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OPINION - Will Prebble play his cards right?
Now you see him, now you don't. Stephen Grabiner, the marketing maestro Michael Green lured to spearhead his digital dream, has gone to pastures new. His successor, Stuart Prebble, was appointed
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INTERVIEW - The new cultural evolution
'Genuinely respected', 'a safe pair of hands', 'on top of his brief'. The broadcast industry, it seems, has a lot of time for Media Secretary Chris Smith.After more than two years
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INTERVIEW - Captain America
Since Peter Phippen took over as head of BBC Worldwide Americas, distribution of the US channel has shot from 400,000 to more than nine million, but he still has a long way to go to make the BBC a major US brand.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - ITV's facelift sags
Although ITV has been trumpeting its ratings success following the demise of News at Ten, a closer look at the figures reveals that the great reversal of fortune has yet to materialise.
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OFF THE RECORD - When two plus two is five
As regular readers of this page will know, Off The Record was unswerving in its support for Matthew Bannister in the race to become the next DG.But after listening to his
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OFF THE RECORD - A right royal gossip
Still at the festival, it seemed to be confessional time for anyone who had met the Queen. Unique Broadcasting head honcho Tim Blackmore, who received the MBE not so long ago,
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NewsLBC to air UGC views after Friction tie-up
Talk radio station LBC 97.3 FM will air listener-generated content after signing a deal with online debate website Friction.tv.
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OFF THE RECORD - We'll call you
Never let it be said that Sir Christopher 'not very' Bland doesn't look after his friends. No, not Greg Dyke, silly, but the outgoing DG Sir John Birt. OTR understands that
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OFF THE RECORD - We interrupt this broadcast ..
Those of us who have missed having our favourite films interrupted by a news programme since the demise of News at Ten need only retune to BBC 1. Take Saturday, for
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OFF THE RECORD - Weighting around
Former Century Radio head honcho John Myers (above) won't mind OTR saying he is a big fella. We reckon there must be at least 22 stone of him. So it was
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OFF THE RECORD - What's in a name?
Eyebrows have been raised at a tribute to Myles Tierney, the cameraman who was killed in Sierra Leone, in video news agency APTN's summer newsletter.Nothing to do with the tribute of
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OFF THE RECORD - Remaking the Grade
Rumours that Michael Grade is looking for a way back into TV couldn't have come at a more appropriate time. Winogradsky is due to speak at a Royal Television Society do
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C4 revamps programming structure
Channel 4 has rejigged its programming structure in a bid to free up department chiefs Tim Gardam and Karen Brown for more strategic roles, while encouraging cross fertilisation among departments.Commissioning editor
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Carlton ditches trio of digital channels
Carlton Communications managing director of production Lord Waheed Alli has decided to axe three of the outfit's pay-TV channels as part of a major overhaul of its digital strategy, according to
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Sullivan snubs BBC to sign ITV contract
One of the BBC's top comedy writers, John Sullivan, creator of hits such as Only Fools and Horses, has snubbed the BBC by signing a deal with ITV, writes David Wood.Sullivan,
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BSkyB and BBC out on top against OFT action
BSkyB and the BBC won a landmark court victory on Wednesday (28 July) when a judge ruled that their£743 million deal with the Premier League was not against the public
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INITIAL KIDS' COMIN' ATCHA SCOOPS SECOND RUN ON ITV
ITV has ordered a second run of Initial Kids' series Comin' Atcha starring teenage girl band Cleopatra. The show has been commissioned by ITV controller of network children's and youth programmes
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NewsGCap stars handed cross-network shows
Bam Bam and Myleene Klass have been given networked shows across GCap Media's 42-station One Network as part of a major overhaul.
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SMITH AND FORRESTER TO HOST DREAM WHEELS FOR BBC 1
BBC science has signed up Mike Smith and Phillipa Forrester to front Dream Wheels, the new primetime 6 x 30-minute BBC 1 series exploring the future of transport (Broadcast, 4.6.99). The
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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO LOOK INTO PIONEERS FOR RADIO 1
Independent Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 for a 4 x 30-minute new music documentary series, Pioneers, for broadcast in the Lamacq Live evening slot in January. The