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POLITICAL ED FOR WALES.
BBC Wales has appointed Ashok Ahir as managing editor political programmes. Ahir was formerly senior broadcast journalist on Wales Today. He has spent his entire career at BBC Wales, starting out
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UBC/UKRD CONTENT DEAL.
UBC Media has signed a content deal with UKRD group to provide UKRD's 10 radio stations with entertainment news and business news bulletins from Bloomberg. UBC Media has also struck a
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EXTREME TO AIR GAMES.
The Extreme Sports Channel has bought the UK TV rights to the boarding and BMX event The Gravity Games previously screened on BBC 2. Coverage of the 2001 event, which took
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FROST CLEARED BY ITC.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has cleared ITV over a controversial religious series which was slated as a recruitment tool for Christianity. The ITC ruled that Alpha - Will it Change
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NETWORK X HIRES.
BBC news has announced its first two senior appointments for digital radio Network X's news bulletins. BBC Radio 1 news editor Rod McKenzie has been appointed as news editor, a position
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ZHIVAGO GREENLIGHT.
Granada has secured E-vision (Epsilon TV Productions) and WGBH Boston as co-producers for its forthcoming ITV epic Doctor Zhivago, which begins filming in the Czech Republic next month. The film will
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Industry weighs up media plans.
Producers' alliance Pact has called on the government to establish a code of practice to balance the competing interests of broadcasters and independent producers.Pact claimed such a code - which it
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Turner quits Beeb Ventures in latest rejig.
Beeb Ventures chief executive Julian Turner is leaving the BBC's commercial web outfit with no job to go to as part of a major downsizing exercise, writes Simon Ellery.
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Scottish TV jobs go at SMG.
SMG IS asking 18 staff from its Scottish TV business to take voluntary redundancy in a move it hopes will be the last job-cutting exercise at the station, writes Steve Aston.
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Digital target may be too low.
The government is coming under fresh pressure to rethink its strategy of turning off analogue television signals once 95 per cent of the viewing public have digital services.The National Consumer Council
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ITV will bounce back, says report.
ITV 1 will soon win back the daytime ratings lead it has lost to BBC 1, despite its recent upheavals, predicts a report out this week from media agency Zenith, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada calls on public for help.
Granada Kids director of programmes Steven Andrew has issued an unprecedented call to members of the public asking for new kids programme ideas, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Einstein to put chess on TV.
The Einstein Group, owner of the science and technology channel einstein.tv, has bought the rights to screen world chess and plans to do for the game what Channel 4 did for cricket, writes Simon Ellery.
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POPSTARS PRODUCER HIT BY FIRST HALF LOSSES.
Sportsworld, which co-owns the rights to Popstars, has seen its shares plummet after issuing a profits warning. The inter-national producer, which relies heavily on sponsorship of its television programmes and sports
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AARDMAN'S SPROXTON GOES BACK TO PRODUCING.
Aardman Animations managing director David Sproxton is stepping down from day-to-day responsibilities at the company and is giving up his title in order to return to producing at Aardman. The indie,
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BREEZE TO GO OFF AIR ON ITV DIGITAL AND SKY.
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) ceased broadcasting its women's service Breeze on ITV Digital and Sky this week (31 January) and is to be dropped by Telewest at the end of March.
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C4 TO AIR RACING TIPS SERIES ON SAT MORNINGS.
Channel 4 is to launch a new half-hour Saturday morning sports show featuring betting fronted by Gary Imlach. Kicking off on Saturday (2 February), Sporting Talk will feature sporting experts, including
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CHANNEL 4 NEWS GETS BIGGEST 16 TO 24 SHARE.
Channel 4 News this week claimed it had the youngest profile of all broadcasters' news programmes. According to Barb figures based on 2001 weekly averages, 24 per cent of the audience
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UKTV TO AIR TIMESHIFTED UK STYLE ON SKY.
UKTV is to launch a time-shifted version of lifestyle service UK Style from February on Sky. Style+ will show delayed broadcast of Style - featuring programming such as Ground Force, House
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EUROSPORT WINS TENNIS MASTERS CUP RIGHTS.
Eurosport has bolstered its tennis coverage after securing live and exclusive rights to the ATP Tennis Masters Cup until 2004. The agreement, which includes rights to an additional eight ATP tournaments,