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    Pryde wins licence role at TWG

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The Wireless Group (TWG) has appointed a new head of development following Jason Bryant's move to a part-time role at the group, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Plea for unity over NHS digital TV

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has asked the four broadcasters and production companies involved in its£5m NHS digital TV project to work together to create a universal proposition, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Wise Buddah strengthens radio line-up

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Indie Wise Buddah has strengthened its radio programming department with a brace of senior appointments, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    VIRGIN RADIO SIGNS DJ FROM BOURNEMOUTH

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Virgin Radio programme director Paul Jackson has signed another new DJ to the station. Ben Jones, 23, takes up the Friday and Saturday night show Wheels of Steel, replacing John Revell.

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    BBC to boost US factual orders

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The BBC plans to increase the amount of factual production work it undertakes for US broadcasters as part of the expansion of BBC Bristol's commercial arm, Wild Vision.The plan follows the

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    Yorkshire boost for GMG Radio

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Guardian Media Group Radio has scooped the coveted Yorkshire regional radio licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    TV jokes 'difficult' claims BSC report

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Offbeat jokes broadcast in late-night comedy programmes have been a major sticking point for the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Colin Robertson.

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    THIS LONDON TO EXPLORE CAPITAL FOR LWT

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    LWT is to screen a 6 x 30-minute series looking at the lives of Londoners. This London will be shown weekly in an early evening slot from next month. Among topics

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    Comment - Enough and no more

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The licence fee settlement, if disappointing to the BBC, has ensured expensive, high-end content is safe, writes David Docherty

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    Flextech signs Talkback deal

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Flextech has struck a deal with Talkback Productions - maker of They Think It's All Over and Never Mind The Buzzcocks - for a new weekly music quiz series.The Pearson-owned producer

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    C4 to chart history of blood

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of arts, religion and history Janice Hadlow has commissioned an epic three-part series from Optomen Television tracing the history of blood from human sacrifice to the AIDS crisis and beyond, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Radio 1 set for first TV foray

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is pushing its Radio 1 brand onto television for the first time with a new BBC Choice series based on the station's life, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    SCI-FI ARRIVES HEAD ON

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Sci-Fi Channel's Headfuck season is to return next month with a weekly four-hour slot, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    EMI sounds out television and film move

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    EMI has made its first ever move in to film and television audio with the opening of a dedicated sound studio at its Townhouse Studios complex in west London, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    TV Set in co-production search

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Facility group The Television Set (TV Set) is stepping up its search for co-production opportunities following the success of its documentary Coconut Revolution which it co-funded with Stampede, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Major TV boost lifts Pinewood

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Pinewood Studios is investing a further seven-figure sum in television facilities to accommodate the next series of The Weakest Link which it has won from Magic Eye Studios in Wandsworth.Work has

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    Comment - The conflict must stop

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    C4's Kevin Sutcliffe examines the impact of scheduling Panoramaagainst Dispatches

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    COUP FOR RED PEPPER

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Red Pepper ID has staged a major design coup by winning the contract to rebrand Chinese State Television (CCTV), writes Barbara Marshall.

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    EMOTION BUYS OUT IST

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    US digital media management specialist eMotion has bought out its UK reseller Integrated Solutions Technology (IST) and set up its own European headquarters in London with an additional office in Birmingham.

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    BARAKA TAKES ON TWO

    2001-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Ruthless Edit Company founder David Freemantle and fellow editor Matthew Hall have joined Baraka Post Production. Freemantle said the move was a way of reducing overheads. The pair join Baraka's existing