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FA CUP AND ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS TO TENDER
Broadcasting rights to FA Cup and England matches from the start of the next football season will be added next week to the bundle of football broadcasting rights up for grabs.
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NewsDe Mol sets up clearing house in LA
Big Brother creator John de Mol is setting up a format clearing house in the US.
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BELLIS QUITS GRANADA'S TONIGHT SHOW TO SET UP INDIE
Tonight with Trevor MacDonald senior producer Nigel Bellis is leaving Granada TV to set up Manchester-based indie Lead Dog Productions. Bellis, whose credits also include the 1996 RTS award-winning Last Post
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ENTREPRENEURS SET UP N-JOY RADIO BID FOR WEST MIDLANDS
A group of entrepreneurs have banded together to create radio company N-joy Radio to bid for the new West Midlands analogue regional radio licence next month. N-joy non-executive chairman will be
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C5, BT AND ITN TEAM BUILDS VIRTUAL CATHERWOOD
Channel 5, BT and ITN have launched a computer version of C5 News anchor Andrea Catherwood, which the companies claim will be the world's first virtual newscaster to go online. Christened
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TAPS LAUNCHES ONLINE DATABASE OF WRITERS
A new national writers database has been launched by the Television Arts Performance Showcase (Taps) and the West London Training and Enterprise Council. The intention is to bridge the gap between
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WIRELESS GROUP TO FLOAT TO FUND FURTHER EXPANSION
The Wireless Group is to seek a full listing on the London Stock Exchange to bankroll further radio acquisitions and new media initiatives. The group, under chairman and chief executive Kelvin
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ON DIGITAL COMPLETES ADULT DIGITAL TRIO FOR PLAYBOY
Playboy TV UK has struck a deal with On Digital to carry subscription-based Adult Channel from 00.00 to 04.00 every day from 3 April, giving the channel carriage on all three
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TELEWEST CLAIMS MOST ADVANCED BROADBAND PLATFORM
Telewest launched what it claimed is the world's most advanced broadband interactive platform last week, combining its high-speed internet service Blueyonder with interactive services from 60 content partners. The company announced
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DEVERELL MOVES TO NEW MEDIA AT BBC NEWS
BBC News controller of strategy and marketing Richard Deverell has been made BBC News head of new media, a post created by BBC News chief executive Tony Hall's review of the
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SILVESTER NEW MD OF JUST TV AS JESSELL TAKES OFF
Just TV production manager and co-director Olwyn Silvester has been promoted to managing director to allow the indie's other two directors, Steve Haywood and Stephen Phelps, to concentrate on development and
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LION GOES INTO THE ARENA TO FACE CASTAWAY QUIZZING
Lion TV executives Jeremy Mills, Nick Catliff, Richard Bradley and Shahana Meer are to be quizzed about the indie's BBC 1 docu-soap Castaway 2000 (right) at Bafta on 26 April. Channel
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NewsThe Farm invests£2m in two new facilities
The Farm Group has opened a£1.1m suite in the space once occupied by its former stand-alone DVD arm, Squash. The group is also spending another£1m kitting out new premises nearby.
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NEW TEST FOR PHILIPS AS SERIES PRODUCER AT S+V
Sunset + Vine has appointed sports indie Sidedrummer Productions managing director and former Grandstand editor John Philips to the new post of series producer for its coverage of test cricket for
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MAIR REPLACING LOWE AS PRESENTER OF R4'S PM
Eddie Mair is to take over from Chris Lowe as the main presenter of the PM programme on BBC Radio 4. Mair will continue to present his Sunday morning R4 programme
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LOYALTY SCHEME GIVES SKY DIGITAL FANS PRIZE CHANCE
Sky Digital has set up a new loyalty scheme that gives its customers the chance to win a mix of prizes, some of which have been developed in conjunction with the
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OPINIONS WANTED ON GOVERNMENT'S WHITE PAPER
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has called for comment on proposed changes to broadcasting and communications legislation to be sent to comms-reform@culture.gov.uk. The DCMS has said the white paper
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Regions are key to future, Smith says
Regional broadcasting and programme production commitments will form a key part of new broadcasting law, media secretary Chris Smith has said.Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday (27 March), Smith
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ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has recommissioned a re-formatted run of Carlton TV drama The Vice, writes Colin Robertson. The Vice, formerly an 8 x 60-minute series, will now return
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has recommissioned a re-formatted run of Carlton TV drama The Vice, writes Colin Robertson. The Vice, formerly an 8 x 60-minute series, will now return
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NewsSky strikes back
BSkyB has upped the ante in its war with Virgin Media by repackaging Sky Movies into a number of genre-based channels, including comedy, sci-fi and horror and modern greats.