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OFF THE RECORD - MTV needs to crank up the amp.
Those party animals at MTV held a bash to celebrate VH1's sponsorship of the Big Chill
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OFF THE RECORD - Vegetable pickle.
Tesco on the busy Cromwell Road - which divides the none-too-salubrious Earl's Court and Olympia -
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OFF THE RECORD - Grass up the BBC.
A great debate is raging at BBC Television Centre. No, not whether or not to attend
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BEETAN JOINS FLARE.
Flare DVD has a new head of department after Katy Beetan joined the outfit from Universal
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - FIRST BIRTHDAY AT KPM.
Music library company KPM's Internet site is a year old, and the company has been making
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MERSEY SERVER DEAL.
Mersey TV is continuing its 'shoot to disk' philosophy with the acquisition of six Dual Channel
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LEADER - Confused communication at ITV.
Much was made of last week's Competition Commission letter to Carlton and Granada, which warned that
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FREE TO AIR - Promises, promises.
Having missed out on my rightful place on the content board of Ofcom, despite excelling in
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TRADE TALK - Summers' day.
At It has signed its biggest deal in taking over Sunday teen slot T4. Head of programmes Tamsin Summers is the woman with her finger on the pulse.
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IN MY VIEW - John Willis.
UK TV is in thrall to the cult of youth, while the US reaps the benefits of valuing maturity.
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ON THE BOX - Bring home the bacon.
Endemol UK creative director Tim Hincks bucks the trend by loving I'm a Celebrity and advocating Richard Bacon's rehabilitation.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Taking the mickey.
Influential US academic Professor Michael Tracey has become the latest to argue that the government's plans to deregulate broadcasting will spell disaster for the quality and diversity of UK news, drama and documentary.
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INTERVIEW - Daytime hits its peak.
The BBC's daytime schedule used to be all cheap quiz shows and imported soaps but now, under Alison Sharman, it is thriving on a diet of news, original drama, events and big name stars.
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THE BROADCAST DEBATE - Redefining Reithianism.
What will be the role of public service broadcasting after analogue switch-off? And how will the BBC continue to justify the licence fee in the digital age? Broadcast assembled a group of leading industry figures round a table to thrash out the issues.
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NEWS SPECIAL - The news gets personal.
As audiences switch off from news and current affairs in growing numbers, broadcasters are constantly searching for innovative ways to make news more relevant - from interactive coverage to the use of personality journalists. Is relaxing rules on impartia
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NEWS SPECIAL - Talking the talk.
With its listeners slipping away, London talk radio station LBC switched from AM to FM and shipped in a raft of 'celebrity' presenters. But can this radical retune help it rule the capital's airwaves once again?
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PROGRAMMING - CBBC gives pre-schoolers own cookery show.
The BBC is to launch a cookery show for pre-school children as part of a slate of new kids shows, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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PROGRAMMING - BBC PLANS SECOND FAME ACADEMY.
BBC talent show Fame Academy is to return, although this time the corporation will put more
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PROGRAMMING - OSF TO STUDY KILLER INSECTS FOR NAT GEO.
National Geographic Channels International vice-president of production Brian Smith has commissioned Oxford Scientific Films to produce