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BECTU SUSPENDS BALLOT
Bectu has suspended a ballot of members of the former BBC education department, subject to consultation at a meeting with its members held on 1 November, as Broadcast went to press.
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UNIQUE IN COMEDY VENTURE
Unique Group has teamed up with comedy club operator Jongleurs to set up a London Comedy Festival, and has kicked off conversations with TV and radio broadcasters about transmitting it. The
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GWR MEETS RADIO LIMIT
The Radio Authority has agreed that GWR is now within its statutory 15 per cent ownership points limit. GWR, which went over its limit after buying the Daily Mail & General
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BBC STAFF MOVE APPROVED
As predicted by Broadcast, the BBC board of governors has approved plans for BBC News to move from Television Centre back to central London on a site behind Broadcasting House (11.8.00).
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£750M OFFERED FOR RACING
The Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure consortium, Go Racing, has offered the Racehorse Association more than£750m over 10 years for broadcast rights. The proposal includes a daily nine hours
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UKTV RENAMES PLAY UK
BBC and Flextech joint-venture broadcaster UKTV is being renamed Play UK as part of a rebrand designed to differentiate it from sister channels such as UK Gold and UK Drama. A
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SPECIAL REPORT: RTS AUTUMN CONFERENCE - Debate highlights PSB funding issue
The future of public service broadcasting should not be dominated by the BBC, but greater competition for public service funds could undermine the size and scale of Britain's public sector broadcasters,
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Three-way deals 'the future'
Broadcasters and independent producers will work together on 'ventures' rather than commissions, using e-commerce to help fund programmes, according to BSkyB head of content and creative affairs James Baker, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC needs year to judge News move
The BBC will wait a year before judging its new BBC 1 evening news bulletin a success or failure, according to BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Orange in indie talks
Orange chief executive Hans Snook has confirmed Orange is in talks with independents as part of its drive to launch new services through handheld devices, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4 will stand firm in rights row
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has maintained the broadcaster will stick to its guns in the ongoing battle between indies and broadcasters over rights, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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CUNNINGHAM BECOMES BBC SCOTLAND HEAD OF RADIO
BBC Scotland has restructured its radio division with the appointment of head of features Maggie Cunningham to the newly created role of head of radio. Along with overseeing regional and network
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TWO FOUR NAMES HIBBARD AS HEAD OF LIVE TELEVISION
Plymouth-based indie Two Four Productions has appointed Jeremy Hibbard (left) to the new position of head of live television.Formerly head of development, Hibbard is credited with the outfit's live coverage of
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MEDIA MINISTER ANNOUNCES HIKE IN TV LICENCE FEE
Department for Culture, Media & Sport minister Janet Anderson has announced that the TV licence fee will increase by£5 to£109 from 1 April next year. The black and white
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JAZZ FM PROGRAMME DIRECTOR BAISH JOINS BOARD
Jazz FM programme director John Baish has been appointed to the board of Jazz FM by the company's chief executive Richard Wheatly. Baish joined Jazz FM in 1996 and has been
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TIGER ASPECT BUYS STAKE IN THEATRICAL OPERATION
Tiger Aspect Productions has taken a 40 per cent stake in theatrical production and management company Gwenael Allan Productions with a view to developing projects across television, film, live performance and
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CORRECTIONS
Ginger Television is the producer of Channel 4 chatshow The Priory, not Planet 24, as stated in last week's Broadcast. Carlton Communications' total advertising share is 46.2 per cent, including Scottish
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Airey to move into Elstein's post at C5
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has stepped up to replace chief executive David Elstein as he announced a sudden departure from the broadcaster last week.Airey, 39, has taken on
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UK gears up for US election
News broadcasters are gearing up to provide near blanket coverage of next week's US general election, writes Colin Robertson.
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Natkiel's indie to make DoH Asian drama
Former BBC head of network production in Birmingham Rod Natkiel has won£250,000 to make the first drama series funded by the Department of Health, writes Tara Conlan.