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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Saturday Brits scheduling works for ITV
ITV's decision to give the Brit Awards its first Saturday night outing appeared to pay off last week, with the annual event clocking up its second highest share ever, writes Georgina
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NTL eyes interactive lottery show
NTL has signed up as a partner with both Camelot and The People's Lottery - the two main contenders for the new national lottery licence, writes Tim Dams.NTL is talking to
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Victoria Real hires new BBC staffer
Victoria Real has poached another member of staff from BBC Birmingham's new media department, writes David Wood.BBC Birmingham development producer Dan Nyman joins the Brighton-based new media indie as development executive.The
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BBC on a nationwide drive for fresh talent
The BBC has unveiled a new nationwide campaign to find fresh talent for the future.Called BBC Talent, the pan-BBC initiative focuses on a series of competitions to locate talent in six
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Granada Media chief highlights multi-skilling media challenge
A revolution in content will change the job of everyone working in media today, Granada Media chief executive Steve Morrison warned this week, writes Lucy Rouse.Speaking at the Production Show in
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UK net radio stations trail US counterparts
UK internet radio stations are leagues behind their American counterparts and are dogged by lack of interactivity and poor presentation, according to a new report, writes Colin Robertson.The 3i-backed new media
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BBC TAKES OUT INJUNCTION
The BBC has taken out a high court injunction to block attempts to sell the internet domain names bbc1.com and bbc2.com. British citizen Stephen Taylor had registered the names and put
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NO BBC SUB FOR SERGEANT
BBC News executives are understood to have no immediate plans to replace chief political correspondent John Sergeant, who is joining ITN to replace Michael Brunson who retires as political editor on
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OMNIVISION NOW TRADING
Chris Morris who recently resigned from Sky News has set up a new indie, Omnivision, with former BSkyB colleague Steve Rowsell.Omnivision plans to produce programmes for terrestrial and satellite TV and
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BACKERS FOR ARTS CHANNEL
Guardian Media Group looks set to join BSkyB as a shareholder in Artsworld, the dedicated arts channel being launched by Jeremy Isaacs, according to reports this week. Under the terms of
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ITV TO OFFER E-FOOTBALL
ITV is set to launch a dedicated football website and has put out a tender to internet companies for the contract. ITV-football.co.uk will feature general football content as well as special
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BBC news head to create more jobs
Incoming BBC News head of newsgathering Adrian Van Klaveren plans to create around 10 new specialist posts within the department and has decided against replacing himself.BBC News announced last week that
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Two Indie gongs for Celador
Celador Productions and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? scooped two of the top awards at the 8th annual Indie Awards on Wednesday night (9 March), while Wall to Wall Television
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Oneword appoints its first programme head
New digital radio channel Oneword has appointed former BBC drama editor of readings Paul Kent as its first head of programmes, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Kent, 39, will oversee all commissioning and scheduling
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New Pearson TV chief executive Richard Eyre said this week that the company has 'greater potential for growth from traditional outlets' than from the internet. His comments followed a comment from
New Pearson TV chief executive Richard Eyre said this week that the company has 'greater potential for growth from traditional outlets' than from the internet. His comments followed a comment from
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NewsITV1 boosts daytime with two Endemol gameshows
ITV1 has made major moves to strengthen its afternoon line-up with two big money Endemol gameshows hosted by Jasper Carrott and Nicky Campbell.
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Barb ups London and Midlands panels
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) is to boost its panel size in London and the Midlands next year, writes David Wood.Barb research director Tony Wearn told Broadcast that the expansion,
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TWEENIES TO PERFORM IN NATIONWIDE POP CONCERTS
The producer of The Tweenies (right), Tell-Tale Productions, is planning to launch a series of interactive pop concerts based on the show, which will take place in venues across the country
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CRAMER SIGNS NEW CNN INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT
CNN International president Chris Cramer has signed a new multi-year contract to stay at the 24-hour news channel. Cramer's previous contract was up for renewal this year. He joined CNN from
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