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DAVIES' SPORTING ROLE.
London-based TV sports specialist Sportsworld Europe has named former At It Productions head of production Lesley Davies as European head of production. Davies, whose credits include Pozzitive TV's Dinner-ladies and At
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MADDOX PROMOTION.
CNN International vice-president and managing editor for Europe, Africa and the Middle East Tony Maddox has been named senior vice-president CNN International for the region. Maddox takes on a wider brief,
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DAME JUDI WINS AWARD.
Dame Judi Dench has won the Golden Globe award for best actress in a film for her performance in the BBC, HBO and Working Title co-production The Last of the Blonde
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WRIGHT'S BRIGHT FUTURE.
Former footballer Ian Wright has signed an exclusive, two-year presenting contract with the BBC. He will work on a range of BBC 1 entertainment programmes and will front Friends Like These,
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BRADLEY AWARD GIVEN.
BBC Radio 4 has awarded The Alfred Bradley Bursary to Salford writer Pam Leeson, for her play There's Me, David, Chelsea, Charlotte, Scott and Bianca. Leeson has been awarded a R4
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BRITS GO TO BUDDAH.
Radio indie Wise Buddah, headed by managing director Stephen Mulholland, has secured an agreement, for the sixth year running, to be the exclusive international radio distribution partner of the British Phonographic
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Saga Midlands radio win.
Saga Radio has surprised many in the industry by winning the hotly-contested regional analogue licence for the West Midlands.The Radio Authority awarded the licence for the independent FM station to Saga
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C4 and Smith balk over Tory sell-off proposals.
Channel 4 and media secretary Chris Smith have hit out at Tory plans to sell off the broadcaster if the party wins the next general election, write Ashley Davies and John Lewis.
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BLACK HUMOUR SHOW.
Channel 4 has signed up David Upshaw, who made The Hip Hop Years (above), to series produce a series about the history of black comedy, writes Ashley Davies.
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Star set to target UK Mandarin speakers.
Newly launched Asian service Star TV is to launch a Mandarin language service in the UK as part of a drive to target Chinese-speaking communities, writes Simon Ellery.
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MANNION MAKES PROMOTIONS AT TONIGHT.
Tonight with Trevor McDonald editor David Mannion has promoted three members of the Tonight team to senior positions. James Goldston, who was formerly senior producer for special projects, becomes deputy editor.
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GAME NETWORK TO OPEN STUDIOS IN LONDON.
Digital satellite games channel Game Network is to open studios in London in March to produce UK-originated content. The 24-hour, free-to-air channel, which is a subsidiary of European interactive outfit Digital
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RADIO FIRST SIGNS DIGITAL DEAL WITH DERBY FC.
Digital radio broadcast company Radio First has signed a joint-venture agreement with Derby County football club to launch a digital radio station.Radio First and the club will each hold 50 per
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SEARCH IS ON FOR FOR THE UK'S RADIO BIGWIGS.
The Radio Academy is taking votes for the 100 most important people in the UK radio and music industries, in preparation for the 2001 Music Radio conference. Votes can be registered
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HOWARD LEAVES MARCHER TO JOIN WISH FM.
Kevin Howard, programme controller at the Marcher Radio Group, has been appointed as programme manager of the Wigan-based Wireless Group station Wish FM. From 5 February, Howard will be responsible for
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RTL wins court row over C5 film deal.
RTL Group won a Christmas-time High Court battle against fellow Channel 5 shareholder United Business Media to plough more money into C5 programming, it has emerged.The two companies were involved in
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CNN to lose 400 US jobs.
CNN has confirmed it is to axe around 400 jobs in the US, following the news channel's global review, writes Simon Ellery.
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Sunset + Vine forms new division in factual drive.
Sports specialist Sunset + Vine is widening its scope, forming a new division as part of a factual entertainment production drive, writes Rebecca Evans.
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New producer on Emmerdale.
Yorkshire Television has appointed a new Emmerdale producer, following Kieran Roberts departure to take up a wider brief in the company's drama department, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC CHOICE TO MAKE CLASSY BITCH COMEDY.
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a new 13 x 15-minute comedy series, Terri McIntyre: Classy Bitch, to be made by BBC Scotland. The show will follow the highs and