All Broadcast articles in 21 December 2001
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Government announces structure of its digital TV action plan
Kim Howells and Douglas Alexander to head steering board as part of government's action plan for digital TV
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IN MY VIEW - Samir Shah
On whether the BBC will go against the 'white male' grain in choosing its new director of TV.
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WORLDWIDE SACKING
BBC Worldwide has dismissed director of global marketing and brand development Jeff Taylor, who was involved in a fraud investigation involving Tweenies dolls in Hong Kong. Worldwide has made it clear
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SAGA RETURNS
ITV has gambled on the success of its costly adaptation of The Forsyte Saga by commissioning a second series of the period drama before the first has even hit the screens, writes Steve Aston.
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OFF THE RECORD - Shameless showoff
Anybody else spot Andy Harries hogging the limelight at the British Comedy Awards on Saturday night? Not content with constant name checks in previous years (thanks Bill Bailey), this year the
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OFF THE RECORD - Stop press
An OTR spy went to see a Granada film last weekend and it was all right. Honest.
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TRADE TALK - Staying power
The reorganisation of the BBC arts department brings new challenges for stalwart commissioning executive for independents Roger Thompson.
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NTL SPORT PLAN OFF
NTL content subsidiary Premium TV has shelved plans for a joint-venture sport channel with the BBC because of its financial problems. The BBC was due to provide archive sport footage to
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USA NETWORKS SOLD
Media giant Vivendi Universal has bought the US cable TV, film and TV production operation USA Networks for£7bn. The deal combines USA Networks' production division with Hollywood studio Universal's film
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TX - Orchestral manoeuvres
The starting point for the children's animated feature The King's Beard was an exercise at film school that involved writing a one-paragraph story.Tony Collingwood, who wrote and directed the feature, came
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PLAY UK TAKES REGIONAL LOOK AT ROCK AND ROLL
Play UK has commissioned a 10-part music series called They Came From.The series looks at the different regions of the UK and the bands that emerged from them, such as KLF,
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ITN REDUNDANCIES
ITN has accepted 75 applications for voluntary redundancy in its bid to axe around 90 jobs. The news provider, which has been consulting staff over job losses since November, met with
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Strong growth for satellite TV
Satellite TV take-up continues to outgun cable, with 1.12 million consumers having opted to take pay-TV services through a dish over the past 12 months compared with 310,000 cable subscribers, according to the latest Independent Television Commission quar
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OFF THE RECORD - Tasty geezer gives us the trembles
Broadcast isn't often associated with tasty geezers, gangland bosses and big men who call their mum 'duchess', but it's amazing who turns up at our parties. While you expect Ant, Dec
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INTERVIEW - Getting factual right
BBC factual and learning co-director Glenwyn Benson is banking on risk-taking and interactivity to restore the morale of a department hit by job losses and a reduction in orders.
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DISNEY HIRES SMITH
The Walt Disney Company has hired former media secretary Chris Smith as a senior advisor ahead of the planned launch of the BBC's two children's channels. Smith, who started this month,
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DIGITAL LICENCE FOR SRH
The Radio Authority has awarded the local digital multiplex licence for Inverness to the sole applicant, Score Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Radio Holdings. Score Digital proposes to launch
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Cheap digital radio a hit
A trial period in which cut-price digital radio sets were offered for under£100 has resulted in huge demand from consumers, according to the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB), writes Luke Satchell.
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CHANNEL TV SOLD
ITV shareholder Channel Television has been bought for around£20m by Illiffe News & Media, a company owned by Lord Illiffe of Yattenden. The sale followed the buyout of the company