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Gameplan for Ofcom
The board of Ofcom will be made up of 10 full-time directors and six non-executive directors, with no guaranteed board-level representation for the nations and regions, according to Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson,
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ADVICE FOR JOWELL
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has sparked controversy by appointing a former BBC executive as her special adviser. Former head of BBC political research Bill Bush will provide advice to Jowell and
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NEW VIEWS ON DIGITAL
A further round of consultation on the BBC's proposed digital services has been launched. The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has written to industry figures, including Nickelodeon UK and Disney,
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FAIR DEAL FOR ACTORS
Equity and producers' alliance Pact have issued a joint statement which says the two groups have re-opened talks to provide actors a cut of any licensing deals with broadcasters. They 'have
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CHANGES AT VIRGIN
Insiders have said Virgin Radio staff are gearing up for 'huge changes' orchestrated by new programme director Paul Jackson who arrived last Monday (11 June). Key talent, including presenters Pete Mitchell,
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BILLY ELLIOT SLOT
Indie Tiger Aspect is set to make a one-off documentary for BBC 1 on how the success of the hit UK movie Billy Elliot has affected its young star, Jamie Bell.
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COTTON AWARDED CBE
Former Meridian Broadcasting chairman Bill Cotton was this week knighted. Cotton, who also worked for the BBC between 1956 and 1988, was one of a number of industry figures who received
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Radio body offers rare admission
Radio Authority chief executive Tony Stoller has admitted the body made a 'serious mistake' by not consulting members of the Welsh National Assembly during the issuing of the south Wales regional analogue licence, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada tries to save GBTV
Granada has launched an eleventh-hour bid to salvage its US joint-venture with the BBC, GBTV, which has sold no shows since the company was launched amid much fanfare two years ago, writes Katy Elliott.
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Go Racing deal takes a tumble
Horseracing consortium Go Racing's£307m TV rights deal has collapsed with Channel 4 threatening to refuse to take part in any further talks.The deal, which would have seen Go Racing launch
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ITC boss warns against event TV
Programme Commissions are set for unprecedented polarisation as broadcasters concentrate on event programming while bulking out their schedules with cheap shows and repeats, according to Independent Television Commission director of strategy, economics an
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C4 plans ethnic factuals surge
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam is considering overhauling the channel's multicultural department to boost its factual output in the wake of commissioning editor of multicultural Pat Younge's departure to the BBC, writes Penny Hughes.
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RATINGS - Waking the Dead adds to Survivor's troubles
BBC 1's Waking the Dead buried ITV's Survivor this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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GRANADA BOSS TO LEAVE
Granada UK broadcast managing director Stewart Butterfield is set to leave the company. Butterfield, who joined Granada from Channel 4 in 1997, is being seen as the first casualty of Granada's
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PEARSON FILLS TOP ROLE
Pearson TV's newly formed International and Enterprises Division (PTIE) has announced that worldwide merchandising senior vice-president Simon Spalding has been promoted to head of worldwide licensing and will take on the
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BBC APPOINTS EXECUTIVE
Maxine Watson, editor of BBC 2's multicultural strand Black Britain, has been appointed commissioning executive with responsibility for expanding and strengthening the corporations's factual multicultural output. Watson will continue in her
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THIS MORNING ED QUITS
This Morning editor Karen Smith is to leave the series at the end of its run next month. Smith has been with This Morning for two and a half years and
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BBC LOCAL TALENT DRIVE
The BBC has launched a new scheme based in the nations to find nine young people to help develop the next generation of entertainment programming. The initiative, which will be based
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BID-UP BOOSTS REACH
Auction channel bid-up.tv has this week launched on Telewest. The channel, in which Telewest holds a 36 per cent stake, already broadcasts 14 hours of live TV auctions each day on
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NTL HIRES MANAGERS
NTL has made three senior management appointments: David Thatcher, chief operating officer of mobile internet outfit Mviva, becomes east and south-east managing director, while NTL director of broadband implementation Ian Jeffers