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This is an archive of news about Rail. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Film picks: La Vie En Rose | Prizzi's Honor | Frailty
From Media Guardian. Posted August 14 2008, 11.26pm
La Vie En Rose | Prizzi's Honor | Frailty (more)

Watch the BBC Olympic trailer by the Gorillaz team
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2008, 6.01am
See the animated title sequence for the BBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics created by Gorillaz duo Jamie Helwett and Damon Albarn (more)

Video: Watch the BBC Olympic trailer by the Gorillaz team
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2008, 6.01am
See the animated title sequence for the BBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics created by Gorillaz duo Jamie Helwett and Damon Albarn (more)

Journalism graduate hits presidential campaign trail
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 16 2008, 7.00am
Student boosts her CV on prestigious broadcast programme in Washington DC (more)

Nationals left trailing by the small mag with a hotline to Number 10
From Media Guardian. Posted June 28 2008, 11.08pm
A string of scoops has made PR Week the envy of Fleet Street's political reporters, says James Robinson (more)

'Supernatural' trailers 'too dark for kids'
From Digital Spy. Posted June 23 2008, 9.45pm
Ofcom criticises ITV2 for airing "dark and sinister" trailers for Supernatural before the watershed. (more)

Video: Watch a trailer for Superstars
From Media Guardian. Posted June 19 2008, 2.40pm
See a trailer for TV sports contest Superstars, set to return on Channel Five on July 11, with contestants including Steve Redgrave, Roger Black, Mike Catt and Kelly Holmes (more)

BBC trails 'Bonekickers' as big new drama
From Digital Spy. Posted June 4 2008, 12.26pm
Bonekickers, from the makers of Life On Mars, leads the way in new BBC drama for 2008/9. (more)

Video: Watch a trailer for Channel 4's gun crime season
From Media Guardian. Posted May 30 2008, 12.10pm
Channel 4's Disarming Britain season takes a look at the growing use of violence and weapons by young people (more)

Gervais show to trail NME Radio launch
From Digital Spy. Posted May 7 2008, 2.51pm
A new Ricky Gervais radio show will trail the June 24 launch of NME Radio. (more)

Newspaper week on the campaign trail
From Press Gazette. Posted May 2 2008, 12.00am
Local and regional newspaper editors across the UK are preparing for Local Newspaper Week, which this year celebrates the campaigning power of local media. (more)

News at Ten founder blazed a trail
From Financial Times. Posted April 5 2008, 3.00am
Sir Geoffrey Cox, who has died just short of his 98th birthday, was a pioneer of television news as well as a soldier, diplomat and one of his generation's most... (more)

BFBS digital trail ended
From Radio Today. Posted April 1 2008, 12.16am
The month long trail of broadcasting British Forces radio station BFBS on the Digital One national multiplex has come to an end, leaving the DAB slot silent. (more)

Rail campaign success for Derbyshire local magazine
From Press Gazette. Posted March 3 2008, 12.00am
A free local magazine in Derbyshire is celebrating a campaign success after it spearheaded a petition for better rail services. (more)

Sly Bailey rails against 'dinosaurs' who predict death of print
From Press Gazette. Posted February 28 2008, 12.00am
Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has railed against "dinosaur-like media commentators" who have predicted the death of newspapers, and said there is still "a market for well-targeted print launches". (more)

First ScotRail Press Photography Awards - Shortlist Announced
From allmediascotland. Posted February 27 2008, 12.00pm
The shortlist for the prestigious First ScotRail Press Photography Awards is announced today (Wednesday 27 February).   From over 3,000 entries, 42 talented photographers and eight newspapers and/or magazines have been selected across 14 categories:   Vying for the top award... (more)

BBC iPlayer leaves ITV trailing
From Media Guardian. Posted February 26 2008, 7.16am
Traffic for ITV's broadband TV service has remained flat, while the the BBC's rival iPlayer has seen significant growth. By Mark Sweney (more)

Revived 'News at Ten' trails BBC
From Digital Spy. Posted February 15 2008, 11.31am
BBC One's Ten O'Clock News has held nearly double News at Ten's viewers since ITV resurrected it. (more)

Doctor Who Trailer in UK Cinemas
From Merry Media. Posted February 1 2008, 2.22pm
A trailer for the next series of Doctor Who has launched today in UK cinemas. The BBC are testing the idea after signing a deal with Carlton Screen Advertising which will screen BBC content in over 1,500 screens. . (more)

