All Broadcast articles in 23 November 2001
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DIY nuclear bomb
Einstein.tv to screen one-off documentary examining how easy it would be for rogue state to manufacture a nuclear bomb
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Beasts sheds 1.7m viewers
Latest BBC animated prehistoric documentary takes dramatic fall in second week as main channels lose viewers to football double-header
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Trade Talk - The strategist
Having given teenagers Trouble, vice-president of Flextech channels Lisa Opie is now overseeing marketing for her resilient TV family.
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RTS NAMES WINNERS
The Royal Television Society has named the winners of its North West awards with the BBC picking up eight gongs. The corporation's haul included best regional news programme, BBC North West
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MERLIN SOLD TO VT
Former BBC transmission business Merlin Communications has been bought by Southampton-based naval shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) for£95m. The deal is part of VT's strategy of expanding its support services business.Merlin,
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October lines up new team
October Films, producer of the award-winning Staying Lost, has unveiled a raft of new appointments including a leading drama producer from Irish broadcaster RTE who will be charged with spearheading a new push into drama, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITV Regions - Saving the regions
Next week TV executives gather in Salford to discuss the state of regional TV. Safeguarding the future of ITV's regional output will be at the top of the agenda. Jane Marlow reports.
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OMNE GOES FOR LIBERATE
UK cable start-up firm Omne Communications has chosen Liberate TV software ahead of a December launch of its interactive services. Former NTL and BT employees formed Omne last summer to provide
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SMG gives Grampian pledge
Grampian TV owner SMG has moved to assure senior Scottish public figures that it will not cut its hours if ITV is allowed to streamline its regional output next year, writes Steve Aston.
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Ideal World gets raft of orders
Scottish Indie Ideal World Productions has secured commissions worth£5.5m across terrestrial and non-terrestrial channels.For BBC 1, the company is making Force 10 Rescue, dubbed '999 meets Police Camera Action'. The
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Sky and ITV seek new football terms
BSkyB and ITV are expected to seek legal guidance over whether they can renegotiate their contracts with the Premier League, after members of the Professional Fooballers' Association (PFA) announced plans to boycott all televised matches from next week, w
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TELEWEST FIGURES
Telewest Communications has unveiled record third-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of£83m, up from£74m the previous quarter. The cable outfit has clocked up a further 5,400 subscribers
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Faking It Upgrades Mentors
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth run of RDF Media's reality hit Faking It, which will feature more recognisable household names in its cast of professional mentors, writes Penny Hughes.
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Kaufman rebukes ministers over decision
MPs on the media select committee have issued a written rebuke to media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt after the pair swept aside their concerns over the future of broadcast regulation, writes David Rose.
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Leader - Murdoch enmity has had its day
Some of the steam appears to have gone out of the debate about ensuring the BBC is in some senses regulated by Ofcom in future. A government response to a report
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Radio urged to enter data market
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has added his voice to the call for digital radio broadcasters to develop subscription-based data services, claiming the potential market could be worth billions, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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In my View - Damian Tambini, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research
On whether niche channels should be subject to stricter impartiality requirements in news.
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UNIONS TO FIGHT ITN CUTS
Unions representing workers at ITN have vowed to fight any job cuts imposed by the news organisation. The National Union of Journalists and Bectu passed a resolution on Tuesday (20 November)
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INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE
Channel 4 Learning interactive editor Paul Sternberg, managing editor C4 websites Andrew Grumbridge and Kingston Communications head of content Andrew Fawcett will lead a Pact interactive conference in Birmingham this weekend.
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Ratings - Sir Cliff and Robbie pull on Saturday evening
BBC 1 proved to be the popular choice in a light musical entertainment head-to-head this week, writes Jon Rogers.