All Broadcast articles in 21 December 2001 – Page 2
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US CHANNEL TNN RECOMMISSIONS ROBOT WARS
US cable channel TNN - owned by Viacom - has recommissioned Mentorn format Robot Wars for a second 13 x 60-minute series next year. The first series, screened this autumn, was
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - FrameStore merges with CFC
Digital effects specialist FrameStore and the Computer Film Company (CFC) have merged to form Framestore CFC, writes Barbara Marshall.
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CITY WATCH - Carlton sees light at end of tunnel
In the past year and a half Carlton Communications has seen its pre-tax profits dive 40 per cent and its share price plunge. But the ITV licensee has responded with cost-cutting and disposals to improve its position.
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CAPITAL'S CAT AND EDITH GO COUNTRYWIDE
Capital 95.8 FM show Cat and Edith's Hit Music Sunday is to roll out across the country next year on Capital Radio's network of stations. The programme, currently broadcasting between 14.00
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LNR BUYERS EMERGE
A Chrysalis-led consortium has emerged as the frontrunner to buy London News Radio stations, according to sources. Others who are said to be interested are Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond, The
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Turner's Buckley quits
Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS) Europe executive vice-president news networks and UK managing director Mick Buckley has become the latest senior industry figure to quit his job for a career break, writes Simon Ellery.
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FOLIO GETS LONDON FIRE BRIGADE COMMISSION
Folio Productions, the factual specialist arm of the Mentorn Group, has been commissioned to make a new series about the London Fire Brigade's specialist investigations unit for BBC 1. The as-yet
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BRAVO ED PROMOTED
Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice is to become acting controller of Flextech-owned channels Bravo and Trouble when Trouble channel editor Heather Jones takes maternity leave. Trouble programming executive Louise Benham becomes
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ON THE BOX - Theroux the keyhole
Sparks flew When Louis Met the Hamiltons, says BBC head of development, drama serials Sarah Brown, but Blind Date is past its sell-by.
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BBC promotions fill entertainment void
The BBC has filled the vacuum at the top of its entertainment department by appointing controller of daytime Jane Lush as its new controller of entertainment commissioning and Sophie Clarke-Jervoise as
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BBC SHIFTS LICENCES
The BBC has awarded the£500m television licence administration contract to support services group Capita. The contract, held for the past 10 years by Post Office operator Consignia, involves collecting licence
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BBC GETS OSCAR RIGHTS
The BBC has scooped the rights to the Oscars and the Baftas after current holder BSkyB decided not to bid for them. Sky has had exclusive coverage of the Oscars since
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BBC UPS SOMALI NEWS
The BBC World Service is stepping up its Somali language programming in response to the current war against terrorism.
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TWI WINS FRENCH HORSE-RACING RIGHTS FOR BBC
TWI has brokered a deal to place events from the French horse-racing season on the BBC. The corporation has signed a five-year deal with France's flat race and steeplechase promoter France
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OFF THE RECORD - Balls dropping? Bollocks more like
Fancy sprucing up your New Year's Eve schedule? How about taking live pictures from Times Square? The organisers of the New York festivities are offering a free satellite feed to British
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COMEDY AWARD WINNERS
Channel 4 chat show So Graham Norton was named best comedy entertainment programme at The British Comedy Awards on Saturday (15 December). The award for best new TV comedy went to
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Rajar to modernise audience measuring
Radio audience measurement board Rajar has finally bowed to pressure from radio operators to overhaul its service, announcing plans to test a new electronic system next year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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LEADER - Annus horribilis is a lesson to TV
As the industry crawls towards Christmas, broadcasters will be forgiven for saying a hearty good riddance to 2001. This was the year TV crashed to earth after two years of speculation
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Steering a course
Is the Channel 4 board making a virtue of a necessity by appointing Mark Thompson as the broadcaster's new chief executive and does Thompson have the vision needed to take the channel into new waters?
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FIREMAN SAM ADDS MUSCLE TO GULLANE
Gullane has added to its children's TV character portfolio after buying 50 per cent of the rights to Fireman Sam from S4C International (SC4I), writes Steve Aston.