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'Virtual high street' to challenge Open.
TV consultancy Smashed Atom has been hired by telecoms specialist Energis Interactive to build a rival interactive shopping service to BSkyB's Open ..., writes Simon Ellery.
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Capital Radio chief to quit for own venture.
Capital Radio group director of programmes Richard Park has resigned from the company after nearly 14 years to set up his own venture, Park Broadcasting, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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CAPITAL SLIMS DOWN.
Capital Radio Group has off-loaded two of its smaller regional stations to Radio Investments in a deal worth£9.5m. The sale of Sunderland-based Sun FM and Mix 96 in Aylesbury follows
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Indies cheer tax breaks.
Independent producers have welcomed Chancellor Gordon Brown's budget announcement that sale and lease back tax breaks will be extended until 2005.The concessions, known as section 48 reliefs, were originally meant to
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Philips to sell Marantz brand.
Dutch electronics giant Philips is to sell the Marantz trademark plus the US and European sales arms of the audio equipment manufacturer to Marantz Japan Inc (MJI).Philips currently owns 51.5 per
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BOOST FOR WEBCASTER.
Webstreaming specialist Virtue Broadcasting is to receive a EUR12m (£7.6m) investment from telco Interoute to provide exclusive streaming and hosting services across its European fibre optic network. The partnership will enable
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BROADCASTERS FEATURE IN TOP BRANDS BOOK.
A number of broadcasting companies have made it into the 2001 edition of the Superbrands top 100 consumer brands book. In addition to regulars BBC and CNN, Channel 4 and Sky
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BLOBHEADS ON NICK UK.
Nickelodeon UK has struck a deal with Toronto-based children's specialist Decode Entertainment for a new live action/ animated series, The Blobheads, writes Simon Ellery.
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GWYNHELEK TO PUT BISHOP BILL IN THE FRAME.
Penzance-based indie Gwynhelek is producing a 4 x 25-minute profile of a high-profile local bishop for Carlton Westcountry, with a 60-minute version being cut for the ITV controller of news, current
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TRADE TALK - ON THE BOX - Better than school.
Celador head of comedy Mike Whitehall is shocked at Crossroads' use of child labour but enjoys having his toes curled by C4's Borat.
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Media buyer supports BBC's status.
David Pattison, chief executive of media buying firm New PHD and a former frontrunner for the still-vacant ITV chief executive role, has spoken out against the widely held view that the BBC should be overseen by a single regulator, writes Lucy Rouse.
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PLANS FOR JOINT EXIT POLL DUMPED BY BBC/ITV.
ITV and the BBC have scrapped plans to use a joint exit poll system during the next general election. An ITV spokesman said it had decided not to opt for a
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Pressure mounts to cut BBC governors' powers.
The government is to come under further pressure to curtail the powers of the BBC governors this week, following the publication of the Commons' media select committee report into the white
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BBC News reshuffles.
BBC head of TV news Roger Mosey has announced a reshuffle of the news team following the appointment of BBC One O'Clock News editor Jay Hunt as editor of the Six O'Clock News, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC DRAMA RECOVERS.
BBC's Centre House which houses the drama department has been fully re-opened after the disruption caused by the bombing in Wood Lane on 4 March. Meanwhile, BBC Television Centre reception remains
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BBC UNILEVER HIRING.
The BBC is reported to have appointed Unilever foods marketer Andy Duncan as director of marketing and communications as a replace- ment for Matthew Bannister. Duncan is category director, spreads and
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BBC drives interactive TV.
BBC director of new media Ashley Highfield is driving forward his pan-BBC interactive TV plans, claiming the corporation will now only commission programmes that have an interactive or online element.Speaking at
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BBC SCIENCE ORDERS LANDSCAPE SERIES.
BBC Science has commissioned a new series fronted by Earth Story presenter Aubrey Manning, called Talking Landscapes. BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned science specialist TV6 to make the 6
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OFF THE RECORD - Dyke Towers - The occasional diary of a BBC Director General.
SUNDAYAfter dealing with the immediate trauma, I naturally whacked off a witty email to Dickie Sambrook down at BBC News. 'I know you didn't like the turnstiles, mate, and fair enough
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CARLTON STRIKE BALLOT.
A union ballot over strike action at Carlton Central's Nottingham site went ahead as planned on Wednesday (14 March). The vote, which follows concerns over a pay offer made by the