All Broadcast articles in 19 January 2001 – Page 5
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C4 planning celebrity Big Brother.
Channel 4 is in talks with Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis and Endemol Entertainment UK production arm Bazal about broadcasting a celebrity version of Big Brother for Comic Relief in March, writes Ashley Davies.
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FREE TO AIR - Is E4 really a good idea?
The residents of Horseferry Road can put their brown corduroy trousers away - Sky Digital and E4 have signed a deal. With the news only announced on Monday afternoon it was
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4MC PROMOTES TEAM.
Another Liberty company, 4MC, has promoted five staff and plans further recruitment in the coming months. Danny Martin has been promoted to operations manager of the main duplication facility in Golden
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E4 BREAKOUT.
The Moving Picture Company has completed the first four in a series of 10 channel idents for Channel 4's new channel E4. Inspired by E4 creative director Brett Foraker, the 3D
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Christmas Day audience peak neared 30 million.
Christmas Day ratings battles hinge on how you look at the figures - in this case, using the 19.00 to 22.30 primetime period, ITV edged ahead with 41.5 per cent to
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3sixtymedia gets go-ahead.
BBC Resources and Granada Media joint-venture 3sixtymedia has been given the go-ahead by media secretary Chris Smith, following the Department of Trade & Industry's decision not to refer the proposal to
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Union 175 JV hires drama head.
Union 175, the Union Pictures and West 175 Media joint-venture TV production outfit, has hired Claire Hirsch as its head of TV drama, writes David Wood. Hirsch, whose producer credits include
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Endemol's plans for return of indie status could threaten UK production quotas
Leading media lawyer warns that big European broadcasters could be poised to upset 25% indie rule by swapping quotas between countries
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Avid takes control of iNews
Editing and effects company buys out Grass Valley Group's 50 per cent share
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Autocue boosts management ahead of NAB relaunch
Former BBC News Resources and Omnibus Systems director Wragg joins as head of US subsidiary
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Victoria Real to develop new BBC children's interactive service
Digital media producer Victoria Real has been commissioned by BBC Children's education department to develop an interactive entertainment service for Children's BBC Xchange programme - designed to keep kids busy during
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Taylor to head Metro Group
Pacy steps aside after re-establishing broadcast equipment and services provider
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E&P acquired by Futurebrand
Directors of Soho on-air design and branding agency to remain on board after global brand takes 75% stake
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Star TV plans original UK content
Indies approached to provide local programming for new UK service which launches this week
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Docherty hires Telewest broadband development team
Telewest managing director, broadband content David Docherty has appointed a trio of creative directors to kick start broadband development at the cable company, writes David Wood.Jett Loe joins from Sky
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BBC claims 73 per cent of viewers back digital plans
Corporation says result from in-house and parallel BRMB survey show majority believe proposed digital channels will be 'valuable addition' to BBC output
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Sky One goes back to basics
Launch of E4 sparks u-turn by satellite channel which has dumped plans to be mainstream competitor to BBC1 and ITV
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Hamann poised for indie launch
Pearson TV to back BBC head of documentaries and history's plans for new production venture
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Dyke upbeat as public opinion on digital channels is 'positive'
Staff told of results before official publication by Department for Culture, Media & Sport