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Campus Vision is to install its broadcasting equipment at 16 more universities next year, and has also announced plans to relocate its 15 staff to Charlotte Square, Newcastle, next April and create seven new jobs. 23-Dec-2004
CTVC is planning to relocate its TV studio and 15 staff from Hillside Studios in Hertfordshire to central London by next July, and potential sites are being considered. 20-Dec-2004
ITV is to shed 38 jobs in Leeds, 19 in Norwich and eight in Manchester, as part of the reorganisation of its regional operations. 20-Dec-2004
Johnston Press has secured planning permission from Rotherham Council to build a £60m newspaper print plant outside Sheffield by the end of 2006. 17-Dec-2004
ScreenFX has raised £2m in a share placing to fund the installation of advertising screens in shopping centres. 15-Dec-2004
The BBC is in discussions with Thomson of France about the possibility of selling its BBC Broadcast division, which has 1,100 staff. 15-Dec-2004
The BBC is planning to relocate about 1,800 staff from BBC Sport, Radio Five Live, CBBC and other departments to a new £500m media centre in Manchester in five years time, while 2,900 jobs will be lost. 08-Dec-2004
Interactive Prospect Targeting has raised £4.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its online direct marketing business. 06-Dec-2004
Telewest is to close its broadband call centre in Plymouth by March 2005, with the loss of 204 jobs. 29-Nov-2004
ITV is planning to relocate its CiTV children's TV presentation department and 20 jobs from Birmingham to Manchester early next year. 29-Nov-2004
The BBC is considering plans to merge its specialist factual and contemporary factual departments, with the loss of up to 250 jobs. 29-Nov-2004
Quantum Business Media, the Croydon-based magazine publisher, has been put up for sale by ABN Amro Capital with a valuation of about £30m. 25-Nov-2004
Yell, the directories company, is to set up a call centre in Belfast, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 22-Nov-2004
BBC Property is planning to shed 40 jobs from its 94-strong staff, as part of a reorganisation of the way it provides property services to the corporation. 22-Nov-2004
The BBC is said to be planning to relocate its CBBC children's TV department and 500 staff from London and Glasgow to Manchester. 22-Nov-2004
Access Intelligence is to raise £3m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its marketing services business. 19-Nov-2004
Trinity Mirror has won a contract to print regional newspapers for Guardian Media Group, which will involve a £45m investment in new equipment at its Oldham plant and the possible loss of jobs at GMG's Trafford Park plant. 18-Nov-2004
Green Bay Media, the Cardiff-based TV production company, has sold a £0.3m equity stake to Finance Wales to fund the expansion of its commercial operations. 18-Nov-2004
The BBC is to relocate its 12 governors from the new media village in west London to Marylebone High Street early next year. 15-Nov-2004
Guardian Newspapers is planning to relocate up to 1,400 staff to the King's Place development in London's King's Cross in 2008. 15-Nov-2004
Havas is looking to sell its Bounty baby products marketing agency for about £20m, and LongAcre Partners has produced a shortlist of potential buyers. 15-Nov-2004
Tyne Tees Television has announced plans to relocate from Newcastle to a new £6m production centre in Gateshead next summer. 10-Nov-2004
The BBC is planning to outsource 25% of its non-news internet content and close a number of websites, in response to criticism from commercial online companies about the BBC's expansion in the online market. 09-Nov-2004
QVC is planning a £18m expansion at its TV shopping business in Knowsley, with the creation of 350 new jobs at the warehouse and call centre. 08-Nov-2004
Mersey Television and Liverpool City Council are discussing plans to create a 24-hour digital TV channel in time for the city's 800th birthday in 2007. 08-Nov-2004
Reuters is to transfer up to 50 editorial jobs from the UK and US to Bangalore, Singapore and Canada. 08-Nov-2004
The University of Glamorgan is seeking a site of 80,000 sq ft in Cardiff to expand its media studies department. 08-Nov-2004
ITV is said to be planning to shed a further 200 jobs at its non-news regional broadcasting operations throughout the country. 08-Nov-2004
Talk Business is planning to open a new call handling centre in Chesterfield, with the creation of 100 jobs. 05-Nov-2004
Street Broadcast has secured £3m of funding from Apax Partners to expand its outdoor advertising business. 02-Nov-2004
Denham Productions, the TV production company, is to open a new office in Cornwall with the creation of several jobs. 01-Nov-2004
Garlands is to create a further 150 jobs at its call centre in Middlesbrough, taking the workforce to 1,550. 28-Oct-2004
