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Guardian cool on Capital radio bid
Guardian Media Group (GMG) publisher of the Guardian newspaper and owner of five radio stations, insisted yesterday...
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NewsBBC Parliament goes 24/7
The BBC's digital political channel BBC Parliament is set go round the clock from 7 June, with a new overnight schedule running from 00.00 to 06.00, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsReturn to form for Big Brother
After a bank-holiday weekend of mostly ratings disappointment, Big Brother IV looked to have found its core audience last night (27 May), falling just short of 5 million viewers and comfortably beating ITV1's News At Ten, writes Luke Satchell
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Twofour shows how to cut DIY costs
Plymouth-based indie Twofour Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to make a new DIY show for its Home and Leisure channel. The 15 x 30-minute Mates Ratessees designer Ben Huggins form a DIY co-operative with three friends where they ...
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The Hospital offers first hi-def studio
The first high-definition studio in the UK will open its doors in less than eight weeks' time as part of the first phase of the opening of The Hospital, a new state-of-the-art facility spearheaded by entrepreneur Paul Allen and former Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart, writes ...
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New MD for Molinare
TV Corp-owned facility Molinare has appointed former Sony Media sales manager Mark Foligno as its managing director, writes Sam Espensen.
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Mill posts Mercedes campaign
Mercedes Benz has completed its advertising production for 2003 with six ads that will feature different cars from its range to highlight the latest automotive innovations. Each one will use a different athlete to mirror the technology used in the car. Directed by Ian Bird at Serious Pictures, the 'Some ...
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M2 buys digital fusion
Soho post facility M2 has bought a Digital Fusion effects package. General manager Keith Williams, discussing the purchase, said: 'The company required an sfx device that was resolution independent. We tried to do that with Cyborg but came unstuck. So we also needed something that ran on Cyborg hardware, and ...
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Charter kit upgrade
Charter Broadcast has spent around£250,000 on a Grass Valley Kalypso Vision Switcher in a deal that was signed during last week's Production Show. Chief executive David Carr revealed that he had 'three projects coming up that we needed it for and, after having a look around the show, the Thomson ...
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Cintel cuts 12 jobs
Telecine manufacturer Cintel has reduced its 60-strong workforce to 48 after making 12 redundancies at its UK office. Peter Swinson, who headed the marketing and development team and was a Cintel employee for almost 20 years, is one of those let go. Cintel marketing manager Kate Kilpatrick told ...
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Graef to look at coma survivors
Broadcaster Sheena Macdonald, who fell into a coma for 72 hours after being hit by a police van, is to look at how people's personalities change after such traumatic experiences for a major new BBC film, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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R2 mulls fate of UK music
The fragile state of the British music industry will come under scrutiny in a dedicated evening of programming from BBC Radio 2, writes Michael Rosser.
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Donovan simply the best for C4
Talkback Productions is making a Faking It-style series for Channel 4, in which former 11 O'Clock Show presenter Daisy Donovan undertakes a series of professional challenges, writes Penny Hughes.
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Blue Peter's Bacon to front Five gameshow
Five has ordered a raft of entertainment commissions from Objective Productions including a gameshow hosted by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon, writes Penny Hughes.
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Ann Summers shows all in Carlton doc
Ann Summers, the erotic shop chain that recently went to the high court to get the right to advertise in job centres, is to be the subject of a series for Carlton's London region, writes Jon Rogers.
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ITV Kay Mellor drama starts filming
Between the Sheets , the ITV1 drama being executive produced by the network's former director of channels David Liddiment, has gone into production in Yorkshire. The 6 x 60-minute series, written and created by Kay Mellor and made through her indie, Rollem Productions, explores the ...
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Blur to get two-hour profile on Radio 2
Britpop stalwarts Blur are to be the subject of a BBC Radio 2 documentary written by the band's official biographer, Stuart Maconie. The 2 x 60-minute profile, Parklife: The Blur Story, will air at 21.00 on 14 June. Integrating interviews and music, the programmes will ...
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Hip-hop poetry gets late slot on Radio 4
Burgeoning talent from the hip-hop poetry scene will showcase fresh material on new BBC Radio 4 series Bespoken Word. The 6 x 15-minute programmes will air weekly at 23.00 from 11 June, presented by poet and actor Dr Stewart. Blaxploitation movie star Melvin van Peebles ...