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INTERVIEW - Joined-up television
When Gerry Murphy was named chief executive of Carlton last July the company had just been severely bruised.Its audacious plan to merge with United News & Media had been given a
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INTERVIEW - Pillar of strength
Chrysalis' Richard Huntingford has no shortage of top projects to oversee: from winning another London digital radio licence, to challenging ITN as news provider for ITV and overseeing Cactus TV's format for Channel 4's Richard and Judy show.
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STORM TO LAUNCH INTERNET RADIO THE SPIRIT
Storm Radio has unveiled plans for a new internet radio channel called The Spirit. Running alongside Storm Live, the automated service will target up-and-coming talent and feature new, unsigned acts. It
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FRANCE FIRMS MERGE
RTL Group, Canal+ and Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon have merged their sports rights arms to form a rival to German powerhouse Kirch Media. The as-yet- unnamed group combines rights to French national
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RADIO FESTIVAL LOOMS
The Radio Festival, to be held between 9 and 11 July at Manchester's International Convention Centre, will feature speeches from media secretary Chris Smith and BBC director general Greg Dyke on
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ITC responds to epilepsy views
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has responded to industry concern over the guidelines for flashing images which can cause photosensitive epilepsy and is poised to issue amendments to its technical specification.The
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GWR ENJOYS PROFIT RISE
GWR Group, owner of Classic FM, has announced a rise in full-year profits of 8 per cent to£20.7m, with turnover surging 24 per cent to£127.2m. However, advertising revenues fell
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ITV finds Perfect ending for Monday primetime
The slot to watch this week was at 21.00 as BBC 2 scheduled snooker every night until the start of the final on Sunday evening (6 May).That rated 3.87 million, peaking
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NOLAN NAMED EDITOR
Former Sky News deputy head Mike Nolan has been named editor of British Satellite News, the daily television service, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, that transmits to more than
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ITV strengthens drama output
ITV Controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned two one-off feature-length dramas from Yorkshire Television, including the first TV drama from Gimme Gimme Gimme writer Jonathan Harvey, Beating Jesus.Starring Sarah Lancashire,
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SRH PROFITS DOWN
Scottish Radio Holdings, owner of stations such as Clyde 1 and Forth FM, has announced a 5 per cent fall in interim pre-tax profits to£5.9m for the six months to
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Morris signs up with Djem
Entertainment rights agency William Morris has agreed a deal with format creation company Djem Productions to promote its programme ideas in the UK and abroad, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Producers dismayed by TOTP revamp plans
BBC producers are up in arms over a proposal to turn BBC 1 flagship music show Top of the Pops into a variety show when it returns to BBC Television Centre in the autumn, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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DE MOL AT EDINBURGH
Endemol Entertainment president John De Mol will deliver the Worldview Address at the Guardian Edinburgh International Tele-vision Festival. The Worldview Address gives a global view of the TV business and his
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Feltz gets dating series
Presenter Vanessa Feltz is to make her return to TV presenting a late-night regional series on LWT examining the dating scene, writes Steve Aston.
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LONDON PRODUCTION FUNDS COURTS PROJECTS
The London Production Fund (LPF), backed by Carlton Television, the Film Council and Film Four Lab, is looking for new film projects. Part of London film development agency LFVDA, the fund
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Sky complaints pour into OFT
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has received at least 20 complaints from major organisations as part of its ongoing probe into BSkyB, writes Simon Ellery.
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RATINGS - Survivor fails to excel but clocks off happy
The debut of ITV's much vaunted reality TV show, Survivor, failed to meet expectations on Monday night (21 May), writes Jon Rogers.
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ITV REGIONAL ROUND-UP - Channel funnels its TV resources
ITV franchises not yet owned by Carlton or Granada are often dismissed as being too small to notice. In the first of five profiles examining these regional franchises, Broadcast looks at the steady growth of Channel TV.
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CARLTON PROFITS DROP
Carlton Communications this week saw headline pre-tax profits for the six months to 1 April dip to£65.8m from£97m for the same period last year on sales of£1.1bn. Carlton,