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Granada on wildlife trail.
Granada has dumped its inherited United Wildlife brand and is overhauling the division as a major supplier of 'blue chip' films shot on video tape under the new name of Granada Wild, writes Colin Robertson.
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Corley returns to ITV as GMTV MD.
Former Border TV chief executive Paul Corley has been appointed as the new managing director of GMTV.Corley left his position at Border in July last year shortly after it was taken
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Government plans switch-off review.
Media secretary Chris Smith has confirmed the government will review a proposed switch-off date for analogue radio in autumn 2003, but has again refused to commit to a target, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Pressure put on Smith.
Tony Blair's decision to delay the general election until at least 7 June has put pressure on media secretary Chris Smith to respond to MPs' demands to curtail the powers of BBC governors, writes David Rose.
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OFT SKY ONE RULING.
The Office of Fair Trading has decided Sky One is no longer in a position to dominate the cable and satellite market as it relaxed conditions on the way the channel
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BANZAI/BIG BRO LINK.
Banzai, the Japanese-style interactive gambling show that launched on digital youth channel E4 in January, is to air after episodes of the second series of Big Brother, according to a senior
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DISNEY IN NTL DEAL.
Disney is close to finalising a carriage deal with cable operator NTL for its pre-school channel Disney Playhouse. The channel, which was voted best pre-school channel at the 2001 Cable Guide
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BRANDS CONSOLIDATE.
On Digital is reportedly considering relaunching its service as ITV Digital in a bid to attract subscribers. On Digital chief operating officer Rob Fyfe said rebranding was one of a range
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'NO DIGI REVOLUTION'.
Outgoing RTL Group director of strategy and content Richard Eyre has cast doubt on digital take-up by saying there would be 'no digital revolution'. Eyre said people would not flock to
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ABC WILDLIFE SERIES.
BBC Worldwide has signed up Australian broadcaster ABC as co-production partner for its $10m (£7m) natural history series Australasia: Worlds Apart. The 6 x 50-minute landmark series goes into production next
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New Salmon sport strategy nearing launch.
BBC director of sport Peter Salmon has created a senior team of sports, rights and production specialists to drive a new sports strategy, to be announced later this month, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Ideal World creates new Scottish role.
Ideal World is beefing up its Glasgow operation and has hired producer/director Peter Jamieson to the newly created role of head of television, Scotland, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC/Granada in education win.
A BBC/Granada Media consortium has been handed the£42m contract to create the government's digital GCSE channel.The channel will launch in September next year and will produce course material for six
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BBC accused of 'dumping' news.
ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson has criticised the BBC's reorganisation of its current affairs schedule and called for the corporation to be more accountable over decisions to move key programmes, writes Steve Ast
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Ratings - England coverage nets C5 its biggest share.
Channel 5's coverage of England's World Cup qualifier brought the channel its largest audience this year, writes Jon Rogers.
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STEYGER QUITS VIC REAL.
Victoria Real's production head Tony Steyger has quit the Brighton-based indie to launch new digital media production company The Bridge. Steyger described his departure after 16 months as 'amicable', but said
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CHIEF LEAVES TLRC.
The Local Radio Company (TLRC) chief executive Ian Axton has left the group after a restructure by parent company Radio Investments Limited (RIL) meant he no longer had a role. The
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ANDERSON OKAYS ACCESS.
Broadcasting minister Janet Anderson has given permission for the launch of access radio pilot broadcasts. The announcement, at last week's Celtic Radio & Television Festival, was welcomed by the Radio Authority,
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SMG AGREES NEW TERMS.
Scottish Media Group has agreed to the terms for its ITV licences announced by the ITC on 19 March. SMG was the sole ITV company not to agree immediately to new
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BBC SPONSORS MIT LAB.
BBC Imagineering creative director Fiona McKenzie has negotiated a three-year deal to sponsor the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's newly created Media Lab Europe in Dublin. The deal means the BBC can