All Broadcast articles in 16 November 2001 – Page 3
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CHANNEL REPORT - Giving the people what they want
Despite facing competitors on all fronts in the young adult market, Play UK is determined to reinvent itself as a distinct brand offering an unbeatable blend of hit comedy and music programming. Peter Keighron reports.
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Wark Clements heads CBBC winter
Scottish Indie Wark Clements' new children's division has scored its first two commissions with a drama and puppet show for the BBC as part of CBBC's winter slate.Commissioned by kids controller
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Call for right to film real-life courtroom drama
BBC Scotland controller John McCormick has called for cameras to be allowed into criminal courts in the light of CNN's permission to film the Harold Shipman inquiry in Manchester, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Lip Sync first to buy Harding FPA
Lip Sync Post is the first Soho facility to buy the Harding Flash and Pattern Analyser (FPA) which identifies potential photo-sensitive epilepsy triggers on video sequences, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Subs can build digital radio
Subscription-driven services could be the saviour of the fledgling digital radio industry, according to UBC Media Group chief executive Simon Cole, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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First licence for Bryant
Jason Bryant, the former The Wireless Group (TWG) managing director of development, who quit the company earlier this year to set up Town & Country Broadcasting, has won his first radio licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Brookie Review
Channel 4 is conducting a review of Brookside, which has suffered a drop in average weekly ratings from 2.5 million (11.2 per cent share) in 2000 to 2.1 million (9.9 per cent) this year, writes Penny Hughes.
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Broadcasters hit snag with texting
Broadcasters' attempts to tap into the commercial possibilities of text messaging are being stymied by the failure of mobile phone operators to agree on a set of universal codes, writes David Wood.
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CENSUS - The broadcast sweatshops
Last year's Skillset census revealed that freelancers are a vital part of the audiovisual industry, making up half the workforce. A new follow-up survey of freelancers received more than 1,000 responses. The results are startling.
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Flashback to set up Bristol office
Flashback TV, the independent producer behind Channel 4 cookery show Nigella Bites, is setting up a production office in Bristol in a bid to develop more regional programming, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TRADE TALK - Building Brick
After a string of successes as Sky One's head of entertainment and factual programming, Sam Brick is poised to take September by storm.
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Pace launches digital set-top box
UK set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology has launched its next-generation digital cable set-top box, capable of carrying high-quality video and interactive TV services over IP networks, writes David Wood.
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ON THE BOX - Victorians still valued
Producer Jane O'Brien says Trollope's The Way We Live Now is an apt choice, but sees little point in getting Together Again.
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ITV boss calls for urgent kids merger
Carlton and Granada should begin merging their children's departments if they are to make any international impact with their jointly owned CITV brand, according to Granada Kids director of programmes Steven
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Little Bird to make Isle of Man thriller
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 Aston.
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OFF THE RECORD - Big girl's blouse
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And never has this been more true for London's post community, who met last week in an informal gathering (organised by Soho Editors) neatly titled
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SRH IRISH RADIO BID
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has made its second major radio acquisition inside a month, adding the 76 per cent stake in Radio Ireland that it didn't already own to its£18m
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BBC'S SHEFFIELD SITE
The BBC has opened its new regional broadcasting centre in Sheffield, which includes a drop-in centre where residents can access the internet and take part in public broadcasting. The Shoreham Street
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BBC role for Ofcom rebuffed
The Government this week rejected demands from the media select committee that new BBC services should be approved and reviewed by Ofcom as part of a three-pronged rebuttal of the committee's recommendations, writes David Rose.
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BBC brings off Kabul coup
The BBC - the self-styled 'liberator of Kabul' - this week transformed its newsgathering operation in Afghanistan after becoming the first western broadcaster to install a satellite playout facility in the