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    Taylor admits Panasonic 'little off course'

    2001-06-21T10:22:00Z

    Recently appointed PBE chief says company's profile has fallen due to reluctance to wake up to HD and server-based technologies, but claims company now 'back with a vengeance'

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    Industry suffering form lack of trained engineers conference told

    2001-06-21T10:22:00Z

    News World Technology Conference hears that shortage of engineers is affecting broadcasters and manufacturers alike

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    Clipsalesnow.com to fold

    2001-06-21T10:45:00Z

    Lack of funding puts online distribution and sales service out of business

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    BSkyB to launch new generation paid-for digibox

    2001-06-21T13:20:00Z

    Satellite broadcaster confirms that personal recorder-enabled Sky+ set-top-box to launch this summer

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    Big Brother pulls biggest audience yet

    2001-06-21T13:49:00Z

    C4 reality show goes from strength-to-strength as BBC is gunned-down by ITV's Bond

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    Channel 5 puts reckless on the cops' case

    2001-06-21T14:38:00Z

    Indie Reckless Films has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce The Greatest TV Cops Of All Time.Ordered by Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry, the

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    Carlton DIY show gets second series

    2001-06-21T14:43:00Z

    Carlton DIY show Our Houseis to return for another series in July.The 16 x 30-minute programmes featuring presenter Sally Grey will again offer ideas for viewers' homes

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    Bruckheimer's CSI to air on Flextech's Living

    2001-06-21T14:51:00Z

    Flextech has struck a deal with Canadian producer and distributor Alliance Atlantis to screen Jerry Bruckheimer crime series Crime Scene Investigation later this year.Flextech plans to air the

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    BBC 1 revamps its generation game

    2001-06-21T14:57:00Z

    BBC 1's Saturday night entertainment Jim Davidson vehicle Generation Gameis to be revamped when it returns in the autumn.The new co-host, Danish model Lea Kristensen, will take part in

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    Men & Motors to look at Soho theatre

    2001-06-21T15:02:00Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) head of production Lesley Johnson has commissioned Inkerman Street Productions to produce a one-hour special on London's Windmill Theatre.The as yet untitled programme, which will also

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    BBC Worldwide licenses new Noddy series to RTP

    2001-06-21T15:23:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has licensed the whole of the new 100 x 10-minute series of Make Way for Noddyto RTP in Portugal.The agreement is the first international licensing deal for

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    ITV unveils second Bill spin-off

    2001-06-21T15:28:00Z

    ITV has unveiled details of its second planned spin-off from The Bill, Beech Is Back, writes Georgina LipscombProduced by The Bill producer Pearson TV, the 6 x 60-minute serial which will

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    BBC Dinosaur man turns attention to the weather

    2001-06-21T15:35:00Z

    The man behind Walking With Dinosaurs, BBC science creative director John Lynch is to executive produce Weather, a landmark series, writes Barbara MarshallScheduled for delivery next year, the series will give

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    BBC1 asks Hat Trick for a Bedtime story

    2001-06-21T15:39:00Z

    Hat Trick Productions has been commissioned to produce a comedy 'mini-soap' for BBC 1 from the writer of Drop the Dead Donkey, writes Georgina LipscombWritten and directed by Andy Hamilton and

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    USA bets on Banzai

    2001-06-21T16:09:00Z

    RDF Media has bagged its second major US commission after sealing a deal with USA Networks to produce a transatlantic version of its cod Japanese betting format, Banzai.USA Networks' Chris

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    C4 commissions risqué sex and lifestyle series

    2001-06-21T16:22:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker has commissioned a controversial series from Ideal World which looks at people's 'first-time' encounters, writes Penny HughesVirgins, a 6 x 30-minute

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    Jobs go as Prebble announces new ITV management structure

    2001-06-21T16:46:00Z

    ITV begins cost-reduction programme as chief executive names new integrated management team

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    Red Pepper wins Chinese State TV rebrand

    2001-06-21T17:13:00Z

    UK TV design firm confirms contract to work on new on-air identity for Chinese State Television

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    RDF chairmanship tempts Eyre back

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Richard Eyre, the former Pearson TV chief turned novelist, has dipped his toe back into the industry after agreeing to become chairman of indie RDF Media, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Retailers add to confusion over digital TV

    2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Staff at some of the country's leading retailers are hopelessly confused about digital TV, according to independent research published this week.A survey undertaken by Broadcast and published this week showed more