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RATINGS - BBC 1's debut theme night fails to topple ITV
BBC 1's first theme night, The Joy of Text on Saturday (9 June), overestimated viewers' appetite for the technology, writes Jon Rogers.
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BRITISH LEAD AT BANFF
The British won more gongs at the Banff TV festival's Rockie Awards than any other country on Monday night. Baby Cow's Human Remains for the BBC beat off stiff competition from
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GO RACING IMAGE
Channel 4-led horse-racing consortium Go Racing, which recently raised£80m as part of its TV rights deal, has hired brand consultant Oliver Bond as it gears up to soft launch next
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RTS TO DEBATE ELECTION
Current affairs coverage of last week's general election is set to be debated by key industry news figures at an RTS conference on Friday 22 June. The event will feature Channel
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SMASHED ATOM HIRES
Telewest-controlled interactive TV consultancy Smashed Atom has made two key appointments. The consultancy has poached NTL Interactive head of applications Tammy Learn to take charge of the product management team, focusing
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BBC RELIGION JOB OPEN
The BBC has been forced to re-advertise the position of head of religion and ethics after a six-month search failed to find a suitable candidate. A short list had been drawn
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QUAYLE JUMPS SHIP
BBC Worldwide head of planning and business development, global marketing and brand development James Quayle has joined branding consultancy Lambie Nairn as head of brand strategy. Quayle, who worked at agencies
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THE GOSPEL SLEUTH
GMTV and The Voice newspaper are to launch a joint project to search for a gospel choir and solo gospel singer. The slot - the GMTV/The Voice Gospel Challenge 2001 -
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LWT TALENT SEARCH
LWT has launched an initiative to encourage community film-making and search out future talent. Whose London? will encourage community groups to make films about life in the capital and will use
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DISNEY REWARDS 13 KIDS
Thirteen children aged between nine and 13 have won awards in Disney Channel's Incredible Studio awards, which will see six of the 13 winning stories made into either live-action or animated
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Television 'rescued media department'
The growing importance of television to UK citizens and the economy helped secure the future of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), according to the Prime Minister's office.A Downing
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Former IBA chief slams bill
Former Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chairman Lord Thomson has slammed the government's planned communications bill, claiming it would give too much power to a single regulatory body and would not safeguard public service broadcasting, writes N
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Viewers vote for BBC 1 on election night
BBC 1's election night audience (7 June) was twice as big as ITV's, writes Jon Rogers.
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Bolt takes top job at the BSC
Department for Culture, Media & Sport head of strategy and communications Paul Bolt has been appointed director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Steve Aston.
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NON-CORE SERVICES SHAKE-UP AT CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 has announced a shake-up of its non-core service departments, following the departure of head of commercial development Sue Oreal. Former controller of marketing Polly Cochrane becomes managing director of
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PERRY NAMED CHIEF AT THE SALES COMPANY
PolyGram Film International president Aline Perry has been named chief executive of part BBC-owned international film distributor The Sales Company. Perry has been charged with reinforcing the brand identity of the
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ZONE MAKES COLE DIRECTOR OF FACTUAL
Channel producer and distributor Zone Vision has promoted Reality Channel manager Steve Cole to director of factual programming with a brief to grow the reality TV business and develop new channels.
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BAYNES LEAVES BIG BROTHER FOR HIS OWN FIRM
Victoria Real consultant producer Mark Baynes who is executive producer of the Big Brother websites has taken voluntary redundancy from the Brighton-based firm to set up his own media company, Baynes
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STOCKPORT RADIO LICENCE SOUGHT BY GMG
GMG is bidding for the re-advertised Stockport local radio licence currently held by The Wireless Group (TWG). GMG has put forward an application for Stock FM to replace TWG's existing Imagine
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IDEAL WORLD IN NEW FILMFOUR COLLABORATION
Ideal World Films, sister company to Glasgow-based indie Ideal World, is embarking on its second film in collaboration with FilmFour. Northern Soul, a£3m romantic comedy, is being put together by