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The new draw
When Camilla Deakin was made animation chief at C4 last week, many animators' first reaction was to ask who she was. Ashley Davies reports.
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John Willis
On how the success of Malcolm and Barbara could herald a new dawn for serious documentaries.
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Behind the Birtspeak
A heartfelt plea for public service broadcasting - or the self-serving speech of a man keen to secure his place in history? What was Sir John's New Statesman Lecture really about, asks Peter Keighron.
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OPINION - What happened to children's radio?
John Birt recently reminded us in his tub-thumping New Statesman media lecture, The Prize and The Price, that we exist in an age of media saturation. Well spotted, Sir John. And
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RADIO SPECIAL - A sounder system for radio?
Rajar's new system for measuring radio audiences promises greater accuracy for broadcasters and advertisers alike. But what does it tell us about future trends, asks Julian Lee. Graham Mytton, assesses future research tools.
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RADIO SPECIAL - Growing pains
The BBC does not air any radio shows for people under 15 - a situation that Children 2000 wants rectified.
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INTERVIEW - A passion for radio
Jenny Abramsky has been far from idle since she succeeded Matthew Bannister as BBC director of radio. But how will her review of commissioning - which, she says, will let creatives create - go down with the industry?
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OFF THE RECORD - A tight squeeze
Word reaches Off The Record of some unfortunate goings-on at BBC TV Centre, where a daytime talk show about agoraphobia and claustrophobia was being recorded. The show, which OTR understands was
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OFF THE RECORD - Lollies suck
Channel 5's Pepsi Chart host Dr Fox bit off more than he could chew on last week's show interviewing the latest teenage singing sensation, Lolly.The leathery-skinned presenter was naturally curious as
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OFF THE RECORD - Breakfast for two
Remember Phil Collins' stamina-busting dash from Wembley to Philadelphia to play in two concerts for Live Aid? Well, that was nothing compared to breakfast DJs Tony James and Jo Lewis, who
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OFF THE RECORD - The fine art of complaining
Producers who are pissed off with their programmes being shifted around the schedules of BBC 1 and ITV at a moment's notice should follow the example of OTR's favourite Manhattan cable
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OFF THE RECORD - Snap happy
Delegates at this week's Radio Festival in Cardiff are being armed with cameras disguised as radios in a cunning wheeze by Digital One and BBC Digital Radio. Festival-goers are being encouraged
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OFF THE RECORD - You're nicked
Headline of the week goes to the beautiful people of Channel 5. Accompanying the press release about their new docu-soap, Chopper Coppers - the thrilling tale of police officers chasing bad
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Play TV UK, a new pay-TV service provider, will launch in December this year when its hybrid set-top boxes first go on the market. [ALL]
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OFF THE RECORD - Praise the Lord for television
It's not often we have the privilege of featuring the Pope on the back page, but here is His Holiness himself receiving a top-notch Snell and Wilco CVR45 standards converter.A what?
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OFF THE RECORD - =. DUTY LOG
This week's round-up of incoming calls is from Talk Radio. Readers can now call our own duty office with their comments on ...A stressful caller: 'Stress is a reaction to technology.
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Studio deal opens up US for Hat Trick
Hat Trick Productions is to open a Los Angeles office on the back of a two-year development deal worth more than $3 million (£1.9 million) signed with Warner Bros this week.In
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On Digital execs talk with rivals
Members of On Digital's senior management team are in talks with rival platform operators following the departure of chief executive Stephen Grabiner, according to sources, writes Alice Macandrew.It is understood three
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C4 in talks with GWR over digital radio bid
Channel 4 has emerged as a surprise candidate to run a new speech-based digital radio station on Digital One, the national commercial digital mulitplex due to be launched at the end
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Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, underst
Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, understood to