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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Niche viewers slip through the net.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Even though Barb has at last got its new improved panel up and running, it is still not clear just how many people are watching low rating niche channels. Are we being asked to take too much on trust?

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    Radio mics could be hit by analogue switch-off.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is pressing the government to consider the impact of analogue switch-off on the use of radio microphones, writes Barbara Marshall.At a seminar held on Wednesday

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    FREE TO AIR - End is nigh for ITV Digital.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV Digital is the televisual Queen Mother. We all know it is going to go, we just can't quite pin a date on the unhappy event. Staff at Granada and Carlton

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    DYKE SPEAKS AT AD LUNCH.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke is to give the keynote speech at the Advertising Association's annual lunch on 20 May. The address, at the Savoy Hotel in London, will follow the

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    TERRESTRIAL TV STRATEGIES - Getting in on the digital act.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Terrestrial TV's audience share has been gradually eroded by more than a decade of growth in multichannel alternatives. Ed Shelton reports on the terrestrials' latest attempts to face up to the threat.

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    Pilot access stations on air.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The first three stations in the Radio Authority's access radio pilot scheme have begun broadcasting, with another 12 due to go on air later this year, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C5's Newman boosts indies with first slate.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of entertainment Andrew Newman is championing new indies with his first raft of commissions for the broadcaster since his arrival last year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C5 SHAREHOLDER LOSS.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 shareholder United Business Media, which owns 35 per cent of the channel, posted a loss of #568m in its end-of-year results. Revenue fell from #1.05bn to #930.5m.

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    TELETEXT POISED TO WIN CHANNEL 5 CONTRACT.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Teletext is planning to expand its availability beyond ITV, Channel 4 and its portfolio of branded digital services by providing a text service for Channel 5. It has emerged as the

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    PROFITS PLUMMET AT CHANNEL 5 OWNER RTL.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 owner RTL Group saw its core earnings plunge 35 per cent last year, giving it an overall loss of #1.52bn. Considerable asset write-downs and the continuing advertising slump meant

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    422 BOOSTS ANIMATION.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    422 has taken on Gary Noden who is heading north from London's Eye Animation to become senior 3D animator at 422's Manchester site. Noden's credits include idents for Cartoon Network, Fox

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    BBC and C4 'should lose free spectrum'.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC and Channel 4 face having to pay 'tens of millions of pounds' to continue broadcasting, as part of a government drive to improve the efficiency of UK digital and

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    Thompson: C4 new broom.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    New Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has kicked off a review of editorial output but has promised executives there will be no sweeping changes for at least two months.Thompson, who

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    S4C appeals for cash injection.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster S4C has made a desperate plea to the government for more money amid fears that without an injection of cash the service could be seriously damaged.S4C chief executive Huw

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    ITN TO HOLD C4 ARCHIVE.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITN has struck a deal with Channel 4 to take over management of the channel's archive clip sales business. The archive contains programmes produced for C4 and E4, as well as

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    Savage brings BBC 3 gravitas.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is backing up its commitment to produce more serious-minded programmes for BBC Choice by appointing a new head of current affairs for the digital youth channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Mip-TV 2003 moves to March.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The organiser of TV markets Mip-TV and Mipcom is moving the 2003 spring event forward to March, writes Steve Aston.

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    C4 PAYS #2M FOR STARKEY HANDCUFFS DEAL.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has agreed to pay historian David Starkey #2m for his golden handcuffs deal, making him the highest paid presenter on British television.The four-year deal, first revealed by Broadcast (15.2.02),

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    4MC IN #2.5M HD PUSH.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    4MC has just taken delivery of the Sony HD Cam and Panasonic HD D5 VTRs as part of a #2.5m investment in high-definition equipment across the Liberty Livewire group. In the

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    BBC political head moves to Blakeway

    2002-03-07T15:31:00Z

    Anne Tyerman joins London office as indie's new programme director