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TBS PROMOTES BIRD
Turner Broadcasting System Europe (TBS) has promoted Andy Bird from executive vice-president to president of Entertainment Networks Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The move forms part of a management restructuring
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TAYLOR IN SCOTS MOVE
BBC Scotland has appointed BBC Radio 5 Live senior producer Phil Taylor as editor to oversee news coverage of Scotland across all BBC TV and radio networks. The former head of
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BBC STRIKES MSN DEAL
The commercial online arm of the BBC, beeb@theBBC, has signed a deal with Microsoft Network (MSN), allowing MSN to publish BBC-originated content on its own site for the first time. Viewers
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Profit fall puts STE future in balance
The future of Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) - the programme-making arm of Scottish Media Group (SMG) - was hanging in the balance this week following the release of its parent's preliminary
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BBC prepares primetime cooks
BBC 2 has lined up BBC Birmingham to produce two primetime cookery series including a new vehicle for TV chef Ainsley Harriot, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Edmonds conjures up some Magic
Noel Edmonds and veteran entertainment producers Michael Hurll and Mike Leggo have launched a new venture, Magic, writes Jason Deans.
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Radio Scotland£1m revamp to follow devolved elections
BBC Radio Scotland is to undergo a£1 million revamp and launch a new two-hour lunchtime news and current affairs show following the Scottish parliamentary elections in May, writes John Plunkett.
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Vanessa and Trisha change teams
The BBC and Anglia Television have made changes to the programme teams behind the daytime talk shows hit recently by allegations of fakery, writes Nicola Methven.
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HUGHES BECOMES THIRD TO LEAVE DISNEY IN TWO MONTHS
Head of acquisitions and development at the Disney Channel UK Estelle Hughes has become the third senior member of staff to quit the channel in two months. Hughes, who resigned from
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GRIERSON NOMINATIONS SHORTLIST JUST ONE ITV DOC
The nominations for the 1998 Grierson Award have been announced, with just one ITV documentary shortlisted. The eight being judged this week are: Inside Story: Tongue Tied, produced and directed by
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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