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Buyers jittery about Mipcom
Buyers from the Australian commercial networks have unanimously agreed not to attend Mipcom because of safety fears following the attacks in the US.Senior managers at the notoriously competitive Nine Network, Seven
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BBC sets up kids units
Children's BBC controller Nigel Pickard has picked key members of his team to launch and develop the corporation's two new children's channels, greenlit by the media secretary Tessa Jowell a fortnight
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SKY BOARD CHANGES
Crown Media Holdings president and chief executive David Evans has become a non-executive director of BSkyB, while Vivendi Universal has agreed a four-year deal to dispose of its 21 per cent
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BT RAPPED OVER ADSL
The government has criticised BT in its most strongly worded statement to date for failing to stimulate demand for broadband services. E-commerce minister Douglas Alexander accused BT of failing to follow
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ITC GAINS PR LOBBY
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is in talks with Lexington Communications, the PR firm that led the commercial alliance's lobbying campaign against the BBC's digital services, to step up lobbying ahead
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WALMSLEY JOINS UBC
UBC Media Group has appointed outgoing Carlton Communications deputy chief executive Nigel Walmsley to the role of non-executive director of the company. He takes on the role with immediate effect and
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C4 TO AIR NI DRAMA
Channel 4 has announced a transmission date for its dramatisation of the events of Bloody Sunday ahead of ITV which is airing another drama on the subject. C4's film, Sunday (working
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MET PROBES SHOW
Celador has confirmed that the Metropolitan Police are investigating the case of a contestant on its Who Wants to be a Millionaire? gameshow who is suspected of cheating. The contestant has
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Broadcasters back training programme
Four terrestrial broadcasters - the BBC, Channel 4, Carlton and Granada - are backing Youth Culture Television (YCTV) training schemes, writes Penny Hughes.The BBC has placed former BBC news business manager
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Scream nets Hear'Say gig for Sky PPV
New indie Scream Films, headed by director Southan Morris (BBC's Ruby Wax Meets), has struck a deal with Universal and band management company Safe Management for its first major commission, writes
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Wireless and GWR deny sell off plans
The Wireless Group and GWR have both this week denied rumours that stakes in their radio interests are to be sold.Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond was said to be interested in
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TIGER TO FILM MEL B ON TRIP
Tiger Aspect Productions is to make a one-hour documentary for Channel 4 featuring 'Scary Spice' Mel B, writes Penny Hughes. Voodoo Princess (working title) sees the pop star exploring the voodoo
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Telewest reveals broadband plan
Telewest this week unveiled the first output from its broadband content division tailored for delivery over the cable outfit's enhanced high-speed internet service, Broadband.blueyonder. co.uk, writes David Wood.Highlights include Seen, a
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RATINGS - BBC 2 mummy doc beats Poirot and football
BBC 2's Horizon documentary on a faked 2,500-year old mummy gained more viewers than BBC 1 and ITV on Thursday last week, writes Jon Rogers.According to unofficial overnights, Mystery of the
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RAPTURE SET TO CLOSE
Clubbing channel Rapture TV looks set to close after owner United Business Media (UBM) failed to find a buyer within a self imposed six-month deadline.Despite interest in the channel, UBM has
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SKILLSET ADDS PATRONS
BBC director general Greg Dyke and Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey are two of 10 industry figures who have agreed to become patrons of national training organisation Skillset. Others who
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SPIRE APPOINTS EXEC
Oxford-based Spire Films, which produces Delia Smith's How to Cook series, has appointed Richard Farmbrough as an executive producer. His brief is to expand the production company's factual output and he
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GRANADA PROMOTION
Granada has appointed former Granada Broadband director of commercial development Ian McCulloch to the role of director of broadcasting and operations. He will report to Granada Broadcasting and Enterprises chief executive
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AWARD WON BY LION
Lion TV's interactive department has won an award for best social innovation for its web-based database of patients' experiences of illness, DIPEx, in the 2001 Social Innovation awards. Lion TV has
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Yes chief warns of VOD struggle
Yes Television chairman and chief executive Thomas Kressner has warned that the video-on-demand (VOD) sector faces a shake-out because of tough market conditions and a lack of development cash.'The problem for