All Broadcast articles in 10 November 2000 – Page 3
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CARLTON FOOD DIRECTOR TO LEAVE AS CHANNEL SPLITS
Carlton Food Network channel director Anne Gray is to leave at the end of the year. She has been at Carlton since 1996. The move comes as Carlton Digital effectively splits
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OFF THE RECORD - Customer care
OTR was particularly tickled by one of the guidelines in C4's new Don't Let's be Beastly to the Independents Charter which urges commissioning editors not to keep indies waiting in reception
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Business to be central, says Dyke
BBC director general Greg Dyke has outlined his commitment to overhaul business coverage on radio and TV and plans to group business output across the BBC's current and planned channels, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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WELSH TRAINING BODY WINS EUROPEAN FUNDS
Welsh TV and film training body Cyfle has been awarded European funds to train eight young people across a range of disciplines. European Union Objective One funding has been allocated to
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OXTEL EXPANDS BOARD BY PROMOTING PRATT AND BRICE
Master control and channel branding systems specialist Oxtel has expanded its board of directors with the promotions of Roddy Pratt to research and development director and Richard Brice to commercial director.
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BIRMINGHAM FILM AND TV FESTIVAL TO FOCUS ON DIGITAL
The 16th Birmingham Film and TV Festival will run from 15 to 25 November and feature discussions, masterclasses and special events including digital debates held as part of Digital Babylon Weekend.
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BBC rules out new free sports channel
The BBC has told the culture, media & sport select committee it has ruled out plans for a free-to-air sports channel as part of its planned new digital services.The committee's response
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BBC dominates at Promax
A total of 109 awards were given at the Promax UK 2000 awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel last Saturday (4 November), up from 84 last year, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BECTU HOLDS OFF BALLOT OF BBC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Bectu has cancelled a ballot of members of the former BBC education department following a meeting with its members on 1 November. A Bectu spokesman told Broadcast that it was now
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AWARDS NOMINEES REVEALED
The BBC has scooped the majority of the nominations in this year's British Comedy Awards. BBC 1 and 2 have 13 nominations in 13 categories, while Channel 4 has eight nominations.
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AWARDS FOR WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP AND CLOCKING OFF
The BBC has scooped two out of three of the production awards at the first BBC 2 Awards. At the ceremony on Friday (3 November), BBC 2's Arena: Wisconsin Death Trip,
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Broadcast ups awards jury
The judging panel for the Broadcast Awards 2001 has now been confirmed, writes Lucy Rouse. It is larger than last year and includes judges for two new categories: best new media
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RADIOSCAPE WINS BRITISH COMPUTING SOCIETY AWARD
Digital radio software developer RadioScape is the winner of the British Computing Society (BCS) IT award. The company beat 80 nominees and seven other medal nominees to win the award which
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IOC LAUDS BBC SPORT COVERAGE WITH GOLD AWARD
The International Olympic Committee has given BBC sport an IOC gold award for the corporation's coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games. IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the award to BBC
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Kiss wins London's youth audience
BBC and commercial radio saw mixed results in the London market, with Kiss 100 FM taking the lead from Capital 95.8 FM in the 15 to 24 year-old market for the first time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ASIAN SOUND RADIO FINED FOR BREACHING FORMAT
The Radio Authority has fined Asian Sound Radio£1,000 for a breach of its format. The station was fined for failing to broadcast its Gujerati output during two weeks in September.
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Overnight Ratings - Weakest Link feels long arm of ITV's law
BBC 1's new spin-off of BBC 2 quiz show The Weakest Link still needs to hook viewers, writes Jon Rogers.
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Worldwide to sell stake in video arm
The BBC is stepping up its commercial activities in its bid to raise more revenue for programme-making, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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SPECIAL REPORT: RAJARS - BBC leads field in commercial arena
The BBC has extended its lead over the commercial sector, clocking up another year-on-year increase in both share and reach, according to the latest Rajar figures.The figures for the three months
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WIRELESS GROUP APPOINTS MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR WALES
The Wireless Group (TWG) has appointed Big 1170AM station director Chris Hurst as its new regional managing director for the group's Welsh stations - Swansea Sound, The Wave 96.4 FM and