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Hewitt set to join Cabinet
Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce within the next 24 hours that e-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt will be the new media secretary if a Labour government is returned to
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ON THE BOX - Sitting on silver lining
Action Time's head of international and new business Caroline Beaton enjoys serious reality but balks at the nature of Greed.
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'Bob' creator in Universal deal
Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman has struck a two-year TV and film first-look deal with the British division of Universal Pictures, Vision Video Limited (VVL).On the back of the agreement,
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SKILLSET BOARD MOVES
Carlton channels chief executive Clive Jones, Channel 5 finance director Grant Murray and Emap 21 - the training division of Emap Radio - managing director Lynne Wood have all joined the
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DERRY JOINS ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS BOARD
Entertainment Rights has named Link Licensing managing director Claire Derry as executive director to the main board. Derry, whose role at Link was scrapped after Entertainment Rights bought the company earlier
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OFF THE RECORD - Big Bro boss too much for staff
Imagine our surprise when during our weekend quest for nudity on E4's live Big Brother the contestants started discussing the show's head honchos Conrad Green and Ruth Wrigley. Apparently, being in
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PRODUCER WARR TAKES BFM EXECUTIVE POST
Steve Warr, producer of ITV's Police Camera Action series, has joined Bristol-based indie BFM as executive producer. Warr (left), who has worked on popular factual programmes such as the BBC's X
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Leader - A risk to the BBC's good name
Anyone faced with the prospect of spending a whole day at home and wanting to listen to the radio knows that the BBC is good value for money.As far as broadcast
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BBC/ITV to go virtual for election night coverage
BBC and ITV are both turning to virtual reality to enhance their election coverage this week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC plans Saturday offensive
The BBC has issued a desperate clarion call to producers in a bid to assemble an arsenal of programming for Saturday nights to fend off ITV's forthcoming football-focused autumn schedule.On top
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BBC DENIES RUMOURS
A BBC spokesman has denied growing speculation that controller Andy Parfitt is understood to be leaving his post at BBC Radio 1. According to radio industry sources, Parfitt, who has held
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BBC tries PVR on MediaTV
The BBC has paired up with German personal video recorder (PVR) provider AXTechnology to develop a trial BBC-branded environment on the German company's MediaTV platform, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC Resources to make kids JV
BBC MediaArc, the design and animation arm of BBC Resources, has signed its first ever co-production deal, with a multi-million pound 39-part animation trilogy for CBBC.Friends and Heroes will be co-produced
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BBC IDENT SHORTLIST
The BBC has shortlisted five external design agencies to vie with its own in-house design department, BBC Creative Services, for the task of rebranding children's service CBBC. KamaRama, Razorfish, Deepend, Duffy
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BBC UPS NEPAL NEWS
The BBC World Service Nepali section has increased its hours of news programming following the massacre of the Nepalese royal family last weekend. The section, which normally broadcasts 45 minutes a
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BBC gets right to show Derby
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is expected to give the BBC permission to screen exclusive coverage of the Derby this weekend, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ELLIOTT BAFTA TALK
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott will speak at a Bafta event next Wednesday (13 June). He will talk to Shed productions' Brian Park about the struggle for success and quality
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OFF THE RECORD - Home and Away ban
Looks like the powers that be at ITV are still a little sore, to say the least, with Channel 5 for poaching Ozzie soap Home and Away. The cast has been
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FO awards The Lