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BBC 3 TRIES AGAIN
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport is expected to publish details of the BBC's revised proposal for digital channel BBC 3 this week. Original plans for BBC 3 were rejected
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UK STRANDS FOR SKY
Sky One has unveiled two new original UK strands as part of its US import-dominated winter programming line-up. Close Up, which features footballers such as David Beckham, and Behaving Badly, which
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Pressure is on for switch-off
Pressure is mounting on the government to set a firm deadline for the switch-off of analogue television services, after the Conservatives claimed the lack of a specific date was causing confusion among consumers, writes David Rose.
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HISTORY PLAN
Documentary specialist The History Channel is moving into drama in a bid to tap into the growing appetite for broader history programming, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the rights
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RATINGS - John Deed is no sure thing against Millionaire
BBC 1's Judge John Deed failed to maintain its audience against a rescheduled ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 SURVIVOR MESSAGE
Channel 4 has lined up one of the survivors of the World Trade Centre disaster to deliver its alternative Christmas message. Genelle Guzman, who was the last person to be rescued
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YO-YO CONTENT TALKS
Interactive television company Static 2358 is in talks with content owners over ways to exploit the interactivity offered on its second digital channel Yo-Yo, which launched this week. Static is talking
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CAT TAKES KIDS BAFTA
Cat Deeley, presenter of CITV's SM:TV Live beat her co-hosts Ant and Dec to the best presenter prize at the sixth children's Bafta awards on Sunday night (2 December). Meanwhile, CITV
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ACCUSED SCOOPS AWARD
BBC producer Aidan Laverty and presenter Fergal Keane won the TV Story of the Year award at last week's Foreign Press Association (FPA) awards for their BBC 1 Panorama programme The
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LOSSES AT UBC MEDIA
Radio group UBC Media increased its turnover by 70 per cent year-on-year, yet still inflated its losses, according to its latest results. Turnover rose to£4.09m for the six months to
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NEW SHORT FILM PRIZE
The Jerwood First Film Shorts Prize, which offers funding and script development training to 16 winners, was launched this week. Scripts must be no longer than 30 minutes and the deadline
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Tax breaks to drive broadband uptake
The government will finally sit down with industry body the Digital Content Forum (DCF) this week to thrash out the details of its tax breaks for broadband content scheme.The meeting, between
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C5 and Sky cut their text loss
Channel 5 and BSkyB have dumped their loss-making text service Sky5Text after admitting it was running at a loss and had no medium-term prospects, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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CREATIVE BRIEFS - News in brief
422 was commissioned by BBC Manchester creative director of documentaries Ruth Pitt to produce an identity for the new series of Everyman. The four-second logo will feature on each episode after
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SUNSET & VINE RENEWS CRICKET WITH C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Sunset & Vine to produce its cricket coverage for a further four years. The deal kicks off from next month and includes all live and recorded action
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JOHNNY VEGAS PREVIEWS COMEDY AWARDS
ITV 2 has roped in the face of ITV Digital, Johnny Vegas, to host a one-hour special previewing the British Comedy Awards. Ordered by ITV 2 director of programmes David Bergg,
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Red updates classic
Manchester-based indie Red Production Company has been commissioned to produce a modern-day version of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights for BBC 1, writes Penny Hughes.
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UPN to screen American As If
Carnival Films has secured a rare commission from US network UPN to produce an American version of its Channel 4 teen drama As If, writes Penny Hughes.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - VFG restructure fails to stem losses
Beleaguered film and video facilities group VFG expects pre-tax losses to reach£7.5m or£8m for the year ended August 2001, despite a major restructure which attempted to shore up the core hire business, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Sales slump costs 60 jobs at Quantel
Quantel intends to cut 60 jobs from its workforce in reaction to worsening market conditions.Although staff have not yet been made redundant, a list of 60 names was drawn up last