All Broadcast articles in 16 November 2001

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  • News

    C5 lines up Britney profile

    2001-11-16T15:42:00Z

    Channel 5 has lined up a one-off profile on teen pop sensation Britney Spears from Carlton which will include an exclusive interview with her personal assistant, writes Georgina LipscombOrdered by C5

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    Little Bird and Alliance Atlantis team up for BBC thriller

    2001-11-16T15:33:00Z

    Indie Little Bird has teamed up with Canadian production company Alliance Atlantis to produce a two-hour thriller for the BBC based on a true story, writes Steve AstonAKA Albert Walker (working

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    Keating unveils art commissions

    2001-11-16T15:32:00Z

    BBC controller of arts commissioning Roly Keating has unveiled a slate of new programmes for BBC 1 and BBC 2 including an Omnibus special on photographer Mario Testino.The 60-minute Testino profile,

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    Hodgson signals go-ahead for ITV's planned regional rationalisation

    2001-11-16T15:29:00Z

    ITV chief says key test for regional output is quality not the number of hours broadcast

  • News

    C4 reviews Brookside

    2001-11-16T15:29:00Z

    Broadcaster denies investigation will lead to scaling back of twice-weekly soap

  • News

    StepStone thrown lifeline

    2001-11-16T13:52:00Z

    Online recruitment firm that sponsored Channel 4's sports coverage lands rescue funding from investors, including its three largest shareholders, just weeks after it folds UK operation

  • News

    Softel steps in at Aston

    2001-11-16T12:49:00Z

    UK manufacturer of video character generators Aston Electronic Designs has been saved from liquidation by Reading-based subtitling and interactive TV specialist Softel, writes Barbara Marshall.Aston was put into administrative receivership last

  • News

    Pepper's Ghostloses creative head

    2001-11-16T12:48:00Z

    Pepper's Ghost Productions creative director Richard Morss is leaving the company to set up his own business developing creative properties for broadcast, writes Barbara MarshallAlthough he will continue to work

  • News

    Jobs go in 422 restructure

    2001-11-16T12:46:00Z

    422 has restructured and consolidated its operations in central Manchester, resulting in five job losses, writes Jon Rogers422 director Martin Dickson refuted rumours that editors at the company had lost their

  • News

    Beasts crawl to top Peak

    2001-11-16T11:57:00Z

    BBC1's Walking With Beasts towers over ITV1's Peak Practice but debut of the latest Dinosaurs' production falls short of the original's ratings triumph

  • News

    Murdoch in talks with Malone over Kirch PayTV stake

    2001-11-16T11:05:00Z

    BSkyB looks to Liberty Media for way out of German pay-TV market as worries over Kirch's inability to raise cash to buy back 22% stake continue

  • News

    Andrew urges Carlton and Granada to merge kids

    2001-11-16T10:19:00Z

    Granada Kids director of programmes urges ITV partners to 'stop thinking about smaller goals and look at the big picture'

  • News

    TX - A walk on the wild side

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Sixteen million years after dinosaurs became extinct, a strange collection of beasts roamed the earth. It was a time when whales were still on land and giant birds preyed on miniature

  • News

    UPC SUSPENDS SHARES

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Shares in the pan-European cable company UPC were suspended this week as it emerged that the debt-laden outfit has had a negative value since September. The suspension followed UPC's latest third-quarter

  • News

    PINNACLE RESELLER

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Pinnacle Systems has appointed Altered Images as reseller of its broadcast products. Two Deko-Cast demonstration units have been installed at Altered Images' Soho site and the company has already made a

  • News

    PFA VOTES FOR STRIKE

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Members of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action that could lead to them boycotting televised games. Over 99 per cent of PFA members voted for action,

  • News

    MULTICHANNEL SPURNED

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Only 5.8 per cent of terrestrial TV homes are planning to acquire multichannel TV, according to a study conducted into digital television by Continental Research. The figure gives a potential market

  • News

    Ratings - Uncle Silas' victory over The Way We Live Now

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV 1 easily got the better of BBC 1 in the head-to-head battle of literary adaptations this week, writes Jon Rogers.

  • News

    LNR SWAPS WITH LBC

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    London News Radio station ITN News Direct is to switch its service from FM to AM. The station will switch frequencies with LBC 1152. The move is being made to boost

  • News

    New low for ITV peaktime

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV'S peaktime audience has hit an all-time low, according to the Institute of Practitioners of Advertising's latest Trends in Television report, writes Steve Aston.