All Broadcast articles in 21 December 2001 – Page 5
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M2 TV buys Cyborg M
Post facility M2 Television has bought the UK's first high definition version of 5D's effects system Cyborg M.Supplier Root6 will deliver the system in January. M2 chairman Bill Cullen said
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BBC strengthens entertainment structure
Acting director of television Sophie Turner Laing forces through changes as controller of daytime Jane Lush becomes new controller of entertainment commissioning and Sophie Clarke Jervoise is made new head of comedy
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C4's Bismarck sinks Trouble at the Top
Broadcaster's historical two-parter improves on Monday night's audience and helps channel to peak-time victory over BBC 2
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BSkyB gets terrestrial news foothold
Channel 5 dumps ITN breakfast news feed in favour of Sky News
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Satellite take-up dwarfs cable
Cable's pay-TV market share diminishes as 1.12 million customers sign up for satellite in a year
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NTL fails to sell broadcast division
Ailing cable company finds no takers as asking price looks set to fall to£1.5bn
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UK Broadband access set to triple
Report published today predicts boom in broadband take-up but UK will still lag behind the other G7 nations
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C4 launches production talent search
Broadcaster puts out an open invite to indies to pitch for 15 x 30 minute strand The Slot
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Millionaire? flattened by EastEnders
BBC1's flagship soap takes the spoils as two of terrestrial TV's biggest draws square up
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Thomson buys Grass Valley Group
French electronics giant scoops up software manufacturer in£118 million cash deal
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The dog that hasn't barked
PVRs may be relatively rare at present, but one day we will take the opportunity to personalise our TV viewing and skip ads for granted. The question is, will PVR technology boost broadband entertainment services?
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Hitting the jackpot
Celador International managing director Ellis Watson hit pay dirt by turning Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? into a global phenomenon. So where does he go from here?
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Turner Broadcasting's Buckley takes a break
UK managing director quits to 'pursue personal goals' as broadcaster mulls replacement
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Vivendi and USA Networks in£7bn deal
Jean-Marie Messier and Barry Diller join forces to take on US media giants News Corp, AOL Time Warner and Disney
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NTL in restructuring talks
Board directors in crisis 'restructure' meetings following concern over£14bn debt mountain
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ITV Digital and Telewest threaten Sky with court action
If OFT rules that BSkyB wholesale prices are unfair a costly court battle may result
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Norton indie So Productions scoops comedy award
Chat show host adds British Comedy gong to Bafta, RTS and Emmy awards
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OFT to rule on anti-competitive BSkyB
Watchdog cracks down on Sky wholesaling terms but defers final judgement until 2002
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OFT to rule that BSkyB anti-competitive over sports and film
Watchdog cracks down on Sky wholesaling terms but defers final judgement until 2002