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Garrigue and Lightfoot quit Resources
BBC Resources director of strategy Olivier Garrigue and acting director of operations John Lightfoot are both quitting the directorate, writes Dominic Timms.
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MARKETEER JOINS FLEXTECH
Pay-TV outfit Flextech has appointed the founder of Western International Media Mike Smallwood to the newly created role of senior vice-president of marketing. Smallwood, who joins after a period as a
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WINDMILL LANE OPENS UP LONDON OFFICE FOR FILM HOUSE
Dublin facility Windmill Lane Pictures has launched a new London office for subsidiary Film House. Headed by former Oasis marketing manager Gareth Mullaney, the Beak Street base has been established in
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PYRAMID UNVEILS VIRTUAL STUDIO FACILITY
Regional facility Pyramid post-production has launched a new virtual studio facility based around two Orad Cybersets. To support the new studio Pyramid has hired ex-BBC and HTV cameraman Chris Pain and
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OFF THE RECORD - Leaking Dyke
OTR is glad to report that Broadcast hack Jason Deans was among the first to quiz Sir Christopher 'not very' Bland when news of Dyke's appointment broke last Thursday. Bland, taking
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OFF THE RECORD - Ducking the issue
Those good people at Classic FM pulled out all the stops when they opened their new Oxford Circus HQ. As well as a Japanese water sanctuary and a grand piano, which
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OFF THE RECORD - Done Ronin
Prize for most pretentious (surely enlightening? - ed) press release of the millennium so far goes to the good people of Ronin Entertainment, the newly formed indie, which will produce the
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ITV prepares religious docu-soap
ITV controller of news, current affairs and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned indie Moore TV to make a religious docu-soap about a Christianity course for young people, writes Jason Deans.
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WEAR TAKES POLICY POST IN DISCOVERY RESHUFFLE
Discovery Communications Inc (DCI) has reshuffled its international team in a move that sees Discovery Networks International (DNI) president Donald Wear moved to a newly created post. Wear, who was head
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TV mags fix deadlines
TV listings editors have forced the terrestrial channels to limit schedule changes to an earlier deadline of 16.00 on Wednesdays with any subsequent changes to remain unpublished.The agreement follows a 'listings
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DCMS' JONES TAKES POLICY POST AT PACT
Producers' alliance Pact has appointed Kris Jones, a broadcasting policy adviser at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, as its new head of public affairs. Jones has worked at the
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SINGER, TAYLOR AND DAVEY HONOURED BY RTS
Flextech executive chairman Adam Singer, Discovery Channels Europe managing director Joyce Taylor and former Independent Television Commission director of cable and satellite Jon Davey were awarded silver medals by the Royal
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House welcomes Dann
Barnes Trust Media has confirmed that Steve Dann has been appointed as sales and marketing development manager for facility subsidiary The House.The appointment, predicted in Broadcast last week, comes less than
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DAISLEY TO HEAD SALES AT SOMETHIN' ELSE
Bruce Daisley has been appointed head of sales for independent radio production company Somethin' Else. Daisley, formerly a sales executive for Emap On Air, will be responsible for developing new revenue
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CWC offers digital for under a tenner
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has turned the heat up on its rivals by unveiling a digital pay-TV package that it claims undercuts similar offerings from both On Digital and BSkyB
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LWT PROMOTES MACKIE TO DEPUTY CONTROLLER OF DRAMA
Laura Mackie has been promoted from head to deputy controller of drama at LWT, as part of a reshuffle by controller Jo Wright. Since joining LWT from BBC drama along with
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ITN wins editorial control of LNR
ITN has taken editorial control of London News Radio (LNR) in a radical overhaul of the company announced on Wednesday (30 June), writes John Plunkett.
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Jones sets up TV rights consultancy
Philip Jones, Carlton International director of international relations, is quitting after 17 years with Carlton and Central TV to set up his own TV rights consultancy.Jones, who will leave Carlton's distribution
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Tektronix confirms it will offload VND
Tektronix has confirmed that it plans to sell or merge its loss-making VND division, as predicted in Broadcast in April (23.4.99.)News of the decision came as the company announced that it
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ITV TARGETS GAMESHOWS FOR NEW COMEDY DRAMA SERIES
Keith Allen and Denis Lawson will be taking supporting roles alongside Michael Barrymore in Bob Martin, Granada TV's comedy drama for ITV. Allen and Lawson will play, respectively, warm-up man and