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C5/GRANADA BID FOR YOUNG
Granada and Channel 5 look set to enter a bidding war over 5 News anchor Kirsty Young. Her three-year contract with C5 finishes at the end of the year and Young
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COMPLAINTS DOWN AT BBC
The BBC received 156 complaints about issues of taste, decency, accuracy, impartiality or fairness between 1 July and 30 September this year, compared with 178 in the same period last year,
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BSC RAPS CAPITAL AND TFI
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has upheld complaints made about Capital Radio's broadcast of the emergency call made by William Shatner on the discovery of his wife's dead body. The BSC
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DIGITAL FEE REPORT SENT
The group of commercial companies opposed to the digital licence fee are understood to be submitting an independent report about the possible impact on take-up of digital TV services to the
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ICG to mount BBC 1 series push
The BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) has appointed Jane Harris as an executive producer for drama, signalling a push to develop long-running series for BBC 1.Harris joins the corporation from World
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ITV hunts supremo for digital growth
ITV is preparing for digital expansion and has drafted in headhunters to find a senior executive to head the network's new channels.ITV marketing and commercial director John Hardie, who oversees ITV's
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Pearson seeks growth
Pearson TV is gearing up to expand through acquisition but is unlikely to make a move until a new chief executive is appointed, writes Ashley Davies.The company has been in talks
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CNN signs Metro deal
CNN has signed a two-year deal with radio news and traffic supplier Metro Networks that will give radio stations across the UK access to the 24-hour news channel's material, writes John
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Digital levy still not ruled out by ministers
Government ministers are still open to the introduction of a digital licence fee, according to sources, writes John Lewis.The news follows renewed reports that MPs have already decided against the digital
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BBC, C4 AND C5 JOIN TO OFFER FREE-TO-AIR DIGITAL
The BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have joined forces in a bid to end confusion among digital satellite customers who want free-to-air services but do not wish to subscribe to
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BARB CONFIRMS DIGITAL DELAY
Barb, the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, has confirmed that its first digital-only data, relating to channels exclusive to digital TV, will be delayed (Broadcast, 22.10.99). The data - relating to the
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SKD MEDIA TO BUY OUT CARRINGTON PRODUCTIONS
SKD Media, the cartoon property company, is to take over Carrington Productions, a private animation library company with 10 properties including Jack and the Beanstalk. SKD Media was formed last November
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APTN SEALS EXCLUSIVE BBC DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Associated Press Television News (APTN) has signed a deal with the BBC for world exclusive rights to distribute the corporation's news video. The agreement, believed to run for three years, replaces
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TV PIONEER BILL WARD DIES AGED 83
Bill Ward, one of the pioneers of British broadcasting, has died aged 83. Ward (left) began his career as a radio engineer at the BBC, transferring to television and rapidly moving
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TELEWEST AND NTL ANNOUNCE NEW DIGITAL SERVICES
Telewest launched its digital cable service last week as rival NTL announced its plans for high-speed multi-player TV gaming. Telewest aims to make its digital cable service available to half of
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SKY AGREES TO ALLOW ON DIGITAL TO AIR SKY SPORTS 2
BSkyB has agreed to supply Sky Sports 2 to rival On Digital from Monday (1 November), ending a long-running dispute between the two broadcasters.The decision follows a ruling by the Independent
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TO REWARD HEROIC SHORT FILMS
The National Geographic channel is inviting programme-makers to send in short film ideas about 'blue planet heroes' - inspirational individuals who will leave the planet in a better shape than when
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FRIER STEPS UP AT ITN
Angela Frier has been appointed ITN deputy director of development to work alongside new director of development Michael Jermey (Broadcast, 15.10.99). Frier moves from Euronews where she had completed a two-year
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BAKEWELL TO CHAIR BFI
Joan Bakewell has been appointed chair of the British Film Institute, succeeding Alan Parker. Bakewell has been a governor at the BFI for the past five years and was deputy to
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CHANCE FOR LUARD LECTURE
Former BSkyB deputy managing director David Chance is to give the first Roger Luard Memorial Lecture at Luton University on 11 November. In the lecture - sponsored by Hit Entertainment -