On Anne Darwin's trail in Panama
From Press Gazette. Posted December 13 2007, 12.00am
Sky News Washington Correspondent Robert Nisbet has been in Panama City covering the canoeist story. He found that 'the thirst for the tale was pretty insatiable'. (more)

Call for entries for First ScotRail Press Photography Awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 10 2007, 12.00am
Contest is open to staff, freelance, trainee and student photographers (more)

Emma-Kate swaps the Mail for the trail as she pounds across Oz
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 30 2007, 12.00am
Leave from work gives reporter the chance to compete with the world's best (more)

Trailblazer was a hot bed of debate from its outset
From Press Gazette. Posted November 13 2007, 12.00am
Over the past 25 years, Channel 4 has been predominantly a factual channel, with provocative and challenging current affairs at the core of its broadcasting for much of the time. (more)

Paper trail
From Financial Times. Posted November 3 2007, 2.00am
THE POWER OF PAPER A History, a Financial Adventure, and a Warning by Christopher Ondaatje HarperCollins £19.95, 237 pages FT bookshop price: £15.95 On one... (more)

BBC chief quits over report on Queen trailer
From Financial Times. Posted October 6 2007, 3.00am
Two of the most senior figures in British broadcasting have resigned after a report into a misleading trailer for a BBC documentary about the Queen found the... (more)

Queen trailer 'used for marketing'
From Media Guardian. Posted July 17 2007, 1.00am
8am: The production company at the heart of the BBC's royal row had previously used the same footage of the Queen to sell the series abroad, sources claim. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

RDF Take the Blame for Queen Trailer
From Merry Media. Posted July 17 2007, 12.58am
RDF Media have took responsibility for the error in a trailer for the documentary about the Queen for the BBC. The trailer showed what appeared to be the Queen storming out of a photo shoot.. (more)

Correspondence between RDF Media Group and BBC: Trailer for A Year With The Queen
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted July 16 2007, 5.15pm
The following is an exchange of emails between David Frank Chief Executive of RDF Media Group PLC and Mark Thompson DirectorGeneral of the BBC sent this afternoon Monday 16 July 2007 (more)

BBC statement: Trailer for A Year With The Queen
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted July 12 2007, 1.00pm
The BBC has apologised for creating the impressionin a promotional trailer shown at yesterdays BBC One autumn season launchthat the Queen stormed out of a photography session with Annie Leibovitz. (more)

Iran?s new English TV trails documentaries, announces frequencies
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 19 2007, 2.28pm
BBC Monitoring has observed Press TV giving some details of its programming and global transmission frequencies. Press TV is Iran’s soon-to-be-launched 24-hour English-language satellite TV news channel. Ezzatollah Zarghami, the head of Iran’s state broadcaster, was reported on 13 June as saying that the channel would be launched in the “first half” of the Iranian [...] (more)

Editorial staff work through the night to secure rail crash coverage
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 26 2007, 12.00am
Newspaper journalists called back in to work to cover region's big story (more)

Watch the trailer for ITV1's Primeval
From Media Guardian. Posted February 2 2007, 12.00am
Watch the promo for ITV1's new sci-fi drama Primeval, launching next weekend. By Jason Deans. (more)

Sky News now available at rail stations
From SkyDigi Online. Posted February 1 2007, 3.15pm
Sky News will from today be offering dedicated news, weather and sport content to two thirds of the UK’s regular rail commuters. The deal with Titan, who provide giant digital screens was struck last October meaning Sky News would replace BBC News on the big screens. The agreement between Titan and Sky gives commuters the most up-to-date, breaking news service in railway stations, utilising a new technology application which sees bespoke, real-time news delivered individually - and continually - to each of the stations covered in the network. The nature of the segments carried on the screens will vary across the course of the day, in line with the changing demands of station audiences. For example, content will be skewed towards business news in the peak morning rush hour, and in the evening, more showbiz and sport content will be carried. John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said: "Sky News is continually looking for ways to innovate in delivering its award-winning news coverage to audiences. This partnership with Titan on their market-leading Transvision network of screens delivers news to commuters with an unmatched level of tailoring and sophistication. Through TV, online, mobile and now outdoor, Sky News is committed to a strategy of bringing breaking news to audiences, no matter where they might find themselves." Related link: Sky News wins train stations contract (more)

