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APRS RELAUNCHES ANNUAL SHOW
The Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS) is relaunching its annual show this week. Recording Technology '99, which takes place this weekend (25-26 June) at the Business Design Centre in Islington,
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Molinare suspends manager
Molinare facilities manager Mark Woodroffe has been suspended following a number of alleged complaints from other members of staff.Woodroffe, who was promoted to facilities manager less than five months ago, was
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US group buys OB arm of Corinthian
US facilities group National Mobile Television (NMT) is acquiring the outside broadcast division of north London facility group Corinthian Television (CTV), in a deal believed to value the three-and-a-half-year-old OB business
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Megalomedia posts£5.3m pre-tax losses
Megalomedia, the AIM-listed investment company that owns Soho facilities FrameStore and The Computer Film Company (CFC), has posted a pre-tax loss of£5.3 million for the year ending 31 March.Last year
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Ex-Ocean chief mulls taking over The House
Former Ocean Post managing director Steve Dann is understood to be in advanced negotiations with Barnes Trust Media about taking over the reins at troubled subsidiary The House.Dann, who was managing
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Wragg departs Resources to climb on board Omnibus
BBC Resources head of news resources Tom Wragg is leaving the company to join station automation specialist Omnibus Systems.Wragg, who has spent the last 20 years at the BBC, is expected
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NewsRadio 1 signs Kelly Osbourne
BBC Radio 1 has drafted in Kelly Osborne to host a new Sunday evening teen show and axed chart show presenters JK and Joel, as part of its new look daytime and evening schedules. [ALL]
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Granada unveils war drama co-pro
Granada Media has signed a co-production development deal with CBC in Canada and ABC in Australia for a drama series set during the build-up to the second world war.Thunder Bay, a
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ROOT DECAMPS TO LA TO HUNT OUT US DRAMA
Antony Root, Granada Productions head of international drama, is relocating from London to Los Angeles as part of Granada Media's drive to increase its US drama commissions, writes Jason Deans.
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UK natural history specialist Tigress Productions has secured two commissions from public service station Thirteen/WNET and National Geographic Television (NGT) in the US, writes Jason Deans. Tigress
UK natural history specialist Tigress Productions has secured two commissions from public service station Thirteen/WNET and National Geographic Television (NGT) in the US, writes Jason Deans. Tigress is already in production
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Carlton secures Spanish DTT win
Onda Digital, the Spanish digital terrestrial TV (DTT) consortium in which Carlton Communications holds a 7.5 per cent stake, has landed the country's sole DTT licence.The consortium, in which Spanish telecoms
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Pearson hires Lyle for formats drive
Pearson Television is planning to boost its formats business with the appointment of David Lyle to the newly created post of head of light entertainment development, acquisition and resources, writes Liz Shackleton.
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TPS POISED TO WREST SOCCER RIGHTS FROM CANAL+
French digital satellite TV (DST) operator Television par Satellite (TPS) is set to pay FFr2 billion (£200 million) to snatch the country's football league rights from arch-rival Canal+, according to French
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CORNISH STEPS UP AT TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX INTL
Stephen Cornish has been promoted to senior vice- president/managing director (Europe) for Twentieth Century Fox International Television.Cornish (right), who works out of Fox's London office, was previously vice-president/managing director (Europe). He
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MURDOCH MEETS MESSIER FOR TALKS
News Corp and BSkyB chairman Rupert Murdoch and Vivendi chairman Jean-Marie Messier met last week to discuss areas of co-operation, including the possibility of establishing a European TV production operation, according
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E! PLANS ISRAELI CHANNEL
E! Entertainment Television Networks is planning to launch an E!-branded channel in Israel before the end of the year in partnership with local broadcaster Tel-Ad. The Israeli company is negotiating cable
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ITEL LICENSES SURVIVAL SHOWS TO DISCOVERY
UK distributor Itel has licensed a 14 x 60-minute package of Survival natural history programming to Discovery Communications for its networks in Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, India and
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NewsEx Tearaways host to lead kid internet review
Child psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, the former host of House of Tiny Tearaways, is to lead the first phase of the government's review of the effects of media on children, which will focus on the internet. [ALL]
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CANAL+ LOSES APPEAL AGAINST COURT FINE
Canal+ has lost its appeal against last November's FFr10 million (£1 million) court-imposed fine for abusing its dominant position in French film-financing to secure secondary TV licensing windows. The initial ruling
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TRANSMEDIA SIGNS CO-PRO DEAL WITH TLC AND DISCOVERY
UK independent Transmedia Productions has struck a co-production deal with Discovery Communications' US outfit, The Learning Channel (TLC), and Discovery Networks Europe to produce a 2 x 60-minute documentary on bodyguards.