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    HEGGESSEY BAFTA TALK

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is giving the Bafta annual lecture next Wednesday (12 September). Almost a year into her job, Heggessey is expected to underline her personal views on what

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    Watson fights back

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 commissioning executive Maxine Watson has commissioned a 50-minute special on former super middleweight boxer Michael Watson, writes Jon Rogers. Fighting Back: the Michael Watson Story charts Watson's battle for

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    On the Box - We're back, sweetie

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Producer of Katya and the Nutcracker, Jon Cary found Jennifer Saunders fairly fabulous and was captivated by the killers.

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    RADIO AUTHORITY CONSIDERS TWG LICENCE

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority has received one application for the Bradford and Huddersfield digital multiplex licence from TWG Digital. The Wireless Group-owned outfit has proposed to launch seven commercial stations in addition

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    RTS Cambridge Preview - Ask the minister

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    In the wake of media secretary Tessa Jowell's no-show in Edinburgh and in anticipation of her keynote speech at next week's Royal Television Society Cambridge convention, Broadcast asked leading industry figures what questions they would like to put to th

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    ARTIST AWARD ENTRIES

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Quantel is inviting entries for the second Quantel artist of the year award, run in conjunction with Promax & BDA. There is a series of regional competitions over the next 10

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    TV 'talks' to viewers via home appliances

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasters and advertisers will soon be able to interact with viewers using inanimate objects in the home, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    News Analysis - Taking the plunge

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Respected indies such as Wall To Wall, maker of The 1940s House (above), used to shun the multichannel sector, with its bargain basement reputation. Now they are keen to sell at the cheap end but keep quality high.

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    PROFILE ANALYSIS - TV's top viewers and their camps

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    A formula has been devised to measure how well a TV programme's audience profile compares with the audience profile of the channel on which it is shown. It's time to meet the 'conformers' and the 'deviants'. Adrian Edwards reports.

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    HIGHFIELD TEAM ALL SET

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC director of new media Ashley Highfield has finally filled the vacancy of head of design and navigation to complete the line-up of his team. Highfield admitted the role - taken

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    BBC AIRS VIA EMAP

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has agreed terms of carriage with Emap Performance to broadcast its local radio services on Emap's seven digital radio multiplexes in the north of England. The capacity had been

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    Free to air - Kids and football don't mix

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    David Liddiment does not have children. Because I am a well-informed member of the media community, I know this for a fact. But even if I wasn't, I could easily guess

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    INTERVIEW - A time for Action

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    As Action Time's well-known chiefs Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane prepare to leave, managing director Phil Trelease is stepping out of their shadow to front the indie.

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    HIT REJIGS ACCOUNTS

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Bob the Builder owner Hit Entertainment has changed its accounting practices weeks after the TV sector was criticised for poor procedures. The company, which also owns Barney the Dinosaur, has abandoned

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    NoW channel cuts will affect 80 jobs

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Internet and TV venture Network of the World (NoW) is axing two of its channels in a move that will affect up to 80 staff, writes Simon Ellery.

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    C5 boss warns suppliers

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo has kicked off his schedule overhaul by telling existing suppliers to reinvigorate their shows or face having them axed, write Georgina Lipscomb and Leigh

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    Mentorn to unveil MI5 documentary

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured a raft of new orders from the BBC and Channel 4, including a documentary about controversial former MI5 head Dame Stella Rimmington, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    VON TRIER FILMS FOR C4

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to work for the first time with the author of the Dogme 95 manifesto, Danish film director Lars von Trier, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Mykura joins C4 as Kirby quits history

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has poached Blakeway Associates head of programming Hamish Mykura to become commissioning editor, history, following Tim Kirby's decision to leave the channel to return to directing, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Ratings - East is East injects ratings promise into C4

    2001-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The terrestrial premiere on Channel 4 of the film East is East trounced its rivals this week, writes Jon Rogers.£