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    Viewers bombarded by technology and information overload

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    Henley Centre chairman says 'time-poor' viewers are beign hit my too many channels, too much information and too much technology

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    Cambridge Comment by Katy Elliott

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    As the story of the terror in America and its potential consequences unfolded, fuelling the biggest TV news story of all time, there was a strange irony in the fact that

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    Over-regulation blamed for UK's global failure

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    Delegates at RTS convention in Cambridge told 'archaic' cross-media ownership rules and political fears of large media companies have held back UK global ambitions

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    Overseas ownership threat to regional production

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    Granada chief Steve Morrison says he 'could not see production from the regions sustained if we are bought by an overseas company'

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    Elstein leads calls for 40% in-house limit

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    Former Channel 5 chief says broadcasters should limit their current 70 in-house production quotas to boost UK independent productions

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    Programme brands stronger than channels

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    Wall To Wall managing director Alex Graham welcomes era when 'programme brands? have a stronger identity than the channels which are broadcasting them'

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    RTS: Who said what

    2001-09-20T09:54:00Z

    Granada chairman Charles Allen: 'I'd like to have heard what John Malone had to say because he sounds like a good person to work for'

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    Tivo slashes price of set-top box

    2001-09-20T09:11:00Z

    Device down£100 to£299 in bid to boost take-up

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    Granada calls-off search for Lythgoe replacement

    2001-09-20T09:11:00Z

    Beleaguered media company abandons search for new controller of entertainment and re-shuffles staff instead

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    Public accountability key says Davies

    2001-09-19T16:17:00Z

    Newly appointed BBC chairman says that in order to escape Ofcom's clutches the BBC 'will need to be more directly accountable to the public than ever before'

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    IBC 2001

    2001-09-19T15:59:00Z

    Though attendance figures were down on last year's record 45,000 there were still many notable developments at this year's moving image technology show. Read all the top stories here

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    BEAM.TV to launch BEAMBOX to commercials production community

    2001-09-19T15:51:00Z

    A new service from BEAM.TV that is expected to launch in November will enable users to play video straight from the internet onto their television screens, writes Joanna Scott at IBC in Amsterdam

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    Yeo calls for 'identifiably Conservative vice-chairman'

    2001-09-19T14:25:00Z

    Shadow culture secretary says appointment of Gavin Davies as new chairman will make 'life difficult' for BBC and calls for recognisably conservative vice-chair

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    Davies confirmed as new BBC Chairman

    2001-09-19T14:24:00Z

    Millionaire economist's appointment likely to incite cronyism charges as the top two BBC posts are occupied by executives with strong Labour links

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    46 jobs to go as Smashed Atom folds

    2001-09-19T13:48:00Z

    Interactive TV operation ceases trading after parent Telewest fails to find a buyer

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    JVC to develop specialist tool for stop frame animation

    2001-09-19T13:30:00Z

    JVC has adapted one of its specialised digital stills cameras for stop motion animation shoots which need to be shot and delivered in different aspect ratios and works via a plug-in

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    Panasonic to merge UK and German operations

    2001-09-19T13:28:00Z

    Panasonic Broadcast Europe plans to merge its UK and German operations in an attempt to streamline its pan-European operations, writes Joanna Scott at IBC in Amsterdam.Ted Taylor, managing director of Panasonic

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    Fairlight purchases majority stake in Lightworks

    2001-09-19T13:25:00Z

    Audio post-production manufacturer Fairlight has acquired a controlling interest in Lightworks, the manufacturer of non-linear video editing systems, writes Joanna Scott at IBC in Amsterdam.Fairlight, which was an existing minority shareholder

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    RTL warns again as profits slide

    2001-09-19T11:04:00Z

    Europe's biggest broadcaster reports 27 per cent fall in first half profits and warns for second time in three months that year-end figures are likely to be gloomy

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    RTL warns again as earnings fall

    2001-09-19T09:25:00Z

    Pan European broadcaster says deteriorating ad market likely to result in it missing revised earnings targets for the year after first half profits dive by 27 per cent. More follows...