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RADIO PURCHASE APPROVED
The Radio Authority has given its approval to CN Group's purchase of Bay Radio earlier this year (Broadcast, 2.7.99). The purchase by the Carlisle-based group, which publishes newspapers in the region
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PATTY MAKER JOINS HEART
Chrysalis Radio has announced the appointment of Wade Lyn to the board of 100.7 Heart fm and Galaxy 102.2. Lyn, who will be a non-executive director, is managing director of Birmingham-based
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TELETUBBY SPEAKS
Teletubbies creator and creative head of Ragdoll Productions Anne Wood is to take a session in the 1999 British Design & Art Direction's president's lecture series. In a speech entitled Whatever
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Digital radio wins satellite platform
Digital radio received a much-needed boost this week when the GWR Group unveiled three new digital channels and its 20 UK radio stations announced they had secured digital carriage on the
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Worldwide pumps£40m into film
BBC Worldwide has set up a£40 million film fund that will see the corporation's commercial arm invest in a string of new productions through BBC films over the next five
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Samura wins Peck for Sierra Leone coverage
The Rory Peck Trust this week declared Sierra Leonian cameraman Sorious Samura the winner of the 1999 Rory Peck Award, writes Wale Azeez.From a shortlist of five, including three British journalists
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Carlton Food lines up new Xmas fare
Carlton Food Network has lined up five new commissions for Christmas and the new year, writes Wale Azeez.The first of the new shows is fast turnaround show In Season, a 26
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NewsDragons' Den star to front smoking doc
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne is to turn investigative reporter for BBC2's This World strand.
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Awards 2000 panel filled
The judging panel for the Broadcast Awards 2000 has been completed with representatives from the BBC and Channel 5.BBC Broadcast deputy director of television and director of new services David Docherty,
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Aka Pizazz has created a new series of animated TV and cinema commercials for Ogilvy & Mather/Impulse. Designed and directed by Mic Graves and produced by Angela Cocker, the commercials were
Aka Pizazz has created a new series of animated TV and cinema commercials for Ogilvy & Mather/Impulse. Designed and directed by Mic Graves and produced by Angela Cocker, the commercials were
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Codename has created the title sequence for new BBC 2 documentary series The River. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson, it combines animated typography and specially shot helicopter footage of th
Codename has created the title sequence for new BBC 2 documentary series The River. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson, it combines animated typography and specially shot helicopter footage of the
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Bravo Post Production has created a fresh series of trails for BBC 1's Live & Kicking. The brief was to produce an upbeat-style sequence that would grab children's attention. Designed and
Bravo Post Production has created a fresh series of trails for BBC 1's Live & Kicking. The brief was to produce an upbeat-style sequence that would grab children's attention. Designed and
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Sky claims 1.8m for digital service
BSkyB has announced it has signed up 1.8 million people to its digital satellite service - nearly half of whom (45 per cent) are new customers.The latest figures were revealed at
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Charity launches Writernet
Writers' charity The New Playwrights Trust is launching an online interactive database designed to put writers and producers in touch with each other, writes Wale Azeez.Called Writernet, the database will feature
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BBC Scotland reorders Absolutely's Creatives
BBC Scotland has commissioned Absolutely Productions to make a second run of The Creatives, the sitcom set in an Edinburgh advertising agency, writes Ashley Davies.Clearance for another 6 x 30-minute run
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Knight joins TV12 and wins Chichester licence
Ex-London's Burning producer Paul Knight has joined the board of Isle of Wight-based restricted service licence (RSL) broadcaster TV12, writes Jason Deans.Knight, who took a 5 per cent holding in TV12,
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FOLEY QUITS CINESITE FOR INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA
Cinesite chief executive Aiden Foley is quitting the company to pursue opportunities in the internet and new media arenas. Foley, who has been with the US special effects arm of Eastman
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APPLE FORCED TO RETREAT OVER G4 PRICE RISE
Apple Computer has been forced to apologise to customers after plans to increase prices of its G4 workstations were met with a barrage of protest. Last week, Apple said it wanted
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TEKTRONIX BANKS $48 MILLION FOR VND SALE
Tektronix looks set to receive close to $48 million (£29 million) for its Video Networking Division (VND), sold to Grass Valley Group earlier this year. In a Securities & Exchange Commission
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SEVEN-YEAR ITCH SPURS MARTIN TO JOIN STATIC
Broadcast design company Static has taken on former Carlton Television design director Jackie Martin. Heading up a team of 14 designers, Martin is expected to spearhead a move into print and