Real Affinity has raised £1.4m in a share placing to fund acquisitions for its media and marketing services business. 25-Oct-2004
VTR is to open a 4,500 sq ft TV production facility in Leeds city centre next year, with the creation of 11 jobs. 25-Oct-2004
NTL is planning to expand its customer relations centre in Coventry, with the creation of up to 80 jobs. 21-Oct-2004
Cheltenham Film Studios is seeking permission to expand its stage and office facilities at Arle Court. 20-Oct-2004
Hat Trick, the TV production company, is to open an office in Manchester next year, including a five-strong development team. 18-Oct-2004
Felix Group has raised £3m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its direct consumer interactive medium. 14-Oct-2004
News International has confirmed plans to quit its print facility in Wapping in 2008 and invest £600m at three new sites in Enfield, Glasgow and Knowsley. 13-Oct-2004
SP Holdings has raised £1.5m in a share placing to fund the growth of its marketing services business. 12-Oct-2004
WPP is said to be planning to shed about 17% of the 200 London-based staff at recently-acquired advertising agency Grey Global. 11-Oct-2004
Alexandra Palace is expected to seek private investment for the £50m development of a media campus on the site. 27-Sep-2004
Chrysalis is considering plans to sell its book publishing division, in order to focus on its radio and record label operations. 27-Sep-2004
North West Vision has awarded European Objective 1 grants of £0.4m to five Merseyside companies to establish the infrastructure required for a media and film industry. 22-Sep-2004
Scottish Media Group has won planning permission to build a new headquarters for Scottish TV and its 400 staff at Pacific Quay in Glasgow by 2006. 22-Sep-2004
NEMS Market Research is to create up to 15 new jobs at its office in Stockton over the next few months. 21-Sep-2004
Capital Radio and GWR have confirmed that they are in merger discussions, which could lead to the creation of a £700m broadcasting group. 20-Sep-2004
BT Group is in discussions with the BBC, ITV and BSkyB about plans to offer pay-per-view TV shows over broadband internet connections. 20-Sep-2004
The Office for National Statistics is planning to relocate 600 staff from London and Hampshire to Newport, South Wales, over the next few years. 20-Sep-2004
Yahoo!, the internet service provider, is in negotiations to set up a 70,000 sq ft office at 125 Shaftesbury Avenue in London. 20-Sep-2004
BeCogent, the telemarketing company, is to create 600 jobs at a new call centre in Erskine, near Glasgow. 14-Sep-2004
Video Networks has appointed Anthem Corporate Finance to raise up to £80m of new equity to expand its Home Choice video-on-demand broadcasting service across London. 13-Sep-2004
Orca Interactive is to raise £14m in a share placing on Aim to fund the development of its internet TV business. 13-Sep-2004
NTL has appointed Goldman Sachs to advise on strategic options for its TV and radio broadcasting business, which could lead to a £1.2bn sale. 13-Sep-2004
Technicolor Creative Services is to relocate 160 staff from Denham to a new £5m 52,000 sq ft headquarters at Perivale in west London by the end of the year. 13-Sep-2004
Bradford Community Broadcasting is seeking permission to relocate its radio studio from Forster Square to Rawson Road by the end of the year. 09-Sep-2004
ITV is to set up a new Central News TV studio for 45 staff at the Chetwynd Retail Park in Nottinghamshire. 08-Sep-2004
The BBC is to hold discussions with Walt Disney, Time Warner and Bertelsmann about the possible sale of its BBC Worldwide commercial sales and publishing operation, which could be worth up to £2bn. 08-Sep-2004
Pinewood Shepperton is in talks with local authorities about plans to expand its TV production facilities by 50% over the next ten years. 07-Sep-2004
Rank is looking to demerge or sell off its Deluxe film and media services business for about £700m. 06-Sep-2004
Conquest Business Media is planning to shed about 20 of the 65 jobs at its publishing business in Norwich. 26-Aug-2004
Stage Three Music, the London-based music publishing company, has raised £40m to fund the acquisition of more music catalogues. 23-Aug-2004
Red Kite Films is to set up an animation studio in Edinburgh later this year, with the creation of 40 jobs. 23-Aug-2004
Infoserve is setting up a new sales office in Stockton which could create up to 75 jobs over the next 18 months, in order to offer internet and digital TV directory services. 18-Aug-2004
Civilian Content has secured a £7m cash injection from the SureFire Production fund to double the number of films it produces. 17-Aug-2004
NTL is shedding up to 90 jobs on Teesside, as part of previously-announced plans to rationalise its network of call centres. 16-Aug-2004
