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Viewers enjoy relevant sex says poll
Television viewers enjoy watching sex in programmes, so long as it is relevant to the story, according to a survey commissioned by ITV for an Edinburgh session, writes Wale Azeez.Of 1,868
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Howell urges better training for researchers
Lis Howell, senior vice-president, Flextech Channels, has called for greater training and protection for researchers to avoid any repetition of the Vanessa faked guest furore, writes Steve Clarke.Howell, speaking at the
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Edinburgh Notes
'You should be ashamed of yourselves.'David Docherty, BBC Broadcast deputy director of television, berates a session audience that had just voted overwhelmingly against the digital licence fee'There is scant enough incentive
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Regulation 'unrealistic' in multi-channel future
Broadcasting regulation in its current form will have no place in the multi-channel digital future, according to ITV chief executive Richard Eyre.Presenting the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television
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Baker rules out C5 trade
BSkyB head of network programmes James Baker has ruled out selling programmes to Channel 5, despite the success of similar ventures with Channel 4, writes John Plunkett.Speaking on Sunday (29 August)
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Top BBC reporters accused of only wanting big stories
Senior BBC foreign correspondents John Simpson and Kate Adie have been criticised for allegedly being too choosy about their reporting assignments, writes Jason Deans.ITV controller of news, current affairs and religion
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Premier football may return to terrestrial
ITV controller of legal and business affairs Simon Johnson has predicted the return of live Premier League football to terrestrial TV, but said ITV would not seek to buy the contract
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Sky News in radio talks
Sky News is understood to have held preliminary discussions with Virgin Radio and the Chrysalis Radio group in a bid to supply the stations with their news bulletins, writes John Plunkett.The
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Root stirs in£82m to add new flavour
Jane Root last week unveiled her first major season as controller of BBC 2 with the launch of an£82 million autumn schedule.Root said: 'As controller I have set myself a
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Carnegy focuses energy on SouthCity FM
The Local Radio Company (TLRC) chief executive Chris Carnegy is to downgrade his responsibilities at the radio outfit to concentrate on his new Southampton radio station, SouthCity FM, writes John Plunkett.Carnegy's
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Telewest takes over Cable London in£428m deal
Telewest Communications has taken full control of Cable London, buying a 50 per cent stake in the business from rival cable operator NTL for£428 million, writes Tim Dams.Telewest, which already
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Trouble gets a new autumn on-air look courtesy of its in-house graphics department and The Moving Picture Company. Designed and directed by graphics producer/director Steph Neely, the new look feature
Trouble gets a new autumn on-air look courtesy of its in-house graphics department and The Moving Picture Company. Designed and directed by graphics producer/director Steph Neely, the new look features Trouble's
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ITV's network promotions unit has created the launch promos for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Written and directed by Colin Melville and Andrew Cort, the promos feature all four home team
ITV's network promotions unit has created the launch promos for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Written and directed by Colin Melville and Andrew Cort, the promos feature all four home team
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BBC Resources' London-based graphics designer, Victor Martinez, and graphics producer Stephen Venning have created the new titles for BBC Sport's Grandstand. The sequence features live-action footage
BBC Resources' London-based graphics designer, Victor Martinez, and graphics producer Stephen Venning have created the new titles for BBC Sport's Grandstand. The sequence features live-action footage from around 11 UK locations.
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AUTODESK TO AXE 270 JOBS WORLDWIDE
Autodesk is to axe around 10 per cent of its worldwide workforce in an attempt to cut costs. Autodesk chairman and chief executive Carol Bartz said the company was taking the
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THOMSON AND MICROSOFT UNVEIL INTERACTIVE TV OUTFIT
Thomson multimedia and Microsoft are joining forces to launch a new company dedicated to developing interactive television services. Ownership of the joint-venture - which will be known as TAK - will
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FLAME GETS FIRST ORDER FROM ITV NETWORK
Granada Television's design, graphics and effects arm, g2, has become the first ITV company to acquire Discreet's Flame compositing and effects system. Supplied by recently launched Discreet reseller Red Lorry Yellow
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COMPONENT HAILS OPENING OF NEW AUDIO SUITE
Component has opened a new audio suite. Based around the new SADiE Artemis digital audio workstation, the suite will be driven by former Cyber Audio sound engineer Simon Wright. Paul Gidley,
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OASIS JOINS LIST OF FACILITIES WITH EDITBOXFX
Oasis Television has become the third Soho facility to install Quantel's Editboxfx. The editing and effects system, shown for the first time at NAB in April, will be used to post-produce
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GRASS VALLEY SEEKS HIGH PROFILE AT IBC
Grass Valley Group will launch the next generation of its Profile video servers at IBC next month. The Profile XP media servers are board-switchable between high-definition and standard-definition video and are