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CAPITAL REVENUE UP.
At its annual general meeting last week (24 January) Capital Radio announced increased revenue for October to December 2000 of 12 per cent - an increase of 4 per cent year
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BLOOMBERG SIGNS DEAL TO SUPPLY UNIQUE.
UBC Media Group has signed a deal with Bloomberg in which the business channel will be the exclusive supplier to UBC production arm Unique Broadcasting of business bulletins and market reports
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DIGITAL RADIO BUREAU APPOINTS FIGUREHEAD.
The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) has appointed Angel Trains managing director Haydn Abbott as its chairman. Abbott will now look to appoint a new chief executive for DRDB, which will
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SEX AND VIOLENCE INCREASED THROUGH DECADE.
The amount of violence, sex and bad language shown on the television has increased throughout the 1990s. According to the latest Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) report for 1999, the number of
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IRVINE OPENS DOOR TO TV COURT COVERAGE.
High-profile appeal court cases such as the recent battle involving Siamese twins Jodie and Mary could be televised within five years, according to Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine. Speaking to the Commons
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HARDING PROMOTED TO WORLD SERVICE ROLE.
BBC controller editorial policy Phil Harding has been appointed BBC World Service English networks and news director. Harding, who has been in his current role since 1996, takes up his new
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BBC FACES C4 COMPETITION FOR RALLY RIGHTS.
The BBC faces competition from rival broadcasters, including Channel 4, for broadcast rights to the 2002 World Rally Championships. Negotiations started in December for the rights, which are held by the
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Big Brother heads indie prize triumph.
Endemol Entertainment UK arm Bazal's reality TV hit Big Brother scooped two awards - including best new programme - at the Broadcast 2001 Awards.In a change from last year, indies scooped
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Whish to review BBC fair trading.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced the terms of reference for the independent review of the BBC's fair trading policies, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Pinewood finds Silver Lining.
Pinewood Studios has made its first move into production and rights ownership by taking a majority share in children's specialist Silver Lining, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Brit news wins in New York.
British broadcasting outfits won a cluster of prizes at the New York Awards on Friday (19 January), writes Ashley Davies.
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CHANNEL 5 CHARTS RISE AND RISE OF IKEA.
Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has commissioned a new arts show, as the channel continues its drive towards more mainstream programming. Ikea Mania is a 4 x 30-minute series
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BBC COMMISSIONS POP PROGRAMME DUO.
BBC music entertainment has been commissioned to produce BBC 2 Sunday lunchtime show Top of the Pops Plus (left) for a spring and summer run. Another 22 episodes have been ordered
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THE STUDIO REVEALS IN-HOUSE PRODUCTIONS.
New movie channel The Studio has unveiled plans to produce 20 per cent of its programming in-house. Productions on the slate from the nine-strong production team include a regular, weekly 15-minute
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USA NETWORK SNAPS UP DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
Target Distribution has sold the format of Hewland International drama Daylight Robbery (left) to USA Network. The US broadcaster is expected to make an 8 x 60-minute version of the drama,
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ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS' CUBEEZ GOES GLOBAL.
Entertainment Rights has sold the 26 x 11-minute and 13 x 30-minute children's property Cubeez to a number of international broadcasters, including Discovery Kids Latin America, Fox Kids Australia, TVP Poland,
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BBC 1 orders new Simon Nye comedy.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux have signed off a new post-watershed sitcom from Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.The 6 x 30-minute comedy, called
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Commissions queue up for YTTTP
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has bagged a number of orders, including three more instalments of her 100 Greatest ... strand for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson.
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MODELS IN THE FRAME.
Sportsworld Media Group is billing a new reality TV show called Search for a Supermodel as the successor to current ITV hit Popstars, writes Simon Ellery.
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Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case.
Carlton Television is making a major 120-minute film charting the high-profile case of Sheila Bowler, who was jailed for a crime she did not commit, writes Colin Robertson.