Complaints fail to derail Virgin Trains ad
From Media Guardian. Posted November 22 2006, 12.00am
8am: A TV ad for Virgin Trains has avoided a ban from the advertising regulator despite 83 complaints that it was offensive and racist. By Mark Sweney. (more)

UKTV stake could derail NTL merger with ITV
From Media Guardian. Posted November 14 2006, 12.00am
Cable operator NTL's 50% stake in digital pay-TV provider UKTV could derail a merger with ITV because of competition problems. By Ben Dowell. (more)

thelondonpaper wins Network Rail distribution contract
From Press Gazette. Posted October 17 2006, 5.39pm
5.30pm: Network Rail has awarded the London afternoon paper distribution contract to News International's thelondonpaper (more)

Sky News wins rail stations contract
From Digital Spy. Posted October 17 2006, 10.56am
Sky News is to replace BBC News 24 on big screens at major rail stations around the UK. (more)

Sky News to replace BBC 24 on Network Rail train stations
From Media Guardian. Posted October 16 2006, 1.00am
4pm: Sky News is to be broadcast in major Network Rail stations across the UK, replacing BBC News 24. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Bowie gets "Holy Grail" role - in 'SpongeBob'
From Digital Spy. Posted October 13 2006, 9.18am
David Bowie lands a part voicing a character in the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. (more)

Network Rail paper announcement expected this week
From Press Gazette. Posted October 2 2006, 3.53pm
The winner of the bidding process to distribute a London newspaper inside 10 central London train stations is expected this week. (more)

UBC download trail going well
From Radio Today. Posted August 4 2006, 9.15am
Last month UBC Media Group announced plans to provide a digital download service for music and today the company report the trail is going well, but tests are still at an early stage. The report comes as part of the statement by Chairman John Hodson due to be delivered today in London at the company Annual General Meeting. (more)

Dutch Railways announces plan to have TV in every intercity train
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 24 2006, 2.55pm
Dutch Railways (NS) has just announced that a trial TV experiment on the Haarlem - Maastricht route was such a success that it plans to introduce TV permanently into 1200 intercity carriages, along with wireless Internet. Although for the experiment NS worked with commercial broadcaster RTL, the permanent scheme is being carried out with Telecommunications [...] (more)

BBC's 'faces' trail receives criticism from governors
From Brand Republic. Posted July 21 2006, 11.07am
LONDON - The BBC governors have upheld complaints about a trailer for digital TV that featured a giant animated head made up of smaller heads, labelled by viewers as 'repulsive' and 'disturbingly psychotic'. (more)

Bridget Jones sparks controversy with sexual trailer
From Brand Republic. Posted May 30 2006, 12.05pm
LONDON - The BBC has been slammed by media regulator Ofcom for showing a trailer featuring a raunchy scene from 'Bridget Jones's Diary' straight after 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. (more)

Network Rail invites tender for free evening newspaper
From Brand Republic. Posted May 24 2006, 11.05am
LONDON - Network Rail is inviting a tender for the distribution rights for a free afternoon newspaper across 10 of its major London stations, which will significantly increase competition between the city's other evening titles. (more)

NUJ rails against new BBC crackdown on off-air commentary
From Press Gazette. Posted May 18 2006, 12.19am
The NUJ has called a meeting with the BBC this Friday to discuss updated guidelines which appear to stop journalists doing outside work, even writing letters to their local paper. (more)

Professionals fail to derail Lloyd Webber TV musical star search
From The Stage. Posted April 4 2006, 12.35pm
Andrew Lloyd Webber and the BBC are pushing ahead with their Pop Idol-style show to find a star for the revival of The Sound of Music, after last ditch attempts by professional performers to halt the show failed. (more)

Rail firm reveals secret deal with Metro to bar free rival
From Press Gazette. Posted February 23 2006, 12.00am
Associated Newspapers has signed a secretive deal with one of the UK’s biggest train companies to prevent any free newspaper other than Metro being distributed at stations across South East England. (more)

Debt crisis derails $23bn Virgin Media sale plans$
From The Times. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
The $23 billion sale of Virgin Media has been thrown off course by the crisis in the debt markets, the company conceded today.$ (more)