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IN MY VIEW - Ray Fitzwalter.
On how making under-fives' programming ad free could be good for commercial TV.
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Ex-BBC staffer urges reform.
COLIN SHAW, a former BBC secretary and director of the Broadcasting Standards Council, has added his weight to the call for reform of the BBC board of governors, suggesting governors should
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Just TV theme evenings for UK Horizons.
UK Horizons channel editor Liam Keelan has ordered a brace of hour-long programmes from Just TV to anchor two upcoming theme nights, writes Simon Ellery.
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GALAXY HEAD TO EMAP.
Former Galaxy Network group head of music Christian Smith has joined Emap Performance as Kiss 100 music co-ordinator. His appointment follows the promotion of Kiss programme director Andy Roberts to the
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INT ED FOR ITV NEWS.
ITN has appointed Bill Neely as international editor for ITV News. Neely's main responsibility will be to oversee the tone of the network's international stories.
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LNN FACTUALS STUDIES SEX AND DRUGS FOR LWT.
LNN Factuals has scored a raft of commissions for the London regions and the US. The 6 x 30-minute history series Sin City, will look at how vices such as sex
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SKY DOUBLES SCREENS.
Sky News Active is doubling the number of enhanced content screens on offer from four to eight as part of a wider move to improve its interactive offering. On top of
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OPINION - Dominating the digital domain.
The new BBC digital channels are about competition not public service and will reduce choice rather than expand it, argues John Hambley of digital channel Artsworld.
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DEVILISHLY STRANGE.
Molinare's drama dubbing team were responsible for building the supernatural audio atmosphere of Strange, a murder mystery with a devilish twist, produced by BBC entertainment with Big Bear films for BBC 1, writes Barbara Marshall.
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SIMPSONS DECISION.
As Broadcast went to press Channel 4 and Channel 5 were expected to learn who had secured terrestrial rights to US cartoon The Simpsons from 2006. Current rights holder BBC 2,
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Oneword wins US digital deal.
National digital radio channel Oneword is expected to pocket an extra #625,000 this year after signing a ground-breaking deal to become the first UK commercial audio service to be broadcast across the whole of the US, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NOTHING REAL DEAL.
US visual effects software firm Nothing Real has been bought by Apple. Details of the deal were unavailable as Broadcast went to press but in a statement Apple said it 'plans
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RORY PECK DATE SET.
The Rory Peck Trust has set the date for this year's Rory Peck Awards which celebrate the work of freelance camera operators in TV news and current affairs. The event will
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REAL RADIO LAUNCH DATE.
Guardian Media Group Radio has announced that its Yorkshire-based Real Radio station is to launch on 25 March. It will target 25 to 54-year-olds and feature music from the past four
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DANN TO LEAVE EMAP.
Emap Performance managing director of pop Trevor Dann is leaving the company to set up his own development and production company. Dann, former BBC head of music entertainment, joined Emap, the
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Daily Mail plans Metro FM radio.
Metro, the free weekday newspaper given away in cities such as London and Birmingham, could be handed a companion radio service under plans being explored by its owner the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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TX - The crest of a wave.
There can be few more challenging arenas for sports television producers than the open water. For producer/director Russ Malkin of Image Wizard Television, covering the World Wakeboarding Championships last year in
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Major Cotswolds facility opens.
Kevin Godley of 10cc fame is behind Cotswolds-based TV facility Blue Egg Studios which launches next week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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EVANS - CORRECTION.
In an interview with Virgin Radio programme director Paul Jackson (Broadcast, 1.2.02), we published comments by Jackson which were critical of Chris Evans' attendance record while a DJ on the Virgin
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CLOCKWORK HIRING.
Broadcast equipment and finance provider Clockwork Capital has appointed former BBC MediaArc interactive account manager Nick Looby as broadcast account manager. Before joining BBC Media-Arc, Looby was business development manager with