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Greenlight award goes to homelessness film
A documentary maker who was the first to be given access to a major centre for the homeless in London has been awarded a BBC Talent Greenlight award, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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CNN videophone wins award
The portable videophone system used by CNN to send live images of the aftermath of the events of 11 September took gold on Tuesday (27 November) at The Wall Street Journal
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AVID PULLS OUT OF IBC
Avid Technology will not exhibit at the 2002 International Broacasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. Instead, it will launch a series of customer events in major European cities throughout the year. Avid
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Attik pair set up on their own
Two former Attik creative directors are to form their own design practice, Dixonbaxi, writes Barbara Marshall.Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi will be based in London from January and plan to move
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BBC appoints first head of sponsorship
The BBC has appointed its first head of sponsorship in a bid to boost the amount of money it raises from its large-scale events, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Richard & Judy failed to weaken Anne's hold
Channel 4's much-anticipated Richard & Judy debut lost out to BBC 2's Weakest Link on Monday (26 November), writes Jon Rogers.
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ANCHOR QUITS TODAY
Sue MacGregor, presenter of the Radio 4 Today programme, is to leave at the end of February next year. She had been with the morning news programme for almost 18 years.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - The ratings iceberg
Although BBC has won industry attention for successful assaults on ITV's peaktime supremacy, it is its lead in daytime and graveyard slots which might help it pull ahead and become the overall share winner in 2001.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Soaps bubble up higher than ever
After a poor showing in 2000 when viewing figures dropped, ratings for soaps are up this year, lifted by an extra EastEnders episode, the launches of Crossroads and Night and Day and the return of Home and Away.
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SOUTHERN STAR AND ALBA TO EXPLAIN THE WAR
Southern Star and history specialist Alba Communications have unveiled their first project following an output deal signed at last month's Mipcom.The two are to make 12 x 60-minute factual series Visions
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LIVING TV TO AIR TINY LIVING FOR CHILDREN
Flextech women's channel Living TV has unveiled a new series called Tiny and Crew for its pre-school stand Tiny Living. The 40 x 15-minute series, which is based around a character
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DAME JUDI DENCH BAFTA HONOUR TO AIR ON BBC
The BBC is to screen a Bafta tribute honouring the long career of the queen of stage and screen, Dame Judi Dench, which will also be shown on BBC 1. Dench,
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FREE TO AIR - Daytime is out of joint
Nature, as William Shakespeare noted, has turned against itself.Horses are biting each other; there is a wild and gnarly wind; night has become day and vice versa.Richard and Judy at 5pm,
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MP appeals against Meridian cut
A Labour MP in the Meridian ITV region has lodged a complaint with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after it emerged that Meridian owner Granada may axe one of the region's three newsrooms, writes Steve Aston.
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OFF THE RECORD - Indie bares all about BBC pitching
Would you believe it? Another exclusive. A prominent indie has leaked info to OTR that reveals the baffling and disheartening procedure that the BBC goes through when not commissioning your programmes.
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C5 HIRES TOP MTV MAN
Channel 5 has poached MTV Networks, UK and Ireland marketing vice-president David Pullan to become the channel's new director of marketing and communications.Pullan replaces Jim Hytner and starts in the new
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RADIO 5 TO CELEBRATE ALI'S 60TH BIRTHDAY
Radio 5 Live commissioning editor for sport Moz Dee has ordered an hour-long documentary on former boxer Muhammed Ali from TWI to mark the former heavyweight champion's 60th birthday next year.
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Granada to cut 430 jobs as ad sales fall
Granada is to axe a further 430 jobs from its workforce as the media recession continues to strangle its advertising income.The cuts will take the number of jobs lost since the
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Cash bonanza for C4 indies
Channel 4 has announced plans to shore up its commitment to the regions with a series of cash handouts to indies.The channel is to inject over£100,000 of programme development funding
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ANIMATORS WIN C4 GRANTS
Channel 4 and the Museum of the Moving Image have awarded four grants to young animators as part of their animator in residence scheme, writes Penny Hughes.