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GENRE AUDIT: NEWS - Taking a hit
The pictures may be blurry, unreliable and prone to freezing, but broadcasters will soon welcome the internet as a cheap and efficient way of distributing video, says Bob Eggington.
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GENRE AUDIT: NEWS - Brand new take
Once regarded as the enemy of newsrooms, marketing makeovers have now become so commonplace even the BBC succumbed when updating its bulletins. But have editorial concerns taken a back seat, asks Andy Fry.
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INTERVIEW - Keeper of the faith
News 24 and BBC World offered viewers a ringside seat at the Paddington rail disaster and the military coup in Pakistan, says Tim Orchard, as he makes the case for the BBC rolling news and global channels he runs.
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OFF THE RECORD - News on the cheap
Congratulations to the BBC's Fergal Keane - winner of the TV news gong at this year's Bayeux Awards for war correspondents. It was Keane's hard-hitting reports from Sierra Leone that impressed
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OFF THE RECORD - Eat my shorts
Shock news from Off The Record's favourite Christian radio station, Premier, which was proud to announce this month the hiring of a big-name presenter for one of its evangelical slots. Knowing
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OFF THE RECORD - If you can't stand the heat ..
Times are hard at Mentorn Barraclough Carey, which has auctioned off hundreds of items of cooking equipment after its daytime food show, Quisine (left), was cancelled by ITV. All MBC staff
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OFF THE RECORD - If you can't stand ... (part 2)
Criticism that there just aren't enough programmes around to justify the glut of awards ceremonies was surely laid to rest last week when it was announced that Blighty's very own Floyd
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OFF THE RECORD - Top of the league
New marriage is obviously suiting Rupert Murdoch, who was in perky form at BSkyB's annual general meeting last week. After announcing that 2.4 per cent of Sky's shareholders had voted against
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OFF THE RECORD - The (non) Cable Guy
Red Ken Livingstone, the anti-Murdoch, was in fine fettle this week at the World Cable Dinner on Monday. The newt-loving MP told the assorted grands fromages that he should be mayor
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BBC acts to bolster in-house producers
BBC controllers Peter Salmon and Jane Root are under pressure from senior BBC Broadcast executives to commission more programmes from the corporation's in-house producers.The news comes as figures obtained by Broadcast
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Salmon jumps at sequel to high-rating Dinosaurs
Walking with Dinosaurs series producer Tim Haines has begun work on a sequel to the BBC 1 hit series, writes Tim Dams.
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United in talks with HBO to buy Itel stake
United News & Media (UNM) is negotiating to take full control of distributor Itel by buying the 50 per cent stake it does not already own from Time Warner subsidiary HBO.UNM
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GMTV joins CITV to buy Japanese animation
GMTV and CITV have linked up for the first time to jointly acquire Japanese animation series Pokemon in a deal finalised at Mipcom last week, writes Jason Deans.
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CARLTON BOOKS SECOND RUN OF O'HANLON'S BIG BAD WORLD
Carlton Television's Ardal O'Hanlon vehicle, Big Bad World, is to return for a second series next year, but in a 30-minute rather than a 60-minute format. The 10 x 30-minute second
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WOGAN TAKES REINS AT POINTS OF VIEW
Terry Wogan (left) is to take over presenting BBC 1's Points of View when it begins a run of 8 x 10-minute programmes on 24 October, in a new Sunday afternoon
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FLINT STREET NATIVITY STARTS FILMING FOR ITV XMAS SLOT
Production has begun on location in Cardiff on The Flint Street Nativity, an ITV single comedy drama being co-produced by Antena Productions and Yorkshire Television (YTV). The comedy drama - which
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CBBC GETS READY FOR FOURTH SERIES OF HUBUBB
A fourth series of children's comedy Hububb has gone into production after getting the green light from BBC Broadcast head of children's commissioning Roy Thompson. Produced by Noel Gay Television Scotland
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WHALE HOSTS 24-HOUR MILLENNIUM SHOW FOR TALK
James Whale is to present a 24-hour marathon show to see in the new millennium on Talk Radio. Whale, who hosts the late evening phone-in on Talk, will be on air