All Broadcast articles in 17 November 2000 – Page 2
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FUTURE OF ITV - Vision of a unified state
As the federalist ITV moves inexorably towards becoming one harmonised body, Colin Robertson asks what kind of future the respective chiefs of Carlton and Granada, Michael Green and Charles Allen, plan for the Network Centre.
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SKILLSET SPOTLIGHTS FREELANCERS' WORK PATTERNS
Broadcast industry training body Skillset is conducting an industry-wide survey of freelancers in an attempt to identify work patterns and skill gaps. The project updates a previous survey conducted in 1993/94
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Pizazz and Framestore pick up Leafs
Framestore and AKA Pizazz each won two gongs at Tuesday's London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf) awards, writes Barbara Marshall.Framestore director Tim Webber won the titles, idents and stings category with
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FOX KIDS RESTRUCTURES MANAGEMENT TEAM
Fox Kids UK has restructured its management team into commercial and content divisions and named former BSkyB head of research Tim Patterson (right) as channel editor. Fox Kids UK's commercial director
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INTERVIEW - A moveable feast
Dick Emery, head of UKTV - the BBC/Flextech joint-venture - wants it to be all things to all viewers, and with new sport, music, comedy and drama output planned, he may be about to get the recognition he is chasing.
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Endemol Entertainment UK rejigs for growth
Endemol Entertainment UK has announced a reshuffle in a bid to bolster the group's growth, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Production arm Initial managing director Malcolm Gerrie steps up to become chief executive, with
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OFF THE RECORD - Emotional rescue
Emotions are the new Harvard MBAs, it seems. The new touchy-feely BBC is eschewing the old hard-arsed training techniques which rely too heavily on those overrated qualities: logic, rational thought and
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EMAP SIX-MONTH FIGURES SHOW INCREASED PROFITS ..
Emap (Broadcast's publisher) has announced its interim results for the six months ending 30 September 2000. The results reveal music network Emap Performance increased operating profits by 55 per cent, year
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Tonight gets new editor
Granada controller of current affairs and features Jeff Anderson is to hand over his editorship of the Tonight programme to DMA Media managing director and former ITV news editor David Mannion.Mannion
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EastEnders to up production
The BBC is understood to be in talks to introduce a fifth episode of its flagship soap EastEnders, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Discussions over running five episodes of the soap a week are
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EALING USES OWTANET FOR LOCATION FINDING WEBSITE
Web design company Owtanet has designed a website for Ealing Film Office to promote its location finding service to Hollywood producers. The site will host information about property and locations in
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HORSE-RACING - Down to the wire
The look and feel of TV racing coverage is set to be revolutionised and given broader appeal, despite the debacle over bids to secure global media rights to the UK's 59 race courses.
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OFF THE RECORD - Double vision
Off The Record is tearing other people's hair out in desperation to know what's going on in the editing room at So Graham Norton (below). Two weeks ago one of our
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TWO WAY TV AND DOMINO'S IN PIZZA AND GAMES INITIATIVE
Two Way TV has signed a deal with Domino's Pizza allowing game players to order pizzas via the TV. Under the deal, Two Way TV receives a revenue share for pizza
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OFF THE RECORD - A dinosaur rears its head
Talking of which, please tell us Channel 4 overlord Michael Jackson was joking when, at a Media Society do this week, he asked King of Leisure Baz whether he thought television
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On Digital launch 'had problems'
On Digital chiefs have admitted to an employment tribunal that they told the press the launch of the digital terrestrial service in 1998 was a success when it was beset by
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RECORD OF THE YEAR ORDERED FOR LWT DECEMBER
LWT has been commissioned by the ITV network to produce The Record of the Year. Ordered by ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, the live show gives the public the chance
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RACING RIGHTS DEALS FOLD
The multimillion pound sale of UK horse racing rights has descended into farce with proposals from Go Racing, a consortium led by Channel 4 and BSkyB, and Carlton Communications expiring. The
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ITV to lift daytime share with repeats
ITV controller of daytime Maureen Duffy is believed to be taking a leaf out of her BBC 1 counterpart's book by taking steps to repeat popular dramas in the afternoon.Duffy and
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Switchover date must be delayed
The government should not commit itself to a firm analogue switch-off date nor should it intervene to accelerate the process, the industry's leading watchdogs warned this week.Joint advice from the Independent