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UK TV World Cup rights rest on House of Lords test case
A House of Lords ruling on a test case between TV Denmark and the ITC may decide whether UK 2002 World Cup fans will face a blank screen on terrestrial TV
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Apple to acquire Spruce Technologies
Apple aims to become market leader in DVD authoring with acquisition of US DVD hardware and software manufacturer
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NTL mulls ITV Digital move
Cable group in talks with Carlton and Granada with view to taking possible stake in beleagured pay-TV platform
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New senior post for Cartoon Network's Johnstone
Ex-advertising salesman becomes senior vice president and general manager of Cartoon Network Europe, Middle East and Africa
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Government paves the way for Ofcom
Government hurries mini-bill through to establish a communications 'super-regulator' by 2003
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Get Smart...Telecine
Telecine has made a comeback and appears to be staying as improved applications carve up the market
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Dear Diary...Egypt's hidden history
Director Phil Grabsky copes with the scorching sun and a sick crew in search of hidden history in Egypt's deserts and tombs
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Helen and Paul's romantic dinner serves up 5.1m
Big Brother 2 gets best-yet ratings beating both ITV and BBC1's news bulletins
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ITV denies being dictated to on highlights
Broadcaster dismisses reports that it has been forced to rethink its scheduling for next season's Premier League highlights programmes
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BSkyB and Ladbrokes sign betting deal
Interactive fixed-odds betting operation on Sky Digital will be joint venture with leading British bookie
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PROMAX UNVEILS EVENT
Promax UK has developed a new event aimed at television marketing executives which will take place in early October in London. The Promax UK Summit 2001 will be a one-day forum
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ITV waits on marketing messiah
After months of rumour as to where Jim Hytner would rock up next, the Channel 5 director of marketing has finally chosen what must be one of the most challenging jobs
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Doubting Thomas of iTV
Katherine Everett: an apology. A number of months ago - maybe even a year ago, Katherine Everett, head of interactive services at the BBC assured me that I was premature to
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TRADE TALK - Regional service
Ex-BBC Manchester northern light Emma Westcott is planning to use her north-west contacts to implement Channel 4's new regional strategy.
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TRADE TALK - IN MY VIEW - Samir Shah, managing director of Juniper
On the thorny issues that surround media coverage of the recent riots in Oldham.
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TRADE TALK - On the Box - Game, set, downpour
ITV controller of news and current affairs Steve Anderson found Wimbledon 2001 a damp squib while Party in the Park rocked.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Shooting blanks?
The corporate restructure can often be a painfully costly and futile exercise that culls staff and prompts mass insecurity among those that are left. But they are a fact of life for broadcasters in the 21st century.
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FORMAT REVIVAL - Raiders of the archive
Dusting down old programmes and revamping them for a modern audience might appear to be an easy means of locking audiences into an established brand, but it is not necessarily cheap or easy, nor is it always foolproof.
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INTERVIEW - Static in motion
Having sold the iTV firm he founded in 1997 to OpenTV for£42m, Jasper Smith reckons the key to success in interactive is adding value by pushing for content that's as entertaining as it is innovative.