Live-style entertainment strand.
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XFM TO COVER SPORT ON SATURDAY
Capital Radio-owned indie music station Xfm will include more sport in its programming as part of Capital's wider policy to up sports coverage on FM stations. The Radio Authority has agreed
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NTL TO SELL SET-TOP BOXES OUTSIDE FRANCHISE AREA
NTL has unveiled plans to sell its own digital terrestrial TV set-top boxes in areas outside its own cable franchises from the start of next year. The boxes will provide customers
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LEWIS ELECTED CHAIR OF WRITERS' GUILD
Screenwriter Russell Lewis was elected chair of the Writers' Guild at the union's annual meeting on Saturday (12 June).Russell's credits include the BBC 1 series Ambassador and Between the Lines and
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RADIO AUTHORITY CONSIDERS LOCAL OPT-OUTS
The Radio Authority has launched a consultation to 'clarify the potential' for the national radio services - Classic FM, Virgin 1215 and Talk Radio - to broadcast local programming opt-outs for
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C4 AND TRUST OFFER INDIES DEVELOPMENT CASH
Grants of up to£6,000 are being made available to independent programme-makers keen to make documentaries about international development subjects, thanks to a new fund set up by Channel 4 and
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FILMFOUR TO SPONSOR EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL
FilmFour has signed a six-figure deal with the Edinburgh International Film Festival to become principal sponsor of the event, which runs from 15-29 August. Effective from this year, the sponsorship will
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BBC TO DROP VANESSA SHOW IN JULY
The BBC last week announced it was dropping The Vanessa Show (right), after it comes to the end of its first run in July. The daytime talk programme had been plagued
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GOLDEN ROSE IN TALKS OVER JAZZ-THEMED TV CHANNEL
Golden Rose, which owns commercial radio station Jazz FM, is considering launching a jazz-themed TV channel to air between four and six hours a night. Guardian Media Group, which co-owns indies
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PLAYBOY MOVES SCHEDULES FORWARD
Playboy TV is moving its start time forward three-and-a-half hours to 20.00 from 1 July. The shift, which follows the channel's merger with HVC/The Adult Channel earlier this year (Broadcast, 4.12.98),
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BSKYB POACHES LEWIS
BSkyB has poached media agency Zenith Media's managing partner and broadcast director, Ian Lewis, to spearhead marketing across its programme brands. Lewis moves to the new role of Sky Networks director
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GLASGOW DRAWS SCORE
Scottish Radio Holdings subsidiary Score Digital was the sole applicant for the Glasgow local digital radio multiplex when the deadline for applications passed last Tuesday. It is proposing eight services including
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MANDY BACK IN SPOTLIGHT
Peter Mandelson will present the 1999 European Media Forum ITN Lecture which takes place at Church House, Westminster at 18.30 on 26 July. Mandelson's topic for the evening will be 'tomorrow's
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TALK'S DOME DAY SHOW
Talk Radio has signed a deal with the New Millennium Experience Company to broadcast up to three hours a day from inside the Millennium Dome. Dome Talk was launched at 09.00
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NewsC4 bolsters fact ent with double hiring
Channel 4 has beefed up its factual entertainment department with a new editor to focus on the 10pm slot and a new commissioner for daytime.
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VOICEOVER DEMOS ON WEB
Voiceover agency The Excellent Voice Company is launching a website that enables visitors to listen instantly to samples from its artists. The company claims existing voiceover websites demand users to download
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Unique's Blackmore rewarded with MBE
Unique Broadcasting programme chief Tim Blackmore was one of three radio industry figures decorated in the Queen's Birthday Honours List on Saturday (12 June).Blackmore, director of programmes at independent radio production