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Optomen takes on senior staff.
Optomen has made two senior appointments after seeing its peaktime commissions double year on year to 40 hours, writes Ashley Davies.
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Saga Midlands radio win.
Saga Radio has surprised many in the industry by winning the hotly-contested regional analogue licence for the West Midlands.The Radio Authority awarded the licence for the independent FM station to Saga
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SD POST AND NMI MERGE.
Camden-based SD Post has merged with New Media Industries (NMI) to exploit opportunities in new media. Ofex-listed NMI, whose clients include Braingames.net, London Fashion Week and Procter & Gamble, sees the
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Star set to target UK Mandarin speakers.
Newly launched Asian service Star TV is to launch a Mandarin language service in the UK as part of a drive to target Chinese-speaking communities, writes Simon Ellery.
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MANNION MAKES PROMOTIONS AT TONIGHT.
Tonight with Trevor McDonald editor David Mannion has promoted three members of the Tonight team to senior positions. James Goldston, who was formerly senior producer for special projects, becomes deputy editor.
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MADDOX PROMOTION.
CNN International vice-president and managing editor for Europe, Africa and the Middle East Tony Maddox has been named senior vice-president CNN International for the region. Maddox takes on a wider brief,
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NEW ROLE AT KINGSTON.
Kingston MediaStream has appointed BBC Resources studio resources manager Steve Lowry to the new role of operations manager, TV facilities. Lowry takes responsibility for all technical and operational matters across the
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Mentorn to mark Jubilee with special.
Mentorn Barraclough Carey has nailed a number of new commissions, including a 4 x 60-minute special for BBC 1 to coincide with the Queen's Golden Jubilee, writes Ashley Davies.
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TAYLOR QUITS ITN.
ITN director of technology Ted Taylor is to become managing director of Panasonic Broadcast Europe in March. Taylor, who joined ITN in 1971, was responsible for the planning and installation of
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INTERVIEW - Retuning Virgin Radio.
Let it be crystal clear: Chris Evans will never play a Billie track on his breakfast show again.Unlike Evans' public and pecuniary support for Ken Livingstone last year, which led to
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Heartbeat still regular winner for Sunday nights.
There was a not-quite-back-at-work feel to the first week of 2001, with the end of the holidays, running into preliminary skirmishes over the new season.Sunday night (7 January) was the most
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OFF THE RECORD - Tweenies tread on hallowed toes.
The weird felty things for children, also known as the Tweenies, have apparently outsold Robbie Williams on their whirlwind tour of the UK.Their first single, Number One, outsold Madonna last year,
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JUST GROUP REPORTS.
Children's TV and licensing specialist company Just Group's pre-tax profits for the six months to end October 2000 rose by 64 per cent to£1.23m. Turnover was up from£6.2m to
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GRANADA JOBS TO GO.
Up to 60 jobs are set to go as part of Granada Media's integration of United's former education services, Anglia Campus and Anglia Multimedia, into Granada Learning. National curriculum online service
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GAME NETWORK TO OPEN STUDIOS IN LONDON.
Digital satellite games channel Game Network is to open studios in London in March to produce UK-originated content. The 24-hour, free-to-air channel, which is a subsidiary of European interactive outfit Digital
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ITV in talks with OK! to revive TV format.
OK!TV, ITV's axed former celebrity strand, could return to screens later this year after it emerged that ITV has reopened talks with OK! magazine owner Richard Desmond.Broadcast can reveal that ITV
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HOWARD LEAVES MARCHER TO JOIN WISH FM.
Kevin Howard, programme controller at the Marcher Radio Group, has been appointed as programme manager of the Wigan-based Wireless Group station Wish FM. From 5 February, Howard will be responsible for
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AND FINALLY ...
Annie Miles, managing director Fox Kids UK, on a major faux pas in a posh restaurantWhat was the biggest lie you've ever told?I'm just popping down to Bond Street to have
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WILD MAN EWAN.
Ewan McGregor is learning how to survive in a central American jungle as he films a new BBC Bristol production for BBC 1, writes Katy Elliott.
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New producer on Emmerdale.
Yorkshire Television has appointed a new Emmerdale producer, following Kieran Roberts departure to take up a wider brief in the company's drama department, writes Colin Robertson.