All Broadcast articles in 02 November 2001
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US regulator warns on EchoStar/DirecTV
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell says $26 billion deal will lead to 'significant concentration' and will be 'rigorously scrutinised'
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US regulator warns on EchoStar/DirecTV deal
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell says deal will lead to 'significant concentration' and will be 'rigorously scrutinised'
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Ministers to rebuff idea of joint committee debate on cross-media ownership
Suggestions from Tory and Liberal media secretaries that joint committee should debate forthcoming changes to media ownership laws set to be vetoed by ministers
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Hallmark head gets wider role
Hallmark Channel UK managing director Jeff Henry to look after Europe, Middle East and South Africa
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Emmerdale's Roberts to refresh The Street
Granada drafts in former Emmerdale producer ahead of move to take Coronation Street to 5-nights a-week
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Nelmes criticises ITV documentary scheduling
Controller of documentaries and features says post-Ten O'Clock News scheduling means documentaries now need to compete harder
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Hot Reels opens with cookie short
Channel 4's animation zone to launch with eight-minute short Vinny
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Communicopia hires
Brighton-based interactive television specialist Communicopia Group, which provided programming for failed financial service the Money Channel, has hired four staff.Victoria Reel account director Steven Lamb has joined the business development
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Wise Buddah wakes up to former This Morning producer
Lisa Perrin joins indie to oversee all radio and TV production
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BBC general factual set for commissioning revamp
Director of television Mark Thomson says department needs to bring production and commissioning process closer together
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BBC takes digital to Wales
Corporation says new English language service BBC2W is 'most significant development in Welsh broadcasting for decades'
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Lygo ups C5's cultural diversity stance
Director of programmes promises to make channel more representative of wider society
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Ministers to rebuff idea of joint committee debate on media ownership
Suggestions from Tory and Liberal media secretaries that joint committee should debate forthcoming changes to cross-media ownership likely to be vetoed by the government
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BSkyB trims losses
Increased revenues per subscriber help digital satellite help company report narrowed pre-tax losses
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SHINE AND WPP TIE UP
Elisabeth Murdoch's new indie Shine Entertainment is to launch a joint-venture company with the WPP advertising group to create tailored television programmes for companies and brands. The new firm, Shine:M, will
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WILD TRACKS REWARD
Wild Tracks Audio Studios has promoted studio manager Liz Evans to its board of directors. Evans joined the company as a receptionist in 1996 and has been studio manager for the
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LEAF SPEAKERS
The London Effects & Animation Festival will be held at Olympia from 13 to 15 November. Conference speakers include Oscar-winning animator and director Michael Dudok de Wit, Warner Brothers Studios animation
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Street lands new producer
Granada has drafted in former Emmerdale producer Kieran Roberts in a bid to refresh flagship show Coronation Street, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OFF THE RECORD - Jet set for sale
Most people are keeping very, very schtum about what went on at last month's Granada management briefing (although one insider said it was 'profoundly depressing' to hear about the company's latest