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NewsLife on Mars gets a 1970s edge
Red Bee Media has created a promotional campaign for the second series of BBC drama Life on Mars.
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SHORTLIST FOR ITV TOP JOB
The search for a new ITV chief executive stepped up this week, with headhunters thought to have presented the ITV Council with a shortlist on Tuesday (11 January). A source suggested
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Granada seeks OFT approval for offers
The move towards further ITV consolidation gathered pace on Friday (7 January) when the Granada Group asked the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Independent Television Commission for permission to
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On Digital to launch PPV in spring
On Digital announced on Tuesday (11 January) that it has finally struck a deal with SDN to launch a pay-per-view (PPV) service as it revealed total subscriber figures to date of
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Three bid for 2nd digital London radio multiplex
Details were unveiled this week of the three rival bids to run the second digital radio multiplex in London, writes John Plunkett.The bidders include the two unsuccessful applicants for the first
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Disney promotes Neal, Scurfield and Beecham
The Disney Channel UK announced a raft of programming appointments this week, including James Neal as programming director and Zoe Scurfield as acquisitions manager, writes John Plunkett.Neal has been managing the
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FORD APPOINTED TO HEAD NEW EMAP PERFORMANCE
Emap has announced a management shake-up following the creation of a new music-based division, Emap Performance, to encompass all its radio and TV interests. Reporting to Emap Performance chief executive Tim
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HORIZON RUNS WALKING WITH DINOSAURS IN ONE DAY
UK Horizon is to screen the entire run of hit BBC 1 series Walking With Dinosaurs (right) on Sunday 19 March, running it back-to-back throughout the day. It is the first
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Firecracker documents mania
Firecracker Films has produced and post-produced Mania, a 3 x 60-minute series of experimental documentaries for Channel 4.
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WALL TO WALL SHAKES UP MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP
Wall To Wall Television managing director Alex Graham becomes chief executive of the indie as part of a management and ownership restructure. Head of factual Jonathan Hewes is stepping up to
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MERIDIAN PICKS BRISLEY FOR DEVELOPMENT POST
Tom Brisley has been appointed as deputy head of development at Meridian Broadcasting. Brisley has previously worked as a freelance development producer for Meridian, on shows including Tested to Destruction with
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C5 NEWS EDITOR WILLIAMS TO HEAD BBC 2 LIVE POLITICS
BBC News has appointed Channel 5 News programme editor Jon Williams to be editor, live political programmes. He will oversee daily live political programmes on BBC 2, including Westminster Live and
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LOCAL TV NETS SEEK 'URGENT CONSULTATIONS' WITH SMITH
The association of local TV broadcasters, The Local Independent Television Network - which represents Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) - is seeking 'urgent consultations' with the Department for Culture Media & Sport
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MERGER PROBES INTO NTL/CWC AND SKY/VIVENDI CONTINUE
The Competition Commission has begun the next stage of its investigations into the proposed merger of NTL and Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) and the purchase of a stake in BSkyB
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REES AND PICHETA JOIN THE PERFORMANCE COMPANY
Freelance TV drama producer Annie Rees and producer Andy Picheta have joined Iambic Productions and RPTA's new joint-venture The Performance Company (Broadcast, 1.7.00). Rees' recent credits include producing new Carlton comedy
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Johansen joins ATG
Systems integrator ATG Broadcast has hired Søren Johansen as deputy director. Johansen, a former electronics engineer, previously worked as managing director of installation specialist Dansk Video-Tec.
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SIMPLY MONEY PICKS CLAYTON AS LAUNCH EDITOR
Consumer finance channel Simply Money has appointed Andrew Clayton as its launch editor. Clayton, who launched Channel 4's Business Daily and was managing editor of Financial Times Television for four years,
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MULLINS JOINS GRANADA MEDIA AS LEGAL DIRECTOR
Granada Media Group has hired Kyla Mullins as director of legal affairs.Mullins, who joins from Discovery Communications Europe, where she was vice-president, business development, will report to Granada Productions joint managing
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SMITH TO OUTLINE ANALOGUE SWITCH-OFF STRATEGY
Media Secretary Chris Smith (left) will outline his strategy for switching off analogue television signals at a Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) seminar at 17.45 on 9 March in
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CARLTON POACHES ANDREW FROM GENERATION GAME
Carlton Television controller of entertainment Mark Wells has hired BBC entertainment executive producer Sue Andrew. Andrew has been with the BBC for 17 years and has been working on Jim Davidson's