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PROFITS UP AT PEARSON
Operating profit at Pearson Television grew by 135 per cent to£61 million last year, according to the company's preliminary results for the year to 31 December 1998. Published on Wednesday
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Pearson TV shoots soap for ProSieben
Pearson Television's German production subsidiary is making an ambitious daily soap, shot on location in Majorca, for German commercial broadcaster ProSieben.Mallorca, a 30-minute show due to launch on ProSieben in a
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OFF THE RECORD - Net scrapes
C4 proved its cutting-edge credentials by hosting a web chat following last week's edition of Queer as Folk. Hosted by its creators, fans were treated to the behind-the-scenes secrets of the
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TAYLOR IN SCOTS MOVE
BBC Scotland has appointed BBC Radio 5 Live senior producer Phil Taylor as editor to oversee news coverage of Scotland across all BBC TV and radio networks. The former head of
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MEMORIAL FOR LORRIMER
A memorial service for veteran producer Vere Lorrimer will be held next Thursday (18 March).Lorrimer, who died aged 78 last October, produced a host of TV classics including Dixon of Dock
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Minotaur unveils Mip-TV line-up
All Saints, a hospital drama from the Seven Network in Australia, will be among the Minotaur International shows making their Mip-TV debut, writes Jason Deans.
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UK hopefuls line up for Montreux
British entries have again dominated the Golden Rose of Montreux Awards with the UK producing 31 of the 104 shortlisted entries.The US is the next closest with 24 entries, followed by
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HENFREY UP AT HTV WALES
HTV Wales output producer Philip Henfrey has been appointed news editor of HTV Wales in Cardiff.Henfrey, 32, will produce evening news programme HTV News, which moved to 18.00 on Monday (8
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Spirit heads Nats' upmarket push
Soho Square facility Nats is making a bid to move upmarket by acquiring a Philips Spirit high-end telecine and Softimage 3D system.Nats managing director Charlie Leonard said that the purchases would
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MORRISON TO HEAD WORLD SERVICE NEWS OPERATIONS
John Morrison, BBC News executive editor of core news, has been appointed head of news operations at BBC World Service. Morrison, who will take up his new post in mid-April, is
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GRANADA RENEWS GRANT
Granada Television is renewing its annual contribution to the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropolgy at Manchester University. The broadcaster makes an annual payment to the centre of£10,000.The centre trains students
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OFF THE RECORD - Giving a toss
Colleagues of Channel 4 News newcomer Mark Easton may know the up-and-coming reporter rather better than they think. Especially if they watched an edition of Channel 5's Perfect Babies, when the
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Flying start for ITV's new-look schedule
ITV's post-News at Ten schedule got off to a flying start this week, chalking up a 48 per cent share of the total television audience on Monday (8 March), according to
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MOVING IMAGE TO MANAGE RSPB FILM LIBRARY
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has appointed Moving Image Communications to manage its film library. The RSPB hopes greater commercial use of its archives will help boost
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UNITED FOCUSES ON FAMILY FEUDS FOR ITV
United Productions has been commissioned to make a one-off 60-minute film for ITV about families at war. Ordered by ITV controller of documentaries, arts and features Grant Mansfield, Family Feuds contains
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Stuart gets early slot
Six O'Clock Newsco-presenter Moira Stuart is to present BBC Breakfast News when it relaunches in the autumn. The format is yet to be confirmed, although the BBC is believed to be considering the inclusion of news bulletins instead of headlines within the show.
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OFF THE RECORD - Nagging doubts
Regular visitors to this column will remember how Chrysalis Visual Entertainment supremo Mick Pilsworth agreed to quit smoking in a wager with Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright. In return for kicking the
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GRIERSON NOMINATIONS SHORTLIST JUST ONE ITV DOC
The nominations for the 1998 Grierson Award have been announced, with just one ITV documentary shortlisted. The eight being judged this week are: Inside Story: Tongue Tied, produced and directed by
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RAMSAY JOINS POST-IMPRESSIONS AS SALES DIRECTOR
Post-Impressions has appointed former Discreet Logic head of Asia-Pacific operations Peter Ramsay as director of sales and marketing. Ramsay becomes the third Post-Impressions director to be recruited from Discreet Logic alongside
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'THREE-QUARTERS OF ON DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS NEW TO MULTI-CHANNEL TV'
Three-quarters of On Digital subscribers are new to multi-channel TV, according to On Digital chief executive Stephen Grabiner, writes Alice Macandrew.