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PVR homes to surge by 2010
The market for personal video recorder (PVR) technology is set to mushroom to half a billion homes worldwide by 2010, according to a report out this week, writes David Wood.
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CREATIVE - News in brief
Tsunami Films is behind a series of nine idents for Sci-Fi, the cable and satellite digital channel. The idents can be played together to form a narrative or as standalone pieces.
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CARE SCOOPS FIVE AWARDS AT BAFTA CYMRU
Care, the BBC's drama about abuse in Welsh children's homes during the 1970s and 1980s won five Bafta Cymru awards on Sunday (24 June). It took the best drama award while
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TELEWEST APPOINTS KINGSMILL AS NON-EXEC
Cable outfit Telewest has strengthened its board by naming former MFI Furniture deputy chair Denise Kingsmill as a non-executive director. Kingsmill, who has been deputy chair of the Competition Commission since
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LAMBIE NAIRN TO REBRAND CBBC'S OUTPUT
Design consultant Lambie Nairn has been appointed by the BBC to rebrand its children's output. The company, which has a long history of revamping BBC channels and services, is currently working
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TV FORUM EUROPE GEARS UP FOR 2002 LAUNCH
A new television market, TV Forum Europe, is to launch early next year. The new market, to be held in Barcelona from 18 to 21 February, is being overseen by the
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JAZZ FM PROGRAMME CHIEF TAKES DIGITAL JOB
Jazz FM has appointed deputy programme controller Kirsten MacGillivray to the new role of head of digital programming. Reporting to programme director John Baish, she will be responsible for launching the
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WISE BUDDAH WINS RADIO PRIZES IN NEW YORK
Radio indie Wise Buddah has been awarded two awards at the New York Radio Festival Programming and Promotion awards. The indie won a culture and arts gold world medal award for
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SKILLSET ASKS INDUSTRY TO RETURN CENSUS
Skillset this week called for all those working in the audiovisual industries to return forms for the second industry-wide census by the end of July. The first census showed that 116,000
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RADIO 5 LIVE TO UNVEIL ONLINE NEWS SERVICE
BBC Radio 5 Live's website is launching a new feature News Extra Online on Monday (2 July). The online audio service will provide listeners with a 15-minute daily summary of news
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SCHAMA TO HEADLINE US HISTORY CONFERENCE
Broadcaster and author Simon Schama, presenter of the acclaimed BBC 2 series A History of Britain, is to deliver the keynote address at the inaugural World Congress of History Producers. The
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Go Racing deal back on course
Horseracing consortium Go Racing has clinched a last-minute deal to save its£387m TV rights contract.The British Horseracing Board (BHB) has signed a contract with the consortium to provide it with
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Sky shuts tech channel
BSkyB is axing its wholly owned digital channel (.tv) in a move that could mean the loss of up to 60 jobs, writes Dominic Timms.
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Prebble shuffles top digital staff
ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has started to streamline operations between the network and On Digital by announcing a reshuffle of senior staff, writes Steve Aston.
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Human Capital hands Wyatt chairman role
Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has been appointed chairman of media strategy company Human Capital, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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SEPTEMBER DELIVERS COMPUTER HACKING DOC
September Films has produced a one-off documentary for Channel 4 on hackers. The 60-minute programme, The Secret History of Hacking, was filmed in America as a co-production with TLC. The film
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BBC CHOICE TO AIR WEAKEST LINK THEME NIGHT
BBC Choice is to screen a theme night dedicated to quiz show The Weakest Link. The six-hour event, which will go out on 1 July from 19.00, will feature the first
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TRENCH WARFARE IS BBC'S NEXT REALITY TV IDEA
The BBC is to recreate the trenches of World War I as part of an ambitious new reality show. The Trench, due to screen this autumn on BBC 2, will feature
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DA VINCI'S MACHINES TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE
Carlton has announced the first eight factual programmes to come out of its $20m (£14.3m) programming deal with US broadcaster PBS. The raft includes The Big Dig, which focuses on archaeological
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NUMAN TO SHARE CAR OBSESSION WITH GSB
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has commissioned GTV Manchester to produce 8 x 30-minute series on Gary Numan's obsession with motor cars. GSB head of production Lesley Johnson commissioned the series, which