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BSKYB TO LAUNCH BUSINESS AUTOMOTIVE CHANNEL
BSkyB has revealed plans to launch a new business-to-business subscription service, The Automotive Channel, at the end of September. Backed by motor industry groups, the channel will broadcast news, analysis, market
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OFF THE RECORD - Attachments - geddit?
Please spare a thought for poor Jane Root, whose new Tony Garnett drama, Attachments (the one about dotcom youngsters with, surprise surprise, sex and naked skateboarding in the opening scenes), was
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CHRYSALIS BIDS WITH ARROW FOR NEW YORKSHIRE LICENCE
The Chrysalis Group has announced plans to launch a new commercial radio station, The Arrow, in the Yorkshire region. Headed by Chrysalis Group chairman Chris Wright, the adult rock radio station
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Endemol sets up new UK talent arm
Endemol Entertainment UK has set up a new talent management arm and has revealed that its first signings are most of the contestants from Big Brother.The news was revealed this week
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - James Murdoch attacks Asian arch rival
Star TV chief executive James Murdoch went on the offensive in his Alternative MacTaggart lecture at the festival striking out at his Asian arch rival, Richard Li, for failing to build a real global media company and casting doubt on TWI-backed venture Ne
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DISCREET APPOINTS TRIMEDIA BROADCAST AS RESELLER
Trimedia Broadcast has been appointed a Discreet reseller, adding Combustion and Edit 6 to the range of products it supplies. Already reseller for Matrox, Ice and Play, the year-old company is
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BBC ENTERTAINMENT TO MAKE MORE DJ ANTHEMS
UKTV channel UK Play has commissioned BBC entertainment to make a second series of DJ Anthems and is looking for new programme proposals. The 40 x 30-minute series showcases four different
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CORONATION STREET ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL TO GO OUT LIVE
Granada Television will celebrate 40 years of its ITV soap Coronation Street this autumn with a special live episode to be screened in the run-up to the show's anniversary on 9
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Tell-Tale to launch animation studio
Tweenies producer Tell-Tale Productions is preparing to make its first move into animation with the launch of a new dedicated arm based at Pinewood Studios.The independent producer is using the same
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Substance or spin?
Greg Dyke grabbed the headlines with his MacTaggart lecture, but do his plans - and his sums - for the BBC's future add up? Steve Clarke tracks down some dissenting voices in the industry.
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - Freudian analysis
Calculate the similarities between the industry's own top number cruncher David Graham and politician-turned-all-round-great-Radio 4 chap Clement Freud. While one is a master of his medium working for the common good,
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ITC APPOINTS ALAN STEWART AS INCOMING SCOTTISH CHIEF
The Independent Television Commission has appointed its new Scottish chief to replace Brian Marjoribanks, who is retiring after 17 years. Alan Stewart, currently deputy head of the regulator's Glasgow office, takes
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Cintel and ITK agree to end dispute
Cintel and Innovation TK have settled out of court, ending the recent dispute over telecine-related patents, writes Barbara Marshall.
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - Dyke backs Salmon after exit rumours
BBC director general Greg Dyke has given his backing to BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon following rumours that Salmon may quit, writes Tara Conlan.
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OFF THE RECORD - Advisor, my arse
Also on the far Eastern trips front, Star TV czar James Murdoch told of how, when travelling in Japan for his dad's firm, he tried very hard indeed to master a
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SKILLSET SURVEY TO ADDRESS ENGINEER SHORTAGE
Skillset is conducting a survey to obtain information about the shortage of audio-visual engineers in the industry. The study follows recognition by the Skillset/DCMS Audio-visual Industries Training Group that the lack
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FLEXTECH LINES UP ADDICTS
Flextech is understood to have bought the interactive rights to BBC 1 show Telly Addicts from format owners Unique TV. According to sources close to the deal, Flextech has completed a
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OPINION - Failure to adapt is the real threat
As the dust settles on another Edinburgh Television Festival some have rather unfairly suggested that Dyke's second MacTaggart was a masterpiece of presentation over content.But the truth is that it was
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FIRST R5 APPOINTMENTS
New BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has announced his first two appointments since starting on 7 August. Commissioning editor, news Steve Kyte will now deputise for Shennan replacing Mike
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CHANNEL 5 SETS UP ARM TO COVER NEW MEDIA INTERESTS
Channel 5 is setting up a new division called E5 to handle the broadcaster's new media interests and digital services. The outfit will be headed by C5 director of finance Damien