All Broadcast articles in 27 April 2001

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  • News

    Revenues up but losses widen at TWG

    2001-04-27T11:40:00Z

    Chief executive MacKenzie says 'confident of future performance' after radio group sees 22 per cent rise in Q1 revenues

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    GWR chief calls for greater radio self-regulation

    2001-04-27T09:24:00Z

    Bernard says Radio Authority should have been 'more proactive' on the issue

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    As If secures second run

    2001-04-27T08:39:00Z

    Carnival Films teen series gets nod for further series of 19 episodes which will be split between E4 and main channel

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    SKILLSET UPS TRAINING

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast industry training body Skillset is to spend an extra£106,000 on courses, taking the total for 2001 to more than£1.5m. The extra money is being targeted at TV writer

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    Can the sitcom sit up?

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Sitcom is no longer the appointment TV genre it once was, with quiz and reality formats pulling in the real crowds, making commissioners nervous about pouring funds into it. So will the shows still go on?

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    Maverick in restructure

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham-based independent producer Maverick Television has undergone a restructure, appointing two executive producers and promoting creative director Martin Head to become the company's first managing director, writes Simon Ellery.

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    UNITED'S WILLIS TO LECTURE ON STATE OF TV

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    LWT and United Productions managing director John Willis is set to deliver a public lecture on the state of TV at the University of Bristol next month. The lecture, entitled Television

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    NET RADIO LAUNCH

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs has launched a new internet radio station, which claims to be the first in Britain to simultaneously combine audio with text, graphics and retail opportunities.

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    ITV ORDERS MULTI-CULTURAL SITCOM

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has commissioned a new sitcom pilot from the writer of Channel 4's Desmond's, as part of its£1m fund to develop comedy for the network,

  • News

    Rebrand sees Hall quit Invest

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Invest TV managing director Ed Hall has resigned, following the recent rebranding of Invest TV-backed interactive finance channel Simply Money, writes David Wood.

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    KIRCH TIGHTENS GRIP

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    German media group Kirch Media has strengthened its grip on the football World Cup after taking full control of Host Broadcasting Services (HBS), the TV and radio production outfit producing next

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    LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN PRODUCER TO TIGER

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect Productions head of comedy Clive Tulloh has hired League of Gentlemen (left) producer Jemma Rodgers to create and produce comedy shows. Rodgers worked at the BBC from 1991 to

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    IN MY VIEW - Wayne Garvie

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    On how independent production companies do not flourish by royal connections alone.

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    RA identifies west midlands frequency

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has identified frequency space for one more regional FM licence in a move that will spark renewed competition between the major radio groups, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ITV franchises unveil policy

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The majority of the ITV regional franchises set the bar low in their statements on programme policy for 2001, writes Steve Aston.

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    September to make fourth Soap Secrets

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    September Films has been commissioned by ITV to create a 6 x 30-minute series of Soap Secrets, writes Steve Aston.

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    NATIONAL GEO MAKES PEARL HARBOUR FILM

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    National Geographic Channel is to broadcast a documentary across all its global channels simultaneously for the first time. In a strategy which it claims will bolster its future purchasing power, the

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    OFF THE RECORD - Out of the studio - in every sense

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Avid readers of Broadcast should already know this, but for us the universe revolves around Bowling Green Lane, the home of our glamorous editorial offices. And our green and leafy street

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    MEDIAARC GOES TO THE DOGS

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    BBC MediaArc has created the on-air idents for new interactive digital greyhound racing channel Go Barking Mad, writes Will Strauss.

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    OFF THE RECORD - What an old dog

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    What is Off The Record to make of this little identikit gem? The image, which features the face of none other than Richard Kilgarriff, erstwhile Rapture employee and now a denizen