All Broadcast articles in 19 January 2001
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Sky One claims early ground in battle with E4
Channel 4 claims E4 launched 'with a bang' but unofficial overnights give new entertainment channel a 3.3% share
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Sexy Beast
Peter Keighron talks to The Computer Film Company's vfx supervisor Mark Nelmes about the effects on ad director Jonathan Glazer's debut feature Sexy Beast
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Oftel brings forward local loop unbundling
Telecoms regulator says BT musy start opening network for competitive DSL services 'by Easter'
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Ofter brings forward local loop unbundling
Telecoms regulator says BT musy start opening network for competitive DSL services 'by Easter'
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TX - In tune with the 'yoof'.
The phrase 'as if' might be used to express incredulity, but the truth is there are few surprises as far as the ethos of the newest drama series on the newest
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UK STYLE WEBSITE.
UKTV's leisure and lifestyle channel UK Style has commissioned web technology and design company Blueberry.Net to launch its first website.
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IN MY VIEW - Samir Shah.
On the cock-up that is the rival 22.00 news bulletins and why it means less competition.
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OFF THE RECORD.
Our Interpol contacts inform us that Sky's former Prince of Darkness, David Bergg, is hiding out in Argentina. A crate of Sunny Delight for the first reader to send in a
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RATINGS - Reality TV is what we really, really watched.
The combination of marketing hype, Lythgoe put-downs and teenage hysteria ensured Popstars a secure footing in the ratings charts, writes Jon Rogers.
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SALMON'S RACE ROLE.
BBC director of sport Peter Salmon has taken on the additional role of diversity 'champion' for race - a role currently filled by BBC director of news Tony Hall who is
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SMITH TAKES QUESTIONS.
Media secretary Chris Smith will be taking questions on the government's communications white paper at a Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) seminar on 1 February. The event will be
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WOODS PROMOTION.
LWT managing director Lindsay Charlton has promoted Geraldine Woods to deputy director of broadcasting. The new position expands Woods' current commissioning role as broadcast executive to include liaison with the Granada
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OFF THE RECORD - Testing viewers' patience.
Those of you who spent much of your childhoods composing TV schedules in the sandpit may empathise with one David McKeran, an artist, who has devoted a good eight years (when
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THREE VIE FOR NW RADIO,
The Radio Authority had received three applications for the north-west regional digital multiplex licence by the closing date of 16 January. The Digital Radio Group is proposing to broadcast 10 programme
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MARSH POST VACANT.
Outgoing BBC Birmingham head of lifestyle and features Kate Marsh will not be directly replaced. Instead, the BBC will advertise for another managing editor, who will report to controller of leisure
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OFF THE RECORD - Lythgoe's Popstars stunt.
First class 'sell the sizzle, not the sausage' action from LWT's publicity machine for Popstars, the ITV show in which Nigel 'Sparkle' Lythgoe handpicks wannabe band members with more kindness than
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LUCKY WINS US PILOT.
Indie Lucky Dog is piloting a US version of comedy A Many Splintered Thing following a deal with Paramount. The comedy, based around the life of an adulterer, was originally made
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes.
Go flubbalub at the remarkable similarities between BBC TV tsar Mark Thompson and the recently resuscitated Bill and Ben. To avoid confusion, we'd like to point out that Bill and Ben
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THE LIFE OF MAMMALS.
Agency 422 has won the design contract for BBC natural history unit (NHU) flagship David Attenborough series, The Life of Mammals, writes Barbara Marshall.
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MOVIE LAUNCH.
Universal Studios Networks UK has announced that its new movie channel, The Studio, will launch on 1 February. The Studio is a joint-venture between Universal Studios and NTL and will be