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    Sambrook warns of TV news 'time bomb'

    2001-12-05T12:25:00Z

    BBC director of news Richard Sambrook says corporation is seeking 'creative solutions' to combat apathy towards news from under-45's

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    UPC ditches Microsoft TV Platform

    2001-12-05T10:49:00Z

    Cable operator likely to equip its digital set-top boxes with Liberate software putting relationship with Microsoft under strain and denting the software giant's hopes of becoming a force in European interactive TV

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    Granada promotes two in bid for cohesion

    2001-12-05T09:41:00Z

    ITV giant hands deputy head of production Leah MiIton and head of factual production John Hollywood group-wide roles

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    BDH and BBC Resources both win RTS double

    2001-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) and BBC Resources each won two awards at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) craft and design awards held last Thursday (29 November), writes Barbara MarshallBDH's John Durrant

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    OMNE Communications set to launch local TV networks

    2001-12-04T15:58:00Z

    Cable start-up firm is granted non-exclusive local delivery service licence by ITC clearing way for planned local networks in South West Scotland and North West England

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    Chief executive Williams is first victim of Globecast restructuring

    2001-12-04T15:28:00Z

    GlobeCast Northern Europe (GNE) chief executive Sarah Williams is the first casualty of the satellite company's restructure of its northern Europe operations, writes Barbara Marshall.It is not yet known whether further

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    Twin Towers survivor to give alternative Christmas message

    2001-12-04T15:09:00Z

    Channel 4 lines up Genelle Guzman, the final person to be pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Centre, to give this year's alternative to the Queen's speech

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    From bootleg to billing

    2001-12-04T13:48:00Z

    Richard Dean casts an eye over the ongoing battle to make online video safe and secure

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    Welsh facilities back new Soho venture

    2001-12-04T12:28:00Z

    Two Welsh facility companies have put money into new Soho graphics and post-production house Platform Post, writes Barbara Marshall.Barcud Derwen and Mwnci have each taken a one-third share in the new

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    100 more jobs to go at Carlton

    2001-12-04T12:22:00Z

    ITV company announces further cuts as it posts losses of£409m in its year-end results

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    Government approves industry recommendations on broadband development

    2001-12-04T12:16:00Z

    Move ushers in tax-breaks for broadband content production but BT will get no more funding for broadband infrastructure roll-out

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    Tarrant mugs Judge John Deed

    2001-12-04T12:03:00Z

    ITV1's decision to dump Kilroy-Silk gameshow Shafted for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? gives Cold Feet almost a million more viewers

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    More jobs go at Static

    2001-12-04T11:06:00Z

    Interactive TV specialist Static 2358 has scaled back its design department as part of an overall review of the business that has resulted in 16 job losses, writes Barbara Marshall.Six of

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    Globescast's European chief first casualty of re-structure

    2001-12-04T11:00:00Z

    GlobeCast Northern Europe (GNE) chief executive Sarah Williams is the first casualty of the satellite company's restructure of its northern Europe operations, writes Barbara Marshall.It is not yet known whether further

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    Government under pressure to name switch-off date

    2001-12-04T10:18:00Z

    Shadow media secretary Tim Yeo says failure of government to set a date for the switch-off of the analogue signal has caused confusion among consumers

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    Sales up at UBC media

    2001-12-04T09:53:00Z

    Radio group bucks downward trend and looks forward to a bright future as manufacturer Goodmans plans launch of affordable digital radio sets

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    Sky One unveils Winter schedule

    2001-12-03T16:26:00Z

    New Star Trek prequel Enterprise heads line-up full of old and new US imports and fly-on-the-wall factual entertainment series

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    Attik creatives set up own design shop

    2001-12-03T16:14:00Z

    Two former Attik creative directors are to form their own design practice, Dixonbaxi, writes Barbara Marshall.Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi will launch the new venture in January and plan to move

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    Condor's Douglas flies to new home

    2001-12-03T16:14:00Z

    Condor Post Production head of business development Stephen Douglas has quit the facility to join Oktober Post Production in Auckland, New Zealand.After 20 years in the UK industry, including stints

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    ITV1 dominates Sunday night viewing

    2001-12-03T15:10:00Z

    Channel out-scores BBC1 in the peak-time averages by nearly two-to-one as corporation fails to take a single slot