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  • News

    Zig Zag in Granada/Boots channel coup

    2000-12-14T15:47:00Z

    Zig Zag has been commissioned by the soon-to-launch Granada/ Boots health channel to produce more than 1,000 minutes of content across a wide range of genres.Channel Baby is a 300-minute

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    Brighter to make boy-racer tribute

    2000-12-14T15:48:00Z

    Flextech's Bravo commissions factual entertainment magazine series

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    Einstein Channel to blast off in January on Sky

    2000-12-14T15:52:00Z

    Digital science broadcaster Einstein Channel has set 25 January for its UK launch date on Sky Digital, writes David Wood.The channel, which is spending£1.5 million on its UK roll

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    Legal action threatened in live radio row

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) is threatening legal action against the Radio Authority as it steps up its argument with the regulator over the issue of automation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    End of an era

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC Birmingham is quitting its premises at Pebble Mill after 29 years to relocate to the modern city centre premises of The Mailbox, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    White Paper Special - Ofcom named as watchdog

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    As expected, the white paper outlined the details of a new single regulatory body for the communications industry, with two divisions, to deal with economic and content issues, writes Penny Hughes.

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    White Paper Special - Paper fails to address all indie issues

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The 25 PER CENT independent production quota will not be scrapped but the white paper left unanswered a number of questions crucial to the indie sector, writes Ashley Davies.

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    White Paper Special - Commercial radio up in arms as ownership points system stays

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The commercial radio sector is frustrated that the white paper does not recommend an end to the ownership points system, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    White Paper Special - Communications White Paper - main points

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    REGULATION- Ofcom established, combining the ITC, BSC, Radio Authority, Radiocommunications Agency, Oftel and possibly the British Board of Film Classification; to be governed by a small board of execs and non-execs

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    White Paper Special - Another review for C4 remit

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has been saved from privatisation as predicted, but will have its remit reviewed for the second time in as many years, writes Ashley Davies.

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    White Paper Special - Anxiety over C5's PSB objectives

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 joint-owner RTL Group has expressed concern about the white paper's review of C5's public service obligations, writes Penny Hughes.

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    White Paper Special - ITN and Sky in limbo over news

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    A lack of clarity on the rules over ITV's nominated news provider in the white paper has left both ITN and Sky News in limbo over the ITV news contract, write Lucy Rouse and Simon Ellery.

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    White Paper Special - Editor's comment

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The white paper's biggest single measure - the creation of Ofcom in place of the broadcast industry's existing four regulators - has been a Labour plan since before the party was

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    White Paper Special - MPs welcome Smith proposals

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    MPs have reacted favourably to the communications white paper although their questions in the Commons on Tuesday (12 December) revealed anxiety over the strength of regional TV and the BBC.Shadow media

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    White Paper Special - Government mulls spectrum pricing

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The Government aims to value broadcasting spectrum for the first time, in a move that could see a change in the way broadcasters pay for the privilege of using the space, writes Katy Elliott.

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    White Paper Special - Governors retain current remit

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The BBC claimed it had been left unscathed by the white paper, with the current role and remit of the BBC governors to remain unchanged despite speculation that their powers would be limited, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    White Paper Special - Ad agencies can own TV channels

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Advertising agencies could soon supply their own advertiser-funded programming via their own TV channels following the white paper's lifting of a ban on them owning broadcasting licences, writes Colin Robertson.

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    ITV pushing ahead with Sky Digital

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    ITV executives are planning to launch the first stages of ITV's family of digital channels on Sky Digital by the end of next year, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Granada Media to merge sports

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media has stepped up its plans to dominate the UK commercial television content market by unveiling its own dedicated sports department.The company is rebranding its recently acquired United Sport division

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    London CNN fears cuts

    2000-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Fears are growing that CNN's 150-strong London editorial and programming department could be cut as part of the 24-hour news channel's global review, writes Simon Ellery.