All Broadcast articles in 29 November 2002 – Page 9
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BROADCAST EVENT.
There are still a few delegate places available for the Broadcast 'Future of Commissioning' conference that
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Figures herald broadband gain.
Interactive producers received a much-needed shot in the arm this week after it emerged that the
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'No hostile bids', says Clear Channel.
Clear Channel International (CCI) chief executive Roger Parry has moved to reassure the UK radio industry
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Driving School star to get BBC film treatment.
BBC Docusoap Driving School, which made a star out of hapless Welsh housewife Maureen Rees and her long-suffering husband, is to be turned into a comedy feature film written by the co-creator of cult Channel 4 series Spaced, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC BEEFS UP REGIONS.
The BBC has appointed its first devolution correspondent in the English regions as a response to
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BBC restructures entertainment.
The BBC's in-house entertainment production department is to be reorganised into four new groups overseen by separate creative heads to give it more focus and cut down competition between its two bases in Manchester and London, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC 4 splashes out on Graef doc.
BBC 4 has commissioned one of its most expensive documentaries to date after signing off a #500,000 medical investigation two-parter from Films of Record, writes Penny Hughes
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UKTV plans to refresh Gold with drama and LE.
UKTV is planning to refocus its 10-year-old channel UK Gold and is exploring the introduction of key BBC quiz shows, writes Paul Revoir
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Men & Motors takes nudity down a gear.
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has toned down the sexual content of its Men & Motors channel after concerns that it was becoming too racy, writes Paul Revoir
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NHU chief set for new role.
The Head of the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU), Keith Scholey, is poised to leave his
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SDN considers pay-TV channel on Freeview.
Freeview viewers are to gain another two channels after it emerged that SDN, which owns one of the service's multiplexes, is in talks with a number of interested parties, writes Penny Hughes
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Capital fears metropolitan focus is costing listeners.
CAPITAL 95.8 FM has begun a major study of its audience following concerns that its dramatic loss of listeners was prompted by the station becoming too metropolitan, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC's general factual review delayed again.
The long-awaited review of the BBC's general factual commissioning system has been delayed again, leaving staff increasingly frustrated and fearing that it may never be published, writes Leigh Holmwood
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24-hour newscasts 'lack quality foreign news'.
Broadcasters risk diluting the quality of their international news coverage by attempting to satisfy the demands for fresh content on 24-hour news channels, according to some of the UK's most senior reporters, writes Steve Aston
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ITV lines up big-budget version of Dracula.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has strengthened his penchant for big-budget adaptations of classic texts, giving Granada the go-ahead for a multimillion pound adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, writes David Wood
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BSkyB under attack in 'must carry' row.
ITV is to lead a campaign against BSkyB in the run-up to voting on the Communications
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Former Five chief executive David Elstein has launched another swingeing attack on DTT, dismissing the BBC/Crown Castle's Freeview service as a perverse package full of non-entity channels, writes David Wood
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Pop goes the monopoly
MTV was music television. Then came a rash of competitors across Europe. Can they all survive? ...
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Kylie stripped bare in warts 'n all TV show
Pop cutie Kylie Minogue is to be laid bare in a sensational new telly show. ...
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The customer must come first
Ofcom's success as a regulator depends on connecting with consumers. ...