All Broadcast articles in 14 December 2001 – Page 2
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ITV stars lead Saturday night ratings charge
ITV bounced back to form this Saturday as the side-effects of trying to ram The Premiership into a Blind Date-shaped hole began to wear off.The progress of the early evening Pop
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TWI to launch European sport channel
Indie TWI is ramping up its production base in London to service the launch of an archive-based, pan-European sports channel with US broadcaster ESPN, writes Steve Aston.
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BROWN DEPARTS YTV
Yorkshire TV executive producer, entertainment Jim Brown has left the company following Granada's decision to focus its entertainment output in London and Manchester. Brown's departure follows a string of setbacks including
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CREATIVE - News in brief
Hobbins Sides has developed the on-air identity and graphic design package for new digital television channel Thomas Cook TV. Working closely with the in-house graphics team at Enteraction.tv, the channel's producer,
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ON THE BOX - The horrible truth
Channel 4 head of science and education Sara Ramsden was delighted by Alistair McGowan but not onetime comedy god Steve Coogan.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Lynx boosts facilities with sound suite
Post-production house Lynx Digital has added another sound suite to its facilities in Denham, outside west London, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Thompson leaves BBC to head 'girlie channel'
The BBC's director of television and Greg Dyke's right-hand man, Mark Thompson, has quit the corporation to become chief executive of the broadcaster he once dubbed 'the girlie channel' - Channel
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BBC LIFER'S FIRST TASTE OF COMMERCIAL TV
Mark Thompson, 44, is a BBC man through and through. Having started his career at the corporation in 1979 as a 22-year-old production trainee, he has remained there since, working his
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Lord Ryder is picked as BBC vice-chairman
The Government has appointed former Tory chief whip Lord Ryder of Wensum as vice-chairman of the BBC in a move that will offer some solace to critics of the corporation's Labour-supporting chairman Gavyn Davies, writes David Rose.
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BBC WOMEN GET GONGS
BBC Newsnight editor Sian Kevill has won a Carlton Women in Film & Television award for her contribution to news and current affairs. Kevill, who is overseeing a major review of
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BBC makes strong showing in shortlist
The Blue Planet, My Family and Banzai are all on the shortlist for Broadcast's best new programme award this year, and, for the first time, readers are being asked to vote
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Personal video recorders - The dog that hasn't barked
Personal video recorders (PVRs), may be relatively rare at present, but one day we will take the opportunity to personalise our TV viewing and skip ads for granted. The question is, will PVR technology boost broadband entertainment services?
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OFF THE RECORD - Cinderellas sneak into Discovery ball
Perhaps spurred on by Discovery's enigmatic press coverage over the past few months, members of Flextech's UK TV publicity team were seen sneaking into the annual Discovery Christmas press bash at
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WRIGHT STUFF BACK
Channel 5 is retaining the title and presenter of its morning talkshow The Wright Stuff when it returns to the channel next month. The show will be produced by Princess Productions,
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IN MY VIEW - Tony Stoller, chief executive of the Radio Authority
On the government's realisation that media convergence is not just around the corner.
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Keating drops arts role
BBC controller of arts commissioning and digital channels Roly Keating is to surrender his arts commissioning role after being confirmed as the first controller of highbrow digital channel BBC 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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HEART APPOINTMENT
Chrysalis Radio has appointed Radio Investments southern group programme director Mark Browning as deputy programme director of Heart 106.2. Browning joins next month and will report to programme director Francis Currie.
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TRADE TALK - A broad appeal
As creative director for blueyonder, Telewest's high-speed ISP, Jett Loe is pioneering imaginative content in the untested waters of broadband.
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AND FINALLY ... Barnsley, aka Andrew Wood, Flame artist at The Mill, used to strangle turkeys for a living
What is your computer password?Used to be 'BARNSLEY1912' but everyone guessed it and kept breaking into my emailWhen were you happiest?Full time, Oakwell, 3 pointsWhat's the biggest lie you've ever told?With
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FREE TO AIR - Woolly monkey thinking
Trust me, it really is like watching a small child falling off a bed and cracking its head. You know what's going to happen the second before it does, but there's