Adventis and NMG Financial Services are linking up to form a new financial services advertising agency called Adventis NMG. 16-Aug-2004
Ofcom has announced proposals to allow trading in unwanted radio frequencies by the end of the year. 09-Aug-2004
ITV is said to be looking to sell The Moving Picture Company, the provider of TV special effects, for up to £50m by the end of the year. 09-Aug-2004
BSkyB is to expand its pay-TV business with a £450m investment in infrastructure and technology over the next four years, and its marketing spend will rise by £25m next year. 05-Aug-2004
Channel 4 is considering plans to launch a digital radio station, and is thought to be in talks with UBC Media. 03-Aug-2004
QVC, the TV shopping channel, is to recruit 500 additional staff in Knowsley, taking the workforce to 1,800. 15-Jul-2004
Woolworths is forming a joint venture with BBC Worldwide to participate in video, TV and music production under the name of 2 Entertain. 12-Jul-2004
P&MM, the organiser of employee incentive schemes, is to raise £5m in a flotation on Aim to fund acquisitions. 05-Jul-2004
Endemol is to create more than 300 jobs at a new studio complex in Bristol, having agreed a deal to produce TV programmes for E4. 05-Jul-2004
Bertelsmann has confirmed plans to set up a £115m magazine printing plant in Speke, with the creation of more than 400 jobs. 02-Jul-2004
The BBC is planning to expand its broadcasting operations in Manchester by transferring one of its leading channels away from London, which could lead to the creation of up to 700 jobs. 30-Jun-2004
M&C Saatchi is planning a £70m flotation to fund the expansion of its advertising business into Asia, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. 29-Jun-2004
Guardian Media Group is to invest up to £50m in new presses in order to relaunch its newspapers in a compact format by 2006. 29-Jun-2004
Milestone Group is to acquire a substantial amount of TV broadcasting studio and transmission equipment from Trant Construction for £0.25m, in order to establish its new local TV service in the Southampton area. 29-Jun-2004
The BBC is to set up a multi-million pound journalism academy over the next 18 months, possibly in partnership with another organisation. 28-Jun-2004
Garlands is planning to recruit a further 250 staff at its call centre in Middlesbrough by the end of July. 23-Jun-2004
Stibo Catalog, the Danish information management and publishing company, is to set up a product development and sales office in York. 21-Jun-2004
Reuters is to shed up to 70 jobs in Tiverton by next year, and the remaining 270 staff will focus on European languages work. 21-Jun-2004
Teletext is to shed up to 45 jobs in London and Glasgow, in order to drop non-core activities and focus on commercial TV text services. 21-Jun-2004
Market Reach is to set up a new telemarketing call centre in Sidmouth in July, with the creation of up to 120 jobs. 16-Jun-2004
Adventis, the marketing and advertising agency, is planning to raise £3m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund acquisitions. 14-Jun-2004
IPT is planning to raise £5m in a flotation to fund the expansion of its online marketing business. 14-Jun-2004
BBC Scotland has secured conditional planning permission to build a £127m media centre for 1,200 staff at Pacific Quay in Glasgow by 2007. 10-Jun-2004
Avanti Screenmedia, the provider of in-store television services, is planning to raise £3m in a flotation on Aim. 07-Jun-2004
All3Media is in negotiations to acquire Lion Television, the TV production company with 220 staff in London, Glasgow and the US. 07-Jun-2004
Bgroup, the communications agency, is planning to relocate its Newcastle office, expand into other parts of the country and treble its staff numbers over the next two years. 02-Jun-2004
Karol Marketing, the Newcastle-based public relations and marketing agency, is planning to open offices in Southampton, Manchester and London. 01-Jun-2004
Amino Technologies, the Cambridge-based developer of TV transmission software with an estimated valuation of £70m, is planning a flotation on Aim. 31-May-2004
Multimedia Television, the Cheltenham-based operator of the Job Channel TV station, is planning to raise £2.5m in a flotation on Aim. 31-May-2004
Silvermines Media is to raise £1.4m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the acquisition of small media companies. 31-May-2004
The BBC is seeking a £36m sale and leaseback deal for 20 of its regional offices and studios. 31-May-2004
Garlands has won permission to set up a four-storey office block in Hartlepool by September, in order to house up to 250 of its call centre staff. 28-May-2004
Companies House has agreed terms with the Welsh Development Agency to set up a 45,000 sq ft office at the former BT Axys building in Nantgarw, South Wales, with the creation of about 250 jobs. 27-May-2004
