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NEW CHAIRMAN FOR BBFC.
Former Teddington Studios chairman Ewart Needham has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). Needham, who during 40 years in the television industry also
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Unions call for BBC to clarify cuts.
The National Union of Journalists has called on the BBC to end the uncertainty over potential compulsory redundancies in its factual and learning department as the corporation once again delayed its decision, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Glitches hamper global BBC site.
The launch of the BBC's website for non-UK residents is suffering severe delays because of a number of unanticipated technical challenges, the corporation has admitted, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC DEFENDS PROJECT.
The BBC's proposed digital national curriculum, will make a 'significant difference to the experience of education', despite heavy criticism, according to BBC co-director of factual and learning Michael Stevenson. Speaking at
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BBC gives England interactive channel.
The BBC IS to provide England football fans with their own dedicated interactive television channel this summer as part of its commitment to the World Cup finals.The channel, developed by BBCi,
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REAL RADIO BEATS BBC.
Guardian Media Group Radio head John Myers claimed this week that the company's new Scottish commercial station Real Radio had already pulled in more listeners than BBC Radio Scotland. Real Radio,
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BALL FILLS IN AT CAPITAL.
Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball is returning to the airwaves with a seven-week stint on Capital Radio-owned London station XFM. Ball will fill in for Ricky Gervais and Stephen
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ROOT BACKS SECOND SERIES OF MANCHILD.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second, longer series of 40-something comedy drama Manchild. The 8 x 30-minute series, to be produced in-house by Peter Thornton and executive produced
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Hot-House TV - Telly's test tube babies.
The growth of a new breed of 'ideas labs', designed to hot house new TV hits, shows that broadcasters are desperate for new ideas. Is the in-house approach working?
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AVID OPENS UP ITS KIT.
In a bid to further open its technology to third parties, Avid has launched a new partner programme on the back of its MetaSync technology that allows third parties access to
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BBC asks for ideas for politics format.
The BBC hopes to have a series of pilot shows ready for its new politics format for under 45-year-olds - the key plank of its politics review - by the summer, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Panasonic ties up with Apple.
Panasonic this week unveiled details of 25 new products as well as announcing it is collaborating with Apple on two technologies for the professional video industry, writes Barbara Marshall from NAB in Las Vegas
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News Analysis - The going is slow.
The Office of Fair Trading's decision to give BSkyB extra time to defend itself against charges of anti-competitive behaviour looks like indecisiveness, though some suspect the OFT may be deliberately avoiding a row with Sky
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Ratings Analysis - BBC struggles to win youth vote.
Recent research shows the BBC is losing the battle to attract younger viewers to its slate of political programmes. Can it reverse the trend?
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Free To Air - A sad loss to the nation.
The inevitable passing of a much-loved figure in British public life has once again put the spotlight on how our broadcasters conduct themselves. Yes, the coverage of ITV Digital's collapse and
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Leader - Can the BBC aim to please us all?
A week on from the furore over the BBC's attitude to the death of the Queen Mother, bigger issues surrounding the future of public service broadcasting continue to be debated.Just as
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NEW PHOTO AGENCY OFFERS BBC NATURE PICS.
The BBC's natural history unit picture library and its BBC Wild website have been incorporated into a new photo agency. The Nature Picture Library, which has taken over the representation of
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Discreet adds asset server to FX family.
Discreet has used NAB this week to unveil a new non-linear digital production environment that, the Montreal-based company claims, is not a replacement for Flame or Inferno but is another complementary product, writes Will Strauss
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AARDMAN AND NICK TIE UP.
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a storyboard competition giving six animators the opportunity to have an idea turned into a short film which will broadcast on Nickelodeon UK, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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C5 TO AIR MAGIC SHOW.
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Andrew Newman has commissioned Objective Productions to produce an eight-part magic series, billed as a cross between Channel 4's Trigger Happy TV and Jackass. The 8