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Frost's religion series damned
The National Secular Society, which counts journalist Polly Toynbee and broadcaster Jonathan Meades among its associates, has attacked a forthcoming ITV religious series featuring Sir David Frost, claiming the show is biased towards Christianity, writes S
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Dyke defers factual cuts till September
BBC director general Greg Dyke is understood to have postponed a series of redundancies in the corporation's factual and learning department in a bid to avoid negative publicity while the Department for Culture, Media & Sport is considering whether to gre
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RSL COMMENTS WANTED
The Independent Television Commission this week issued a consultation document inviting comments on the introduction of local programming commitments for restricted service licences (RSLs). Proposals are taking place to ensure that
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INTERVIEW - Sitting comfortably
Indie Wise Buddah has trebled its staff and turnover since md Stephen Mulholland took over and, with a concerted push into television and overseas sales, it has expanded far beyond its origins of supplying radio programmes to the BBC.
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Firm opts to close offices to save costs
Autodesk voluntarily closed its US offices for one week at the beginning of the month in an effort to cut costs, writes Will Strauss.Owner of visual effects, 3D animation, editing, and
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NTL takes on Sky with new chief
NTL is to step up its campaign to lure potential subscribers away from BSkyB with the appointment of former Fox Kids Europe managing director Rod Henwood as director of TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Granada plans channel launch
Granada still plans to launch a dedicated cross-media jobs channel despite the poor performance of its joint-venture health and beauty channel, Wellbeing, which this week axed 80 jobs.The company is in
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SKY NABS CARLTON HEAD
Sky One has poached Carlton factual entertainment head of development Zoe Watson to become Sky One commissioning editor for daytime. Watson, who starts this week reporting to newly hired Sky One
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Sports to rise at Capital Gold
Capital Gold is set to significantly increase the amount of hours it dedicates to sport programming as part of a ploy to increase its non-football output, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Disney builds up UK clout
The Walt Disney Company is understood to be close to buying The Jim Henson Company in a move that would add impetus to Disney's plans to dominate the UK children's market.Sources
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BTDA starts workshops
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) is stepping up its training programme with the introduction of specialised themed workshops and a proposal for university courses, writes Penny Hughes.
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DEP ED FOR BREAKFAST
BBC Breakfast editor Richard Porter has bolstered his editorial team with the appointment of a new deputy editor. BBC World programme editor Aziz Rashid takes on the role later this summer,
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Capital retains Tarrant for breakfast
Capital 95.8 FM has renewed the contract of its Breakfast Show presenter Chris Tarrant for the next two years, scotching suggestions that he was to leave the station, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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SMG resolves ITV brand row
Carlton and Granada have resolved their dispute with ITV shareholder SMG over the use of the ITV brand and secured the launch of ITV2 in Scotland.Along with Channel, Ulster Television and
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Ex-radio bosses start venture
Former Capital Radio group head of programmes Clive Dickens has unveiled details of his new venture a year after quitting the broadcaster, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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FOREVER BOSS QUITS
Forever Broadcasting group programme director Giles Squire has resigned from the radio outfit this week and left with immediate effect. Squire has been replaced by development director Steve King who has
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BOSS FOR WAVEFRONT
SGI-owned Alias Wavefront has appointed Fritz Kuederli as general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is to head the EMEA management team to develop the 3D graphics technology
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Granada boosts daytime centre
Granada is to turn its Norwich centre into a 'centre of excellence' for daytime programming as a result of its shift to genre-led businesses, writes Steve Aston.
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EXETER MULTIPLEX BID
The Radio Authority had received one application for the local digital multiplex licence for Exeter and Torbay by the closing date on Tuesday (24 July). The application was submitted by Now
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Omnibus chiefs make buyout bid
The management team of Omnibus Systems has offered a 'substantial sum' of money to take control of the company from its shareholder Management Data which has been forced into liquidation.Backed by