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REUTERS BACKTRACKS ON TV DIVISION JOB CUTS
Reuters Financial Television (RFT) staff have been assured there will be no forced redundancies as a result of the company's restructure announced last week and a cut in RFT's budget from
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C4 NEWS' MARCUS MOVES TO SENIOR HOME NEWS EDITOR
ITN's Channel 4 news programme editor Kerry Marcus has been named as senior home news editor following the departure of incumbent Chris Jones to management consultancy Blue Rubicon. Marcus joined ITN's
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ON DIGITAL AND BT BAND TOGETHER FOR INTERNET ACCESS
On Digital and BT are linking up to provide internet access to the broadcaster's 552,000 subscribers. The service, which is expected to launch at the start of the summer, will feature
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GMTV MAKES SHOWBIZ REPORTER US CORRESPONDENT
GMTV showbusiness correspondent Helen Morton is moving to the US to become the broadcaster's new correspondent stateside. In her new role, Morton will cover all news, politics and features for GMTV
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EDINBURGH STUDENTS CARRY OFF RTS STUDENT PRIZES
Students from Edinburgh College of Art scooped two of the three top prizes at the Royal Television Society Student TV Awards last week. First prize in the animation category went to
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GREENLAND NAMED CHIEF OF NEW SKILLSET/FT2 COURSE
Patricia Greenland has been appointed by FT2 to head the London Production Manager Training Scheme on behalf of the Skillset London Forum. The scheme encompases a 30-week training programme for six
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PRODUCTION SHOW SECURES BBC'S LUSH FOR MARCH TALK
BBC Broadcast head of daytime commissioning Jane Lush is the latest commissioning editor to join the line-up at this year's Production Show, which takes place at Olympia between 7 and 9
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CHAMBERLAIN CROSSES OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
Stampede managing director Mike Chamberlain is to replace Darren Bender as series editor on The Other Side, Channel 4's low-budget, late-night documentary strand. Chamberlain and his indie Stampede will work closely
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CARLTON HIRES PRODUCER TO DEVELOP COMEDIES
London-based indie Assembly Film and TV's head of development and writer Nigel Smith has joined Carlton Television's comedy department as development producer. Smith has been hired to find new writers and
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OPEN ... STRIKES DEALS WITH LADBROKES AND GOING PLACES
Interactive TV service Open ... has announced deals with Ladbrokes and Going Places that will see the two high-street names join the BSkyB-backed platform. Ladbrokes will open an interactive home betting
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BIDS PLACED FOR RADIO LICENCE IN MORECAMBE BAY AREA
Five groups are bidding to run the independent local radio licence for the Morecambe Bay area. The applicants include existing licensee The Bay, Guardian Media Group-backed BFM, and Easy 96.9FM led
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Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to make a broadcast pilot of its hit show How to Look Good Nakedfor US cable network Lifetime.
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METRO SECURES TRAVEL SLOTS ON WIRELESS STATIONS
Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group has signed a deal with Metro Networks to provide nine of his newly acquired local radio stations with traffic and travel information. The deal covers the Wireless
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HEART PUTS RADIOS IN FLEET OF LONDON TAXIS
Heart 106.2 has installed passenger radios in 50 London taxi cabs tuned exclusively to the Chrysalis-owned London station. The campaign, in association with taxi ad-contractor Taxi Media, follows a similar initiative
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RTS BOOKS IN BSKYB'S TONY BALL AS DINNER SPEAKER
BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball is set to speak at a Royal Television Society dinner on 27 April. Further RTS events this year include the Programme Awards on 21 March, the
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS CORRECTION
In last week's Overnight Ratings, we attributed the Thursday 3 February edition of Carlton Country at 19.30 with an average audience of four million viewers and an 18 per cent share.
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C5 buys new soap to replace Sunset
Channel 5 is to replace daytime US soap Sunset Beach with veteran US drama Days of Our Lives, under a new deal with Columbia Pictures Television.C5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford
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C4/Ideal rev up for motoring site
Channel 4 and Ideal World's new media arm e.world have formed a joint-venture motoring website called 4car.co.uk, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4 signs Morris films
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Peter Dale has ordered a 6 x 30-minute series of interviews, under the strand name First Person, from controversial US film-maker Errol Morris, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC Brum recruits Thorogood
Nick Thorogood joins as the divison's development executive from Talent Television where he was a development producer. His brief will be to liaise closely with BBC Broadcast and channel commissioning teams