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    CKS IN PANASONIC DEAL

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Panasonic Broadcast has appointed distributor C K Stephens & Company (CKS) as part of a bid to expand sales of its plasma screens. The manufacturer opened a new factory in Japan

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    ROOT6 WIDENS SCOPE

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Reseller Root6 has extended its range of services with the introduction of royalty-free imagery from Digital Vision. Footage is thematically linked and consists of computer graphics plus 35mm-originated footage. Although it

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    FAST UNVEILS DV DEVICE

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Fast Multimedia has developed a media player that allows users to play back DV files on a PC without DV codecs installed. It is the first multi-format player and is the

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    BSC's demise is well deserved

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    It's time to say RIP to the Broadcasting Standards Commission, just as it appoints an interim director to see it through to dissolution and integration into Ofcom.Paul Bolt, a former civil

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    FREE TO AIR - FA is too big for its boots

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    With men in white trousers slapping leather with willow, it seems an appropriate moment for an on-the-pace comment about our national game. Yes, the football season may be over but it

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    TRADE TALK - A sporting life

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Former Olympic gymnast Barbara Slater is using her experience and flair for innovation in her new role as the head of BBC general sport.

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    ON THE BOX - Digging up the past

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Christie, chairman of Big Finish, felt embarrassed for those presenting Dinosaur Island, but was awed by The World at War.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - The perfect host?

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    It takes more than a few clicks of a mouse for virtual presenters such as Tmmy, unveiled last week, to pop up. But their creators are confident, if cautious, that they can give their flesh-and-blood rivals a run for their money.

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    COMPETITION - Television turns aggressive

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    With Labour firmly back in power, its support for the communications industry as an engine of growth remains strong. Now the forces of the free market are about to be unleashed in TV and radio, prompting an era of unprecedented competition.

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    INTERVIEW - Turning the corner

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The last few weeks have seen BBC drama gingerly claw its way back to the hearts of the populace after a pretty disastrous year in which it was consistently thrashed by

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    INDIE FINANCE - TWI sports a flair for cost control

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Still in tune with the days when its specialism was negotiating TV sports rights, Trans World International now makes most of its money from its own productions which benefit from a lean management ethos.

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    TX - Bringing the past to life

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Costume designer Frances Tempest had just 10 weeks to clothe more than 50 characters in authentic 1940s garb - right down to their underwear - for BBC drama's forthcoming family saga,

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    Chelsea Flower power leaves Survivor stranded

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Just as ITV and Channel 4 were hoping their reality TV blockbusters, Survivor and Big Brother, would attract big audiences, TV viewing fell by 10 per cent week on week. Both

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    Off the Record - Not a nethead?

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Off the Record was clutching its corset strings on Monday as it read this gem from the new media section of The Guardian this week. Former Channel 5 czar David Elstein

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    Off the Record - News in brief

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Lord Thomson, former chairman of Independent Television Commission forerunner the Independent Broadcasting Authority, shared a platform with his daughter for the first time ever at last week's Voice of the Listener

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    Off the Record - Hirsute no more

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Tales of TV 'taches, part two. It seems Patrick Stoddart, head of factual entertainment at Talent Television, has caressed his facial hair for the last time after deciding the accessory had

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    Off the Record - Tivo times

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's digital channel development editor, who goes by the unlikely name of Bryher Scudamore, tells us that 55 BBC staff now have Tivos as part of ongoing research into personal

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    Hardie quits ITV

    2001-06-14T17:13:00Z

    ITV marketing and commercial director John Hardie leaves after four and-a-half years to take up new international role at Walt Disney Television

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    C4 schools orders football writing series

    2001-06-14T16:47:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools and programmes John Richmond has requested a 4 x 20-minute series, Writing for Kicks, from indie Casetv.com.Football stars Gareth Southgate, John Barnes, Peter Reed and

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    Go Racing media rights deal heading for the knacker's yard

    2001-06-14T16:43:00Z

    Broadcaster-led consortium admits 10-year media deal 'likely to founder' on race-data impasse as consortium leader Arena Leisure suspends shares