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CLAYPOLE TAKES ON PR ROLE AT MEDIALINK WORLDWIDE
Former APTV managing director Stephen Claypole has been appointed international broadcast adviser at broadcast public relations consultancy Medialink Worldwide Incorporated. Claypole, who masterminded the launch of APTV - the video news
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HALL TO QUIT REUTERS AT EASTER TO SET UP CONSULTANCY
Reuters International media marketing manager Mervyn Hall is leaving the news organisation at Easter to set up his own consultancy company.Hall, 50, joined Reuters as sales director from ITN three years
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WORLD SERVICE INCREASES ALBANIAN COVERAGE
The BBC World Service added an extra 15-minute bulletin to its Albanian language service on Monday (25 January) because of the growing crisis in Kosovo. It is the second time in
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SOPEL REPLACES EDWARDS AS NEWS 24 POLITICAL CHIEF
BBC political correspondent Jon Sopel is to replace Huw Edwards as chief political correspondent for BBC News 24. Sopel will lead the 24-hour news channel's coverage of the Scottish, Welsh and
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BBC COMPLAINTS UNIT MEETS RESPONSE TARGET
The BBC's Programme Complaints Unit (PCU) has for the first time reached its target of dealing with 80 per cent of complaints within 20 working days. Between October and December 1998,
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C4 INTRODUCES DISABLED TALENT DATABASE
Channel 4 is launching a new disability talent database as part of an effort to offer disabled people a fast-track route into programmes and programme-making. The database, comprising actors, presenters, journalists,
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RAPTURE WIDENS ACCESS
Teen channel Rapture has secured access to another 700,000 homes with the conclusion of a carriage deal with the UK's third-largest cable company, NTL.The Norwich-based channel, which launched just over a
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BSKYB HAILS BOX PROGRESS
BSkyB has announced that all four manufacturers of its digital set-top boxes are now in production. Panasonic UK last week became the fourth and final company to ship the Sky Digital
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BBC ONLINE BOOST
BBC Online has the second largest share of the UK internet market, second only to US search engine Yahoo!, according to a study by Fletcher Research. The survey found that 42
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LWT hails ITV and C5 commissions
LWT Productions' entertainment department has won a slate of new commissions from ITV and Channel 5.Following the success of last month's Michael Barrymore-hosted special, Kids Say the Funniest Things, which attracted
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Nickelodeon UK has swiped the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from arch-rival children's cable channel Cartoon Network, writes Alice Macandrew. The entire series is set to air on
Nickelodeon UK has swiped the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from arch-rival children's cable channel Cartoon Network, writes Alice Macandrew. The entire series is set to air on
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Auction Channel to air sports sell-offs
The Auction Channel has clinched a deal with Sky Sports to broadcast a series of 10 live interactive auctions of sports memorabilia, writes Alice Macandrew.The first kicks off on 15 March
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Deakin leaves Uden for arts position at C4
Channel 4 has recruited Camilla Deakin, senior producer at Uden Associates, to become deputy commissioning editor, arts and music, writes Tim Dams.
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Street-Porter in cathedral BBC 2 tour
Janet Street-Porter is to front a new six-part series on British cathedrals for BBC 2, writes Liz Shackleton.
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NEW TRADE ASSOCIATION
The National Association of Screen Make-up Artists & Hairdressers has been set up to represent the interests of make-up artists and hairdressers working in the media. The association is on a
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RTS IN ETHNIC WORKSHOP
The Royal Television Society has set up a new workshop strand to help improve ethnic diversity in UK television. Four broadcast heavyweights have so far signed up as guests for four
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HARWOOD QUITS BBC DRAMA
BBC drama head of finance Andy Harwood is moving to the post of finance director at online consumer service LineOne, a joint-venture between News International, BT and United News & Media.
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CELTIC DRAMA REWARDED
BBC Scotland's Looking after Jo Jo, Parallel Films' Amongst Women and Channel 4's The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star are among 62 entries shortlisted for the Celtic Film
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ITV and C4 scoop MGM movie deal
ITV and Channel 4 have joined forces for the the first time to negotiate a complex $40 million (£24.2 million) deal for a package of movies from Hollywood film studio MGM.Films
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HTV Wales goes into action with soap Nuts and Bolts
HTV Wales has given the go-ahead for its first soap opera for 15 years from head of drama development Peter Edwards, writes Nicola Methven.