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ITV bids to improve sitcom rep with raft of commissions
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has moved to bolster the channel's ailing sitcom reputation with a bundle of commissions, including a full series of satirical animation show 2DTV.Billed as a
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Alma's demise ups Corrie's Sunday night average
Close to 14 million tune in to Alma's final breath compared to spring/summer average of 12.8 million
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Wilkie moves in at 601
Commercials facility Soho 601 lures former Creative Partnership director to head post-production house
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Big Brother viewers use remote vote
Sky Digital claims enhanced TV a success after more than 35 per cent of Big Brother viewers on E4 vote via its TV remote control
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Channel 4 Big Breakfast statement
CHANNEL 4 VIEWS ALTERNATIVES FOR BREAKFAST SHOWChannel 4 announced today (19.6.01) that it is considering fresh programme ideas as potential alternatives to its flagship breakfast programme, The Big Breakfast.The process does
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C4 confirms Big Breakfast's demise
Broadcaster ends months of speculation by admitting that early morning show will come off air next year
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EPGs - the key to the real broadband revolution
James Curtis investigates the growing influence of electronic prgramme guides and their increasing impact on the dynamics of television viewing
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Video compression: The big squeeze
As UK broadband connections struggle to pass the 20,000 mark, Adrian Pennington looks at the myriad technologies of offer to content producers who want to push video out over exisiting narrowband channels
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NTL and BBC strike interactive deal
BBC's interactive services, including forthcoming Wimbledon Championship service, to be available to NTL digital subscribers
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Bush Internet posts loss as web-TV fails to take-off
Interactive TV firm posts£18 million loss after admitting subscriber numbers are less than half what it originally predicted
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Go Racing back in the saddle
Consortium's media bid survives Monday's fall with new agreement over 'key commercial terms' with pre-race data rights holders the British Horseracing Board
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Murdoch closes in on DirecTV
Media mogul shifts assets out of holding company Sky Global in bid to reduce General Motors' tax liability as deal over subsidiary DirecTV enters final phase
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Government delays cross-media change
Queen's Speech OK's Ofcom, but government delays publication of wider communications bill meaning crucial changes in cross-media legislation unlikely until 2002
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BBC returns Worldwide's US chief
Former BBC Worldwide managing director and American chief Phippen comes back to UK to head publishing business
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Eyre tempted back by RDF role
Former Pearson Television and ITV chief returns to industry to raise indie's profile ahead of planned flotation in two-to-three years time
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Carlton forms $20m US production fund
Robert Redford's Wildwood Enterprises-produced TV movie Skinwalkers will be first programme to come out of multi-million joint venture with American PBS network
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Granada bids to salvage US BBC joint venture
But BBC sources say GBTV is doomed after selling no shows since launch two years ago
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Spectrum costs loom for BBC and C4
UK's two public service broadcasters could soon join ITV companies in paying for use of the analogue spectrum, a government-backed consultation paper predicts
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Retail confusion hampering digital TV sales
Broadcast survey finds retail staff have low level of understanding about digital TV