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Arise, Sir Jimmy.
The annual roll of new year's honours has again featured a clutch of names from the broadcasting industry, including veteran BBC Radio 2 DJ Jimmy Young, who was given a knighthood, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Archer bolts Granada stable for BBC Bristol.
The Exodus of former United Productions executives from Granada has continued with factual controller Tom Archer's decision to quit the broadcaster's Bristol operation to join the BBC.Archer will take up the
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APTN ups showbiz news.
News agency APTN is beefing up its entertainment news service in response to a growth in broadcasters' appetite for the genre, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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AOL TO BUY OUT BERTELSMANN TO CALM FEARS.
AOL Time Warner has lowered its 2002 profit forecasts and warned that the global advertising downturn could worsen in the first half of the year. The company said this week it
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NEW COLLINGWOOD O'HARE ANIMATION FOR ITV.
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned a 52 x 5-minute animated series from Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment. Yoko!Jakamoko! Toto!, which tells the story of a bird, an armadillo
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Sky's breakthrough.
After a 10-year absence, BSkyB has fought its way back into terrestrial TV with a contract to co-produce Channel 4's breakfast show plus a Channel 5 news commission. Is this the start of a new terrestrial era for Sky?
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Can Sky take ITV to new heights?
At last ITV 1 is available on the Sky Digital platform, but while digital distribution makes sound sense financially for Carlton and Granada, it has so far failed to provide a boost to viewing figures in Sky homes.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ALTERED IMAGES HIRING.
Reseller Altered Images has appointed Brian Cutts to the new role of technical director. Cutts joins from sports media marketing firm ISL which he joined in 1996 after 16 years at
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Allen poses hit format challenge.
Granada chairman Charles Allen has taken an aggressive stance over his company's failure to find a global format similar to Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, challenging Granada Content to find three hit formats by the end of the year, writes Steve Aston.
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DIRECTOR ALAN CLARKE HONOURED BY NFT.
The National Film Theatre is to mount a complete retrospective of the work of acclaimed television drama director Alan Clarke, who attracted controversy with his single plays such as Scum, The
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FREE TO AIR - The problem with images.
As the commercial sector of the industry adjusts itself to the all too familiar realities of the new year, praying that 2002 will bring that much-needed economic upturn, spare a thought
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Tandberg to shift HQ to UK site after rejig.
Norwegian Digital broadcast systems specialist Tandberg Television is to move its global headquarters to the UK with the loss of 60 jobs and has lost three senior executives ahead of anticipated
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MINISTERS APPOINTED TO OVERSEE ACTION PLAN.
Broadcasting minister Kim Howells and e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander will jointly chair a new steering board to oversee the implementation of the government's long-awaited action plan for digital television. They will
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GLOVER DIES IN ACCIDENT.
Former National Geographic Channel Europe managing director Jerry Glover has died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident while on holiday in Mexico over Christmas. Glover, 40, who launched
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C5 poaches Tigress exec for deputy role.
Tigress Productions director Justine Kershaw has quit the indie to join Channel 5 as deputy controller of factual, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 asks viewers to write sitcom.
Critics of television's often dismal sitcom output will be given the chance to shape a major Channel 4 comedy project, with the launch later this year of a new interactive scriptwriting initiative, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 revamps animation.
Channel 4 is overhauling the way it orders animation, dumping its dedicated animation department and devolving commissioning duties to genre heads, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 BEATS THE BLUES.
Channel 4 is distributing a free 68-page magazine featuring ways to overcome the winter blues in Saturday's Guardian newspaper and the Sunday Times this weekend. The Good Book, part of a
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C4 LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE FOOTBALL SHOW.
Channel 4 is to air an interactive documentary series set in a football club in which viewers get the chance to be a soccer manager. You're The Manager, featuring Stevenage Borough
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RICOCHET TO DELIVER FUTURE SEX FOR C4.
A subdivision of Ricochet Films specialising in digital TV programming has been commissioned to make a new six-part series on sex for Channel 4. Ricochet Digital will produce 6 x 30-minute