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BARB PUTS AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT OUT TO TENDER
Barb is putting its audience measurement business out to tender next week. The contract, currently shared by Taylor Nelson Sofres and RSMB Television Research, is worth£10-11 million a year. The
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FOOTIE KICKS MULTI-CHANNEL TV TO ITS HIGHEST SHARE
Multi-channel TV accounted for more than 15.35 per cent of total UK viewing in the week ending 16 May, its highest share according to unofficial overnights. The figure was boosted by
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THE SUN AND C4 RACING SIGN£100,000 DERBY PROMOTION
Channel 4 Racing has signed a promotional deal with The Sun newspaper for a£100,000 Derby promotion called the World's Greatest Sweepstake.A group of Sun readers will go to the Derby
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WRIGHT AND ROSS TO PRESENT NEW R2 SHOWS
Steve Wright is to present a new weekday show on BBC Radio 2, as predicted in Broadcast (16.4.99). Jonathan Ross has also been signed by R2 controller Jim Moir to host
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RIVERSIDE STUDIOS TO HOST C4 SITCOM FESTIVAL
The fifth Channel 4 Sitcom Festival - a showcase of the work of nine up-and-coming situation comedy writers - is taking place between 30 June and 17 July at the Riverside
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SKY'S BOTTOMLEY TO ANCHOR RED HOT NEWS ON MUTV
Steve Bottomley, a former sports presenter with Sky News, is joining Manchester United Television (MUTV) as the channel's main news anchor. Bottomley joins the joint-venture between Granada and Manchester United next
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BBC TAKES ROYAL WEDDING
BBC Television and Radio are to broadcast the wedding of Edward Windsor and Sophie Rhys-Jones on Saturday 19 June. The wedding will be transmitted live on BBC 1 and BBC Radio
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NewsPharos shows off Mediator
At IBC, media software management specialist Pharos Communications will exhibit the Mediator V3 media management platform, claimed to improve efficiency in a broadcast workflow working across channels, platforms and sites.
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ETHNIC AWARDS FOR 1 JUNE
Carlton is to screen the inaugural Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards on Tuesday (1 June) at 23.30. The awards will be hosted by TV comedy actors Felix Dexter and Mina Anwar from
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CLASSICS SLOT ON TWO
BBC 2 is to air a six-part series, Masterworks: Six Pieces of Britain, exploring six great works of twentieth century classical music. The series, a BBC classical music production, will run
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WOOD TAKES GMTV LA ROLE
GMTV is sending Kathleen Wood to the US to be its new Los Angeles correspondent. The role was handled by Fiona Phillips until she moved onto the sofa two years ago
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MATV ON AIR IN LEICESTER
The UK's first Asian terrestrial TV channel, MATV, launches on Thursday (27 May) on a Restricted Service Licence in Leicester. The free-to-air service will have a potential audience of 1.2 million
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SKILLSET HIRES FT2
Film & Television Freelance Training (FT2) has been chosen to research and develop new training models for freelance PA/gallery, vision mixers and production managers on behalf of the Skillset London Forum.
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On Digital raises stakes with free set-top boxes
Digital terrestrial (DTT) outfit On Digital has unveiled an aggressive new offer of free set-top boxes in a bid to keep up with digital satellite rival BSkyB.The initiative was announced by
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Granada picks Evans to build up comedy
Granada Television has appointed Kate Evans to the newly created role of head of development for the comedy department, writes Claire Handley.Working directly to comedy controller Andy Harries, Evans, 28, has
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Sky One lines up Futurama
Sky One has lined up the UK premiere of Futurama, the new animated series from Simpsons creator Matt Groening, for a September debut, writes Alice Macandrew. Sky One head of acquisitions
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LWT to feature pickpockets in next instalment of Beware ..
Grant Mansfield, ITV Network Centre controller of documentaries and features, has commissioned LWT to produce four more programmes to follow Beware: Shoplifters at Work, writes Ashley Davies.The next instalment is Beware:
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Allen to give first Dunn interview at Edinburgh
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival is to launch The Richard Dunn Memorial Interview this year in memory of the former Thames Television chief executive who died last August, writes Tim
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Michael Hewett-Hicks has developed a new political spot for the Green Party. The writer/director used the language and techniques of promos and commercials, rather than the staid and formulaic approac
Michael Hewett-Hicks has developed a new political spot for the Green Party. The writer/director used the language and techniques of promos and commercials, rather than the staid and formulaic approach of
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Planet Design has created the titles for a new chat show with a twist, Richard Whitely Unbriefed. Echoing the show's interrogative nature, director/designers Andy Cole and Jon Shore put the host
Planet Design has created the titles for a new chat show with a twist, Richard Whitely Unbriefed. Echoing the show's interrogative nature, director/designers Andy Cole and Jon Shore put the host