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Cut-price BBC budget.
BBC director general Greg Dyke has this week confirmed programming budgets for the year 2002/2003 which contradict proposed budget figures announced by the corporation just last month. In an address to BBC
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BBC Radio boosts indie productions.
BBC Radio networks look set to exceed their 10 per cent voluntary targets for indie productions in the next financial year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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New Eurosport owner undergoes rights review.
The core rights contracts that underpin Eurosport are being renegotiated between the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the channel's new ultimate owner, French broadcaster TF1, writes Lucy Rouse.
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BBC 3 and 4 'on par' with 2.
Budgets for BBC 3 and 4 original commissions will be on a par with those for BBC 2, digital channels controller Roly Keating has pledged, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Comedy zone returns.
BBC 2 is relaunching its former Friday night Comedy Zone on Mondays, writes Georgina Lipscomb. Rebranded Comedy Night and trailed by a virtual Anne Robinson, the dedicated comedy slot will kick
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NewsShed hires ex-Endemol exec
Shed Media has hired Endemol executive Lee Mason to head up its development slate, it has confirmed.
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Tivo system to be reprogrammed.
The designer of Tivo, the bespoke video recorder system currently being launched in the UK, is having to reprogramme the service to respond to an increase in last-minute scheduling changes by the BBC and ITV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Simons to leave UBE after Granada takeover.
Richard Simons, development director, new media production at United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) is leaving the company after Granada's takeover of his department, writes Colin Robertson.
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Baz battles to win back indie status.
Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette is stepping up his lobby to gain back indie status for his company, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Hewitt for DCMS?
E-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt is tipped to succeed media secretary Chris Smith if a post-election reshuffle sees him moved. Another name in the frame for the post is schools minister Estelle
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BBC digital launch.
The BBC is to launch its interactive services over digital satellite from the summer, making the corporation's interactive Wimbledon and Open Golf Championships available to digital satellite viewers for the first
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Digi cost too high.
Broadcasting minister Janet Anderson has called on digital radio makers to bring down their prices in an effort to stimulate the market. Speaking at a reception organised by the Commercial Radio
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New rose category.
A new competition category for entertainment and the internet will be launched at the 41st Golden Rose festival, which runs from 26 April to 1 May in Montreux, Switzerland this year.
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Digital Czar lobby.
On Digital chief executive Stuart Prebble this week urged the government to appoint a senior civil servant as a 'digital czar' to give impetus to the switchover from analogue to digital
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Endemol arms plan mega psycho show.
Endemol Entertainment UK has banded together with eight of its European partners in an unprecedented move to produce a pan-European big-money psychological gameshow pilot, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC and NTL in sports venture.
The BBC is expected to announce as early as next week that it is to launch a pay-per-view sports channel in partnership with commercial operator Premium TV. Broadcast has learnt that Premium
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BBC enforcer roles created.
The controllers of BBC 1 and BBC 2 have created two new channel enforcer roles to ensure greater consistency from development stage through to programme output and presentation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Kirch set for world cup bids.
German media company Kirch Group is to press ahead with plans to auction rights to the 2002 World Cup this week, after apparently agreeing to terms which state matches must be made available free-to-air, write Simon Ellery and John Lewis.
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Ratings - Cold Climate failed to blaze a ratings trail.
BBC 1'S latest period drama, Love in a Cold Climate, met expectations but failed to turn up the heat, writes Jon Rogers.
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FM licence attracts 16.
Sixteen applications have been received by the Radio Authority for the new regional FM licence for south and west Yorkshire. Companies in the running include: The Arrow, backed by Chrysalis Radio;