All Broadcast articles in 07 December 2001
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BBC re-submits proposal for BBC Choice successor
Corporation tries again for BBC 3 with a clearer commitment to news, current affairs, education and music and arts
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MTV Base ordered to issue on-air apology
Dance music channel directed by ITC to apologise for airing Prodigy's 'Smack My Bitch Up' before watershed
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Newsnight's Kevill honoured
BBC news and current affairs editor awarded prestigious Women In Film & Television award for contribution to genre
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RTL issues profit warning
Channel 5 parent says it expects earnings to be 35-40 per cent down on last year and says downturn is likely to continue well into next year
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Viewers not wild about Outhwaite's dolphins
BBC1's factual swimming-with-dolphins show fronted by EastEnder's actress is no match for ITV1's Peak Practice
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Viewers not so wild about Outhwaite's dolphins
BBC1's factual swimming-with-dolphins show fronted by EastEnder's actress is no match for ITV1's Peak Practice
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UK STRANDS FOR SKY
Sky One has unveiled two new original UK strands as part of its US import-dominated winter programming line-up. Close Up, which features footballers such as David Beckham, and Behaving Badly, which
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IN MY VIEW - Sarah Thane
On why technophobia needs to be addressed before the take-up of digital TV can progress.
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OFF THE RECORD
Granada content ubermeister Simon Shaps had his run-in with the monarch, not at Wednesday's reception at Buckingham Palace along with the rest of the industry but two days earlier, at the
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PRODUCTION - Doing it for themselves
The past year has seen a surge in the number of celebrities and agents dipping their toes into television production by forming their own indies. But there are pluses and minuses Jane Marlow reports.
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Pressure is on for switch-off
Pressure is mounting on the government to set a firm deadline for the switch-off of analogue television services, after the Conservatives claimed the lack of a specific date was causing confusion among consumers, writes David Rose.
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TX - A winning performance
Work begins on the BBC's annual Sports Personality of the Year show almost as soon as the last one's finished. The complex logistics and planning required to adequately cover each year's
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OFF THE RECORD - The midas touch
Execs from BSkyB were particularly ebullient at the royal reception, boasting that the monarch spent a good 10 minutes looking at their specially installed display. The loyal royalists from Isleworth had
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LOSSES AT UBC MEDIA
Radio group UBC Media increased its turnover by 70 per cent year-on-year, yet still inflated its losses, according to its latest results. Turnover rose to£4.09m for the six months to
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HISTORY PLAN
Documentary specialist The History Channel is moving into drama in a bid to tap into the growing appetite for broader history programming, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the rights
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Granada makes group promotions
Granada has made two senior management promotions in an attempt to create greater cohesion between its various franchises, writes Steve Aston.
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AND FINALLY
Chris Le Grys, producer of ITV's Night and Day, failed to make the grade as a gravediggerIf you weren't in TV what would you be doing?DJ-ing. Move over Smashey and NiceyWho
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NEW SHORT FILM PRIZE
The Jerwood First Film Shorts Prize, which offers funding and script development training to 16 winners, was launched this week. Scripts must be no longer than 30 minutes and the deadline
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - VFG restructure fails to stem losses
Beleaguered film and video facilities group VFG expects pre-tax losses to reach£7.5m or£8m for the year ended August 2001, despite a major restructure which attempted to shore up the core hire business, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - POLAROID UNAFFECTED
Polaroid UK has attempted to reassure the market that it has not been affected by the US division's decision to file for Chapter 11, the US equivalent of administration which allows