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BBC web deals to net talent
The BBC is poised to step up its attempts to hold onto top talent with an ambitious plan to offer a number of its key faces commercial deals with the corporation's own websites, writes Colin Robertson.
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Jackson reaffirms C4 remit promises
Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson last night reaffirmed the broadcaster's commitment to its remit and outlined his arguments against the threat of privatisation.Delivering this year's Fleming Lecture to the Royal
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BBC plans seven-day breakfast news show
BBC News' new three-hour breakfast programme will be a seven-day-a-week operation when it launches this autumn, airing every morning on digital channel News 24, writes Tara Conlan.
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Cintel to bar ITK telecine production
Cintel has applied for an injunction against Innovation TK (ITK) over its Millennium telecine and high definition (HD) upgrade, writes Barbara Marshall.The telecine manufacturer launched patent infringement proceedings at the High
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Organisers of the Montreux television festival have hit back at press reports earlier in the week suggesting that The Royle Family was disqualified from the competition, writes Ashley Davies. The show
Organisers of the Montreux television festival have hit back at press reports earlier in the week suggesting that The Royle Family was disqualified from the competition, writes Ashley Davies. The show
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BLOCKBUSTER PONDERS UK
Leading video rental retailer Blockbuster, which has just teamed up with US satellite TV company DirecTV to break into the US pay-TV market, is investigating new ways of expanding in the
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GRAMPIAN MAKES CHANGES
Bectu Scottish organiser Paul McManus welcomed the Independent Television Commission's findings on Scottish Media Group's operation of the Grampian licence this week, saying it was 'a total vindication of our complaint'.
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BSKYB DIGITAL SUBS GROW
BSkyB has seen its new digital subscriber numbers climb by 190,000 in the three months to 31 March 2000, which includes an annualised digital churn rate of 4.8 per cent, taking
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BIDE BACK AT CARLTON
Carlton controller of factual programming Polly Bide returned to work this week, following a 10-month absence due to bone marrow cancer. She returns to oversee a number of ITV and Channel
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PREMIER LEAGUE DEADLINE
The deadline for bids for the multi-million pound rights to the Premier League ended this week, with current holder BSkyB expected to have presented a strong case in the face of
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Airey to ditch 'three Fs' for the 'five Ms'
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey said this week that she wants the broadcaster to be recognised as being all about 'the five Ms' rather than 'the three Fs'.Speaking at
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ITC to study public attitudes
The Independent Television Commission is to launch a major consultation process on public service broadcasting in the digital age, writes Steve Clarke.
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Switch joins forces with Scots outfit
Radio consortium Switch Digital is to team up with fledgling Scottish station Beat 106 to bid for the new central Scotland regional digital multiplex licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Beat 106 will join
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Digital education race on last lap
Granada Media, Anglia and the BBC are to make their final presentations to the Department for Education & Employment (DfEE) next week in the race to win the multi-million pound contract
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Thompson in first move from TalkBack
Harry Thompson, producer of TalkBack's They Think It's All Over and Da Ali G Show, has started to develop a sitcom and comedy drama with Vera Productions, writes Joanna Scott.Thompson has
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DANCE LABEL FOUNDER LAUNCHES NEW WEB CHANNEL
A new web-based channel called dvtv is to launch next month with an initial£500,000 budget for original commissions. The channel, due to launch on 15 June, plans to broadcast a
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CAPITAL RADIO INTERIMS SHOW 21 PER CENT PROFIT RISE
Capital Radio has announced its results for the six months to 31 March, with like-for-like figures showing a 21 per cent jump in pre-tax profit from£17.9 million to£21.7 million.
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THE BABY CHANNEL NEARS TELEWEST/SES ASTRA DEALS
The Baby Channel, a new service targeting mothers and new parents to be launched next spring, is poised to finalise carriage deals with Telewest for its basic digital cable package and
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TELETEXT NAMES SAGE AS OFFICIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF
Teletext has named John Sage as editor-in-chief with a brief to develop multi-platform content. He will focus initially on ITV and C4, followed by digital TV content, the web and mobile
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MATHIAS TO QUIT BBC WALES TO RETURN TO FRONT LINE
BBC Wales public affairs manager and former political editor Glyn Mathias is leaving to return to writing and broadcasting. He took up his current role last year and the announcement comes