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Major ?considered vibrating pagers to win£1m prize'
Vibrating pagers may have formed part of a plot to cheat the television quiz show ...
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NewsBlair stays in tune on MTV
Forget about going to war with Iraq. There was a more important question ahead of Tony Blair's much-anticipated appearance on MTV: what will the Prime Minister wear?
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HD to be preferred format for acquisition
High Definition will be the preferred format for TV acquisition in the UK within three years, according to a broadcast technology expert, writes David Collins
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BBC invests£3/4 million in HD finishing kit
The new 'EQ' set up, which will allow BBC Resources to colour grade, up convert and generally finish both in-house BBC HD programmes and jobs from external clients is to be delivered this week and will be operational within days.
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Consumer interest is key to HD adoption says BBC
The BBC's production modernisation guru Andy Quested has revealed that he thinks that consumer interest in better quality television pictures will help to drive the amount of production done in HD by the broadcast sector.
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BBC eyes C4's Bell for doc job
Hilary Bell, the Channel 4 commissioning editor behind hit shows Faking It and Wife Swap, has emerged as the front runner to succeed David Mortimer as the deputy controller of the BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual group, write Leigh Holmwood and Penny Hughes
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Living drops Diana séance
Living TV has been forced to pull its controversial coverage of a seance attempting to contact Princess Diana beyond the grave, after it was discovered that the footage would break broadcasting rules, writes Paul Revoir
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Digital blamed for Tyne Tees job cuts
Tyne-Tees Television is set to axe around a dozen technical staff, blaming the improved reliability of digital equipment as the reason for the cuts, writes Paul Revoir
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QVC could be put up for sale
Shopping channel QVC could be sold following the announcement that John Malone's Liberty Media was planning to sell its 42% stake in the business, writes Paul Revoir
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DLT takes on producer for reality shows
Production and distribution outfit DLT Entertainment is to diversify further into reality television with the appointment of a new senior producer, writes Penny Hughes
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Ofcom to help UK film industry
Terrestrial broadcasters will be regulated over the number of hours they dedicate to home-grown films under new legislation added to the Communications Bill that has been welcomed by film and television indies, writes John Plunkett
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Sky HR boss quits after union warning
BSkyB's head of personnel, Craig McCoy, has left the company two weeks after sending out a letter to all the company's employees warning their jobs could be 'outsourced' if they voted for union recognition, writes Paul Revoir
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Five orders art deco V&A tie-in
Five is backing its cheeky claim to be the 'home of arts programming' with a 3 x 30-minute series on art deco, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC spotlights high-end factual
High-end documentaries such as the recent controversial Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles are to be given greater prominence on the BBC's main television channels following the shake-up of the BBC's factual commissioning structure, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC pay a perv
BBC bosses paaid a paedophile to talk on TV about child-sex abuse - then put him up in a hotel popular with childre...