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NewsFormer Ofcom exec makes Ingenious move
Media investment group Ingenious has hired former Ofcom executive Kip Meek as a board director.
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WINTERTON STEPS DOWN
Nick Winterton, who has been chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Media Group for the past eight years, has stepped down because of the weight of other parliamentary duties. He is succeeded
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MICROSOFT FUNDS C4 SERIES
Microsoft is funding three four-minute programmes about the internet on Channel 4. The short films, Living in the e-World, produced by indie The Beach, will be broadcast as part of C4's
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SKY SPORTS TEES OFF
Sky Sports has secured rights to the Severiano Ballesteros golf trophy, the European equivalent of the Ryder Cup that pitches continental teams against the UK and starts next month. The broadcaster
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NewsThompson confirms more BBC job cuts on the way
BBC director general Mark Thompson confirmed yesterday that there will be job cuts following the lower than hoped for licence fee settlement.
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ITN BEATS LM
ITN has won its libel case against LM, formerly Living Marxism magazine, which in 1997 accused reporters Penny Marshall and Ian Williams of fabrication in a 1992 story about a Serb-run
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On Digital bolsters new launch team
On Digital is to hire up to six senior executives to spearhead development of further 'On'-branded channels.The digital terrestrial broadcaster, which last month relaunched its two home-grown sports channels as On
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Health venture in staff drive
The Natural Health Channel, the new digital channel unveiled this week by The Sanctuary Group and West 175 Media Group, is seeking to hire up to 45 people before launching later this year, writes Colin Robertson.
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NewsMark Thompson's speech in full
The full version of Mark Thompson's speech to BBC staff regarding future job cuts following the lower than hoped for licence fee settlement.
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C4 warms up for opera
Channel 4 commissioning editor, music and performance Jan Younghusband has given the go-ahead for three operas to be broadcast this year, writes Ashley Davies.
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Channel X moves into toons
Families at War producer Channel X is making its first foray into animation with a 26-part series to be co-produced with French animation outfit Moi, J'aime La Television! (MJTV), writes David Wood.
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Cable TV subscriptions pass three million mark
Cable TV recorded its ninth successive quarterly increase in take-up, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission, which show 3.2 million homes taking cable at the beginning of the year, writes Tim Dams.
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NEWS 24 AND ITV HEAD THE HONOURS AT TRIC
BBC News 24 was named the satellite/digital channel of the year at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards (TRIC) on Tuesday (14 March).The channel beat off competition from Discovery and
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IRISH TROUBLES FILMS AIR AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF BRITS DOC
BBC 2 is to mark the broadcast of Peter Taylor's new documentary series on Northern Ireland, Brits, with a repeat of two episodes from his acclaimed previous two series on the
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GMG RADIO PUTS MYERS UP TO HEAD RADIO INVESTMENTS
Guardian Media Group Radio managing director John Myers has been appointed chief executive of Radio Investments Ltd (RIL), which is part-owned by GMG. Myers' new job is an extension of his
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MACKENZIE CRIES FOUL AS BBC CLINCHES CRICKET DEAL
Talk Sport chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has complained to the Office of Fair Trading after the BBC scooped the rights to domestic test match cricket last week. Talk Sport has complained
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NewsBenidorm loses shine with 4.5m
ITV1's new sitcom Benidormlost some of its appeal with viewers last night as the second episode attracted 4.5 million (20.8%) at 10pm, a fall of 800,000 viewers on last week.
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SHAKESPEARE RAISES CURTAIN ON NEW-LOOK KNOWLEDGE
The repositioning of BBC Knowledge, headed by Liz Cleaver (right), as a TV version of BBC Radio 4 kicks off on 7 April with an evening dedicated to Shakespeare. The night
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DYKE TO DELIVER THIS YEAR'S MACTAGGART LECTURE
BBC director general Greg Dyke (left) is to deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Dyke said: 'This autumn the industry will be preparing for
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SMG/GINGER TAKEOVER GETS CLEARANCE
The Radio Authority has given the green light to Scottish Media Group's (SMG)£225 million takeover of Ginger Media. The authority said on Monday (13 March) that the merger would not