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    WOMAN CHAIR WINS OBE

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Independent Media Support (IMS) executive chairwoman Sylvia Sheridan was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in the Queen's birthdayn honours list. Sheridan, who founded subtitling specialist IMS in 1989, is

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    LAMBIE NAIRN TO REBRAND CBBC'S OUTPUT

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Design consultant Lambie Nairn has been appointed by the BBC to rebrand its children's output. The company, which has a long history of revamping BBC channels and services, is currently working

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    CBBC wants first tenders

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's children's department CBBC is to open up its commissioning process to competitive tenders for the first time as it searches to find a follow-up to its pre-school hits Teletubbies

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    DANDO CASE ROLLS ON

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The jury was still out on the murder trial of the late BBC presenter Jill Dando as Broadcast went to press. The judge of the trial, Mr Justice Gage, delivered his

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    NUMAN TO SHARE CAR OBSESSION WITH GSB

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has commissioned GTV Manchester to produce 8 x 30-minute series on Gary Numan's obsession with motor cars. GSB head of production Lesley Johnson commissioned the series, which

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    Capital poaches Chrysalis chief

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio has poached rival Chrysalis Radio's online content director, Kevin Palmer, to help spearhead its drive into digital, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Human Capital hands Wyatt chairman role

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has been appointed chairman of media strategy company Human Capital, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    MELLOR FACES CAMERA

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Writer Kay Mellor is to step in front of the camera for one-off ITV comedy drama A Good Thief, writes Steve Aston.

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    WISE BUDDAH WINS RADIO PRIZES IN NEW YORK

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Wise Buddah has been awarded two awards at the New York Radio Festival Programming and Promotion awards. The indie won a culture and arts gold world medal award for

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    DA VINCI'S MACHINES TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Carlton has announced the first eight factual programmes to come out of its $20m (£14.3m) programming deal with US broadcaster PBS. The raft includes The Big Dig, which focuses on archaeological

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    CREATIVE - News in brief

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Tsunami Films is behind a series of nine idents for Sci-Fi, the cable and satellite digital channel. The idents can be played together to form a narrative or as standalone pieces.

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    WESTCOUNTRY TO BLEND SPORT AND COOKING

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Westcountry has commissioned Devon-based indie Smith & Watson Productions to create a new series that blends cookery and extreme beach sports. The 6 x 30-minute series, Adrenalin Kitchen, is based

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    Govt fast-tracks Ofcom bill

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt are set to surprise MPs by publishing the short bill to establish Ofcom next month, writes David Rose.

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    ITV issues tender doc to bidders

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The battle for ITV's£200m news contract kicked off last week as bidders ITN and Channel 3 News took receipt of the much anticipated tender document, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Bectu wins fight over holiday pay

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Rules Barring broadcast staff on short-term contracts from paid holiday are to be scrapped following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, write Simon Ellery and Leigh Holmwood.

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    TX - Stars rally for Beckett

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The ridiculously stellar list of names involved in Channel 4 and RTE's filming of all 19 of Samuel Beckett's plays - and the fact that the project happened at all -

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    Granada misses a beat or two

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Concern over whether the communications bill with new or tweaked media ownership rules will be delayed is, indeed, hysterical. The industry hasn't even stopped to thank the electorate for returning a

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    TRENCH WARFARE IS BBC'S NEXT REALITY TV IDEA

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is to recreate the trenches of World War I as part of an ambitious new reality show. The Trench, due to screen this autumn on BBC 2, will feature

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    BBC bolsters news teams for expansion

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC News is to create 50 new posts as it expands its services across the BBC networks and creates specialist teams to produce news summaries, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC REPORT LIMITED

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The findings of the delayed BBC Worldwide review - to be announced in a fortnight's time - will not be published in full. The review's recommendations will be publicised, although insiders