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CARLTON WINS INTERVIEW CLIP COPYRIGHT CASE ON APPEAL
Carlton TV has won a landmark appeal case concerning the use of a clip from a paid-for TV interview in ITV current affairs programme The Big Story. The copyright of the
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SKY PASSES 200,000 DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION TARGET
BSkyB is understood to have passed its target of signing 200,000 subscribers to its digital service by Christmas. The satellite operator, which launched its digital service on 1 October, refused to
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MIRROR AND RANGERS LINK UP IN TV DEAL
Mirror Group has joined forces with Glasgow Rangers football club to develop the club's TV interests. Mirror Group said it had launched a new division, Mirror Networks, to negotiate and manage
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C5 SPARE DIGITAL CAPACITY PASSES TO SDN
Channel 5 has struck a deal with its digital multiplex licence-holder, S4C Digital Networks (SDN), for the use of its spare digital capacity. Under the terms of the deal, concluded on
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RAVEN PROMOTED TO DEPUTY MD AT MERIDIAN
Jim Raven, United Broadcasting & Entertainment director of news and sport strategy, has been appointed deputy managing director of Meridian Broadcasting to assist managing director Mary McAnally, who is recuperating from
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MILLER APPOINTED CHAIR OF EDINBURGH TVYP COMMITTEE
The Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival has appointed a new director and new committee chair of its training and youth arm, Television & Young People (TVYP). The new director is Varsha
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CURRIE TO FRONT BBC SCOTLAND SALMONELLA SPECIAL
Former Tory minister Edwina Currie is to front the first documentary made with her co-operation about salmonella in eggs since she resigned over the issue 10 years ago. Produced by John
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ITC ACTS ON DTT PROMOTION
The Independent Television Commission has issued a Direction to all digital terrestrial (DTT) broadcasters prohibiting the provision of misleading or denigratory information regarding competing services. The Direction will ensure that licensees
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VIVENDI OUT OF TELEWEST
French utilities group Vivendi has sold its 6.5 per cent stake in UK cable company Telewest for£200 million. The company placed the shares on the market but there has been
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NOTTINGHAM STUDIO OPENS
The BBC's new£4.5 million digital studio complex for the East Midlands opens in Nottingham on Sunday (10 January). The state-of-the-art development will be home to the regional news programme East
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BLUMER SIGNS FOR CRASH
Merseyside station Crash FM has signed Chris Blumer as its new breakfast show host. The 24-year-old joins from Capital-owned Red Dragon FM in Cardiff where he has presented the evening show
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ITN OPENS THE COLLECTIONS
ITN Archive has launched a selection of archive and features compilations aimed at broadcasters and independent producers.The new service, called The Collections, aims to provide quick and easy access to images
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BBC appoints Chapman to head up online
The BBC's protracted search for a director of its online service has ended, with the appointment of controller of BBC English regions Nigel Chapman, writes Jason Deans.The role of director of
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ITC shows teeth with Carlton fine
The£2 million fine dished out to Carlton TV by the Independent Television Commission after an independent inquiry confirmed that The Connection was faked is being viewed as 'a clear sign'
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ITV1's Britain's Got Talent swept all before it on Saturday with a bumper audience of 10.3m (43.3%) at 8.05pm.
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ITV1 has commissioned Bafta-winning comic Harry Hill to make a spoof soap opera series.
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BBC comes out on top in Christmas week battle
BBC 1 scooped the lion's share of viewing in Christmas week, scoring a 35.2 per cent share in the week leading up to Sunday 27 December, writes Tim Dams.ITV - which
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Ex-Central controller Smith dies
Former Central Television controller of public affairs Keith Smith died on 22 December aged 61 following a short illness.Smith joined BBC Manchester as assistant information officer before becoming publicity officer in
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Front Row challenges Sky's PPV dominance with boxing service
Cable pay-per-view (PPV) venture Front Row has turned the heat up on pay-TV rival BSkyB with the launch of a new boxing service, writes Alice Macandrew.Provisionally called Front Row Boxing, the
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Popescu takes reins at Six O'Clock News
The BBC has appointed former ITN editor Mark Popescu as the new editor of the Six O'Clock News just three months after joining BBC News 24, writes John Plunkett.Popescu, 38, will