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WORLDWIDE DELAYED
The long-awaited review into BBC Worldwide has been further delayed, with an announcement now expected at the end of the week. A spokeswoman told Broadcast that final approval on a press
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ITV SPORT KICKS OFF
ITV Sport Channel has struck its first external carriage deal with NTL and is understood to be in talks with Telewest. ITV Digital, the new name for On Digital as of
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DIGITAL TV DRIVE
BSkyB and ITV Digital have joined forces with British Telecom in a marketing initiative to boost digital TV uptake by exploiting BT's customer base.BT's 20 million residential customers will be offered
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INTERACTIVE GOLF
The BBC is to follow its acclaimed interactive coverage of Wimbledon by launching similar features for the Open Golf Championship which begins next Thursday (19 July), but only on digital satellite
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OLDHAM FILM IN DOCK
The BBC, Sky News and Granada are fighting a legal battle this week to block a police call to hand over their video footage of the Oldham riots. As Broadcast went
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COMMUNICOPIA DEAL
Brighton-based indie Communicopia, which produced programming for failed consumer financial service The Money Channel, has offered its sacked 80-strong workforce around£500 each to tide them over before they receive any
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Special edition of gameshow
Some of the industry's biggest names are to appear in a special edition of BBC hit gameshow The Weakest Link to air at next month's Edinburgh International Television Festival. BBC 1
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Cactus woos This Morning editor Smith
Cactus TV has lured former This Morning editor Karen Smith to become editor of its new Channel 4 Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan vehicle, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC 2 history man joins RDF
RDF Media has made yet another senior appointment, poaching BBC 2's The History of Britain executive producer Martin Davidson, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC admits failure on ethnic targets
The BBC has failed to meet its targets for employing ethnic minority staff in the regions, despite director general Greg Dyke's assertion that more would be done to rid the corporation
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Channels unite on ship hunt
Channel 4, ITN and US broadcaster PBS have joined forces to fund a£2m expedition to search for the wreck of British Navy ship HMS Hood, sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in 1941, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC factual chief shakes up team
BBC Controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody has restructured her team to reflect new roles and areas of responsibility and to make the structure simpler for indies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Game, set and match to BBC with Wimbledon
BBC 1 served an ace with its coverage of Wimbledon seeping in with a third week, writes Jon Rogers.
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ISAACSON IN AT CNN
CNN has named Time Inc editorial director and veteran news executive Walter Isaacson as chairman and chief executive replacing Tom Johnson who quit last week. Isaacson, 49, has already started and
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SPUR FOR BBC WALES
BBC Wales programmes must make more of an impact on the national networks if Welsh people are to stop becoming the butt of jokes, the Broadcasting Council of Wales (BCW) said
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BREAKFAST SWITCH
Channel 4 has begun the process of looking at alternative programme formats to The Big Breakfast after its deadline for submissions passed on Monday (9 July). The broadcaster is thought to
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BSKYB LICENCE BID
BSkyB has applied to the Independent Television Commission for a non-exclusive local delivery licence to broadcast TV and related services across BT and Kingston Communication's DSL networks. A Sky spokesman said
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ENTERACTION WORK
Enteraction TV has created the look for new home shopping service Best Direct TV which launches next week. Enteraction has created the brand identity and original video material within 34 x
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BROADBAND PUSH
The UK's biggest cable operators Telewest and NTL are to launch a joint multi-million pound marketing initiative to promote broadband take-up on cable.
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FAWLTY GERMAN DEAL
A German version of John Cleese comedy Fawlty Towers is to be made after BBC Worldwide completed a deal with broadcaster RTL. A pilot episode is due to finish filming on