Independent Media Support, the provider of subtitling and translation services, is planning to raise up to £8m in a flotation on Aim later this year. 19-May-2004
Mice is looking to spend up to £59m on acquisitions to expand its marketing support services business, and is particularly interested in Spain, France and east Asia. 18-May-2004
News International is said to be considering plans to build a new £600m printing plant in the Greater London area by 2010. 18-May-2004
Kilroy Television Company is to shed up to 65 jobs in Teddington, having lost a programme commission from the BBC. 17-May-2004
MTV is to set up a new music broadcasting studio at Leicester Square in London this summer. 10-May-2004
Elstree Studios, the film and TV studio owned by Hertsmere Borough Council, is seeking a multi-million pound investment to secure its long-term future. 10-May-2004
The BBC is cutting 37 jobs from its specialist factual operations in London and Bristol. 10-May-2004
The BBC has shortlisted Accenture, CSC and Siemens as bidders for its IT services division, as part of a £2bn outsourcing contract. 10-May-2004
SES Global is planning to add a fourth satellite to those broadcasting to the UK, which could lead to the launch of 200 extra satellite TV channels. 06-May-2004
BT Group and GWR are forming a joint venture company to distribute media content to a new generation of mobile devices that use the digital radio spectrum. 03-May-2004
ISKY Europe is creating 20 new jobs at its call centre in Clevedon, having won a number of new contracts. 30-Apr-2004
The BBC is seeking a private sector partner to outsource the administration of its operational property rates, which includes 500 buildings and 200 masts and dishes. 26-Apr-2004
N Brown is said to be planning to launch a TV shopping channel in partnership with Northern & Shell. 26-Apr-2004
London Studios has shed 23 jobs, following a fall in demand for its TV production services. 26-Apr-2004
Maiden is to raise £3.7m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its outdoor advertising business. 26-Apr-2004
Pinewood Shepperton is planning to invest up to £40m in the expansion of its film and TV production facilities. 22-Apr-2004
Bertelsmann, the German media group, is in negotiations to set up a 420,000 sq ft printing facility and an 80,000 sq ft call centre at Estuary Phase Two in Liverpool. 19-Apr-2004
BSkyB is planning to set up a 140,000 sq ft office at New Horizon Court in Brentford. 19-Apr-2004
Esco Business Services, the mailing and database management firm, is seeking permission from Braintree Council to build new office and storage units near Finchingfield, which could lead to 45 new jobs. 16-Apr-2004
Ofcom has started a bidding programme for 17 new regional radio licenses across the country, starting with Edinburgh in June. 14-Apr-2004
NTL, the cable TV operator, is to close call centres in Belfast, Glasgow, Brighton, Cambridge and Reading with the loss of 1,500 jobs, in order to consolidate the work in Manchester, Swansea and Bellshill. 08-Apr-2004
Milestone Group is to establish community TV channels in Southampton and Portsmouth by acquiring the MyTV Network licences out of administration. 08-Apr-2004
Media Square is to raise £11m in a share placing to fund acquisitions and the expansion of its marketing services business. 08-Apr-2004
Endemol UK is planning to open TV production offices in Glasgow and Bristol. 05-Apr-2004
Pinewood Shepperton has confirmed plans for a £150m flotation in the summer, which will lead to investment at its existing TV and film studios and the possible acquisition of other studios. 02-Apr-2004
EMI is to shed 1,500 jobs in its worldwide music business, which will involve merging a number of record labels and outsourcing its CD manufacturing operations. 01-Apr-2004
Trinity Mirror is to establish a new manufacturing division to unite its 12 print sites, and is reviewing the future of its Cardonald and Blantyre plants in Scotland. 31-Mar-2004
Guardian Media Group is planning to relocate its headquarters, and has identified six potential sites of about 150,000 sq ft in London. 29-Mar-2004
BBC Resources is planning to close its Bristol-based broadcast design operation in September, with the loss of about 20 jobs. 29-Mar-2004
Television Corporation is to raise £6m in a share placing in order to reduce debt and fund acquisitions. 29-Mar-2004
The Office for National Statistics could relocate 960 jobs from Fareham to Newport, South Wales, according to a report commissioned by the government to examine potential cost savings. 26-Mar-2004
HIT Entertainment is considering plans to launch its own digital TV channel, in order to benefit from the media rights to a number of children's characters. 23-Mar-2004
Hat Trick is in negotiations to acquire Shed, the TV production company, for about £20m. 15-Mar-2004
Swansea Council is to considering plans from Swansea Institute for a £7m digital video and photography centre at the former Dynevor School. 10-Mar-2004
BSkyB has won a £40m contract to take over from ITN in providing news to channel Five, which will involve the transfer of up to 60 staff. 10-Mar-2004
Quotations, the information solutions company, is creating up to 41 jobs and relocating to a larger office in Holyhead, having secured £0.4m of venture capital and grant aid. 08-Mar-2004
MRM is planning to expand its marketing business in Market Harborough this year, with the creation of up to 30 new jobs. 05-Mar-2004
M2 Television is relocating its Camden branch to its Soho headquarters over the next few weeks. 01-Mar-2004
The London Development Agency is to acquire the 3 Mills Studios in east London, and will use it as a media centre if the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics is successful. 01-Mar-2004
Discovery Channel is seeking a suitable site for a 100,000 sq ft headquarters in London, and expects its headcount to rise from 350 to 500. 01-Mar-2004
Channel 4 is to review its future ownership structure, which could lead to a partnership being formed with Five to collaborate in advertising sales and scheduling. 01-Mar-2004
ITV is to shed up to 200 jobs in Birmingham and has confirmed plans to close its TV studio in Nottingham with the loss of a further 200 jobs. 27-Feb-2004
Ingenta is planning to raise £3m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its academic research publishing business. 25-Feb-2004
DoubleBand Films has secured a £0.26m funding package to finance the expansion of its Belfast-based TV production business and set up a dedicated network development team. 23-Feb-2004
ScreenFX is planning to raise up to £5m in a share placing to fund the installation of a network of digital advertising screens in shopping centres. 23-Feb-2004
Pearson is forming a business publishing joint venture with Wharton of the US, and expects to publish about 20 books a year. 19-Feb-2004
Medal Entertainment & Media is to raise £3.2m in a share placing, and is looking to produce more pilot TV shows at its studio. 18-Feb-2004
Quarto is considering plans to make acquisitions to double the size of its publishing business over the next three years. 16-Feb-2004
WPP has closed its Tyrell broadcast equipment business with the loss of 28 jobs in Bristol and Manchester. 16-Feb-2004
ITV is considering plans to close its TV studio in Nottingham with the loss of up to 200 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Birmingham. 16-Feb-2004
News Letter, the Belfast-based daily newspaper, is to shed 13 IT and administration jobs. 13-Feb-2004
Companies House is said to be looking to open a second office in South Wales, and the Axys building in Nantgarw, which can house up to 350 staff, is thought to be the preferred location. 12-Feb-2004
Leicester City Council and the Department of Trade & Industry are to support a £34m investment scheme to encourage the production of up to ten Indian films in Leicester. 11-Feb-2004
MGt is to create 100 call centre jobs in Kirkcaldy this year having won a contract to provide back-office services for the launch of a new digital TV service called Top Up TV. 11-Feb-2004
RDF Media, the independent TV production company, is to open an office in Guildford. 09-Feb-2004
Anvil Post Production is planning to relocate its studio production facilities from Buckinghamshire to Perivale in west London over the next six months. 09-Feb-2004
Institute of Cast Metal Engineers has acquired the Foundry Trade Journal, Diecasting World and Castings Buyer magazines from DMG Media for undisclosed terms, and publication will transfer from Redhill to West Bromwich. 06-Feb-2004
Scottish Media Group is planning to relocate its Scottish Television studio in Glasgow from Cowcaddens to Pacific Quay by 2006. 04-Feb-2004
ITV is seeking suitable sites in the north-east to set up a £6m digital TV centre for Tyne Tees. 02-Feb-2004
Pinewood Shepperton, the film studios owned by 3i, is considering plans for a flotation or a £200m sale. 26-Jan-2004
Corinthian Television is considering plans to close its TV studios in St Johns' Wood, London, with the loss of 18 jobs, in order to transfer work to its site at Chiswick Park. 26-Jan-2004
Sony is said to be seeking a 70,000 sq ft office in the Heathrow area, in order to house some overseas operations. 26-Jan-2004
RHL is planning a £2.8m expansion at its customer contact centres in Glasgow, with the creation of 450 jobs. 19-Jan-2004
UBC Media is to restructure its Oneword Radio service with the loss of a number of jobs, and may sell its 50% stake to joint venture partner USI Holdings. 13-Jan-2004
Maidstone Studios is investing £2.3m in the development of a new 12,000 sq ft TV production studio. 12-Jan-2004
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