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    BBC kids' production split

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's replacement for axed Saturday morning kids show Live & Kicking will be produced in both Scotland and London, although the look of the programme will stay the same, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC wins rugby role

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has beaten off competition from three unnamed independent production companies to produce S4C's rugby coverage for the next two years. The contract, which comes into effect immediately, covers live

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    CRCA ops director leaves for BBC new media

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Commercial Radio Companies Association operations director Rachell Fox has quit the organisation to join BBC new media. The radio body has appointed Alison Winter as research and communications manager. Winter was

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    Fashion returns to BBC

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is to venture back into fashion television with a new series featuring 'real people and their wardrobes', three years after flagship strand The Clothes Show was axed, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC Radio digital move

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio and Music is to implement a digital play-out system from the German company VCS to handle both programme production and transmission on a number of its radio channels. The

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    Bazalgette to give RTS memorial lecture

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette has been confirmed as the speaker for this year's Royal Television Society Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture. The lecture, entitled 'Big Brother and Beyond', will

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    Older viewers turn away from multichannel

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Viewers over the age of 65 - the heaviest consumers of television - are watching less multichannel TV than they were five years ago, writes Katy Elliott.

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    Avid's VP Davies quits post early

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology international vice-president Peter Davies has resigned from the US technology firm just months before he was due to officially retire.Davies, who has spent the past nine years at Avid,

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    Autodesk results

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Autodesk's revenue for 2000 was up by more than $50m (£35m) on the previous year and not down as was erroneously stated in Broadcast last week.

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    Mercury buys ITV series with aussie firm

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Australian wildlife independent Storyteller Productions and fledgling London-based producer/distributor Mercury Media this week signed their first sales deal with ITV for the daytime series Animal Allies. The 13 x 30-minute series

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    ITV orders modern fairytale animation

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has ordered two children's specials from animated studios Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment. The King's Beard is a 75-minute modern fairytale based on an original

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    News analysis - Boxed into a corner

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Not for the first time BSkyB's business affairs are being scrutinised by regulators - the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commssion are both currrently poring over facts and figures. So, will the watchdogs bite?

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    Aldis becomes Refinery and moots change

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Soho animation facility Aldis Animation has changed its name to Refinery, writes Will Strauss.

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    Back to floor for Airey

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey and BBC director of drama, entertainment and children's Alan Yentob are set to relive their industry salad days as part of a 'back to the

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    Bazalgette rails against the might of BBC Online

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    One of the BBC's key programme suppliers is refusing to submit proposals to the corporation if they have a major new media element attached, despite calls for all pitches to carry 'thought through' interactive elements, writes Katy Elliott.

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    EC warns against exclusive UEFA Rights

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has warned that Uefa's sale of Champions' League football rights on an exclusive basis to European broadcasters could be incompatible with EC competition law. In a letter sent

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    DTI to add powers

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Trade and Industry has unveiled proposals to strengthen the powers and independence of competition authorities, including the Office of Fair Trading. As part of the new white paper

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    Trade talk - NTL's action man

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Rod Henwood, NTL's new director of television, has to build subscriber numbers against BSkyB, one of the toughest operators in the business.

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    Isaacs to lead webchat about world at war

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 founding chief executive and producer of The World at War Jeremy Isaacs is to take part in a History Channel webchat to discuss the making of the classic war

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    Joe 90 back on screen

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Legendary children's puppet character Joe 90 has been spruced up for a unique BBC 2 trailer to promote the forthcoming I Love the 1990s series. The 30-second promo will feature a