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NEWS ANALYSIS - Splashing out at Sky?
After years of staking its livelihood on sport and movies, BSkyB is now buying into entertainment big time. But will this boost ratings? Tim Dams reports.
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OPINION - ITV needs grilling too at Cambridge
The cards are stacked against the BBC at this weekend's Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention. ITV, on the other hand, looks likely to be given the softest of soft rides. This
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RTS CAMBRIDGE - Questions for the minister
As Media Secretary Chris Smith prepares for a grilling at Cambridge, Broadcast asks industry figures what questions they would put to him, while below, United Productions boss John Willis defends UK television's reputation overseas.
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INTERVIEW - 1966 and all that
With a wealth of experience across the commercial networks, British TV's longest-serving female executive, Andrea Wonfor, is well-placed to chair this weekend's RTS convention entitled 'Who Owns the Future?'
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - The debutantes
Over the past six years, brand-new programmes have underperformed for the Big Two. Designed to woo the punters, they have regularly failed to hit both stations' average share.
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OFF THE RECORD - Wessex man
Things could be looking up for Off The Record's favourite royal, Eddie Windsor (or is he called Wessex these days?). The artist formerly known as Prince Edward was seen in close
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OFF THE RECORD - The name game
Carlton's decision to rebrand its regional outposts Central and Westcountry to, er, Carlton, has gone down in some quarters like a turd on a rugby pitch. For what it's worth, OTR
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OFF THE RECORD - Orgasmic pleasure
In a rare case of someone proud of coming first, those good people at Channel 5 were celebrating last week after beating the BBC in the 'battle of the orgasm'. C5's
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OFF THE RECORD - Gobsmacked
One person who will have been particularly keen to greet former Talk Radio sports chief Moz Dee on his arrival at BBC Radio 5 Live last week is none other than
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OFF THE RECORD - Tonight's news today
This week's picture is an exclusive sneak preview of ITV's plans for its new-look Tonight show. In a bid to up its ratings even further (Stop! They'll get nosebleeds!), the producers
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OFF THE RECORD - Final countdown
Sir John Birt will naturally be wanting to go out with a bang at this weekend's Royal Television Society schmoozefest, sorry, rigorous debate in Cambridge. So much so, in fact, that
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Transmedia goes into receivership
Independent Transmedia Productions, a major supplier to the Carlton Food Network and Channel 5, has gone into administrative receivership, writes Dominic Timms.Accountancy firm Levy Gee was called in by Barclays Bank
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Smith makes call for digital summit
Media Secretary Chris Smith is to call an urgent broadcasting summit to tackle the 'internecine war' between digital operators, which he says is confusing the public and hampering take-up of the
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Coogan and Normal set up Baby Cow
Steve Coogan has launched his own independent production company with his long-time collaborator and The Royle Family writer, Henry Normal, writes John Plunkett.The Brighton-based indie, Baby Cow Productions, will produce future
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Rouse takes over as editor of Broadcast
Broadcast has appointed a new editor, Lucy Rouse, to replace Steve Clarke, who becomes executive editor.Rouse, features editor of Broadcast since December 1998, takes over the editorship next week. She has
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BSkyB may start own sales outfit
BSkyB is investigating the possibility of setting up its own in-house distribution outfit, writes Steve Clarke.A decision on whether to go ahead with the business is likely to be taken within
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FILMING BEGINS ON LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET FOR ITV
Location shooting began this week at Ingatestone Hall in Essex on Warner Sisters Film & TV's adaptation of scandalous Victorian novel Lady Audley's Secret for ITV. The 120-minute drama, about a
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YORKSHIRE LOOKS BACK TO 1900 FOR CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 documentaries has commissioned a 3 x 50-minute series on the year 1900 from Yorkshire TV to run during the first week of the new year.Called 1900, the programme takes
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GMTV EXTENDS BAZAL SUNDAY DUO UNTIL 2001
Bazal has been recommissioned to produce GMTV's early Sunday morning news and current affairs show, The Sunday Programme with Alastair Stewart.The show, along with Bazal's Sunday morning ethics and religion programme
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BBC BROADCAST ACQUIRES REMASTERED THUNDERBIRDS
BBC Broadcast controller of programme acquisition Sophie Turner Laing has bought a digitally remastered version of Gerry Anderson's 1960s puppet animation classic Thunderbirds (left) from Carlton International for BBC 2. Thunderbirds,