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    PEER POLL: BBC3

    2004-05-14T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is BBC3 succeeding in connecting young audiences with PSB?

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    Keating set for BBC2 role

    2004-05-13T17:21:07Z

    BBC4 controller Roly Keating is expected to be unveiled as the new controller of BBC2 today (Friday) morning.

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    The filth and the fury

    2004-05-13T12:29:38Z

    In the four decades since Mary Whitehouse began her crusade to save us from TV filth her views have been roundly mocked - but broadcasters have been forced to listen more to viewers.

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    School Day (BBC1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian

    2004-05-13T10:31:00Z

    ?The hour-long film left me reeling from information overload, and coming down with all sorts of attention-deficit ...

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    School Day (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2004-05-13T10:31:00Z

    ?It's approach was to treat teaching as some kind of SAS mission from which you might not return alive.? ...

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    School Day (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2004-05-13T10:30:00Z

    ?School Day showed that it understood the basics of the curriculum, but couldn't come up with anything particularly...

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    School Day (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-05-13T10:24:00Z

    'A good-hearted and ultimately persuasive corrective to lazy teacher-knocking.'...

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    School Day (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2004-05-13T10:23:00Z

    'This was thoughtful and informative programming.'...

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    Avid wins news job at Meridian

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    ITV Meridian has chosen Avid to supply the newsroom technology for its new regional tapeless production centre. The initiative is being viewed as a blueprint for all ITV regional newsrooms across the UK and, if it goes to plan, could result in a multimillion pound contract for Avid Technology, ...

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    Record results fuel Frontier expansion

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    london post house Frontier Post is investing£500,000 to expand its Wells Street facility after record turnover results, writes Rick Dacey.

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    Resolution ups editing options

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Post-production company Resolution has launched a new talent service aimed at attracting factual and documentary clients.

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    One has new flame

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Ascent Media-owned post-production facility One has bought a new Flame system based on SGI's Tezro workstation. The SGI Tezro allows data to be transferred between the various components at high rates and incorporates the bandwidth and capabilities for real-time data transfers of 2K resolution and greater.

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    Mpc staff in rejig

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    MPC has shuffled some of its senior staff. Graham Bird has become head of production for commercials and television programmes with Alex Webster as his deputy, while Amanda Libotte has been made head of operations within the same area. Martin Hobbs has been appointed as head of production for film ...

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    bda opens in Asia

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Bruce Dunlop and Associates has set up a new business division in Singapore. Philip Kitcher heads the new office, bringing over 12 years' experience of working in Asia as executive creative director of Discovery Networks Asia, Singapore and Star TV and Turner Broadcasting, both Hong Kong. James Chung joins as ...

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    BBC tech shortlist

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has cut the shortlist of potential buyers for BBC Technology down to three. Accenture, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Siemens now remain as the companies that could win the right to buy the£250m a year company. The purchase brings with it a 10-year£2bn contract with the BBC ...

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    Pinewood floats

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Pinewood Shepperton film studio last week raised£46m through a share flotation on the London stock exchange. Nearly 28 million shares were sold

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    Moyles reverses R1 breakfast dip

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Chris Moyles has lived up to his promise to be the 'saviour of Radio 1' by picking up an extra 680,000 listeners for the BBC station's breakfast show.

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    Tarrant leaves Capital FM on a high

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Veteran breakfast DJ Chris Tarrant left 95.8 Capital FM in good shape but has put pressure on Johnny Vaughan to perform in his place.

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    Kerrang! rocks another 50,000

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Kerrang has grown its audience by over 50,000 in the first three months of the year, taking its total to 775,000, according to Rajar.

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    Dyke and Ball to join saban pay-tv group

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is set to join ex-BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball, who is working for Israeli billionaire Haim Saban's German pay-TV group ProSieben SAT 1. The former adversaries, who famously clashed over Dyke's decision to broadcast the BBC's services on satellite 'in the clear', will sit ...