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Davies sets arts hours.
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has revealed that the BBC will set a benchmark for arts programming of 230 hours a year on BBC 1 and BBC 2, following a governors' review.
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Capital radio probe.
The Radio Authority is carrying out a public interest test on Capital Radio's application for the east Midlands licence with its format Capital Disney. The radio group already owns Century 106
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ITC adds strategists.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has made two appointments to its strategy, economics and finance (SEF) group. BSkyB business development manager Jim Egan joined this week as head of strategy and
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Digital TV design call.
The Consumer Association has launched a new award scheme to encourage design students to create a new concept to make it easier for consumers to use digital TV equipment. Backed by
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Sky remakes US show.
Sky One has commissioned a UK version of NBC format Fear Factor. The broadcaster, which already transmits the US show, has ordered Endemol UK Productions to produce a 13 x 60-minute
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4 Learning seeks #3-4m.
Channel 4's loss-making educational department, 4 Learning, has launched a hunt for a commercial partner to sponsor all of its output. 4 Learning has appointed specialist sponsorship agency EPR to find
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Chair role for Cicada.
Cicada Films managing director Frances Berrigan is to chair the nomination panel for the Wildscreen 2002 Panda Awards. Previews will be held in June in Bristol with finalists announced in early
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Community media move.
A new MPs all-party media group met for the first time on Tuesday (12 March) to promote community media ahead of new proposals expected to be outlined in the forthcoming draft
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This morning rapped.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has upheld a complaint against ITV's This Morning after actress and model Caprice Bourret used an offensive term on the daytime show in January. Although only
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Bragg honoured.
LWT controller of arts Melvyn Bragg has been presented with a special award by the Prix Italia to mark his con-tribution to quality program-ming through more than 25 series of The
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Jowell keynote speech.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has agreed to give a keynote speech for the second year running at the Radio Festival, which this year will be held from 1 to 3 July
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NTL moves to prop up sports business.
NTL chief executive Barclay Knapp has moved to allay fears that its sports production subsidiary, Premium TV (PTV), was under threat, by filling a senior management vacuum.PTV joint managing director Jonathan
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Ideal World's Barker hunts for talent.
Ideal World is embarking on a drive for new talent after poaching Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker to become its first head of factual, writes Penny Hughes.
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Graham Norton goes up against Pop Idol at Montreux.
Channel 4's So Graham Norton will battle it out against ITV's Pop Idol for the variety accolade at the Golden Rose Festival in Montreux, Switzerland next month, writes Penny Hughes.
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Trust help for freelancers.
The Rory Peck Trust is stepping up its bid to establish a dedicated insurance scheme for freelancers and is conducting a worldwide survey to discover how many freelancers there are, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC wins rights to twin towers film.
The BBC has won a bidding war for the UK rights to a documentary filmed within the World Trade Centre as the hijacked planes struck on 11 September. The 120-minute film
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Henson in talks to bring new muppets to UK.
Jim Henson Television is in talks with UK broadcasters to sell the rights to its brand new Muppets series, following a deal announced last week to produce the programme for Fox
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Horsham indie to look at west country life.
Horsham-based indie Stewart MacKay Associates has produced a 6 x 30-minute factual series for HTV West featuring Heartbeat actor Derek Fowlds. The countryside series Fowlds in the Landscape explores how people
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Paramount comedy runs female marathon.
Paramount Comedy Channel is fielding votes for a Top 20 Funny Girls Marathon weekend in a bid to exploit stunt programming and interactivity. The weekend centres on the channel's support for
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Elephant moves from kids to factual.
Elephant Productions, co-producer of Grisly Tales for Gruesome Kids, is moving into factual by producing three new documentaries without a broadcast commission. The first looks at the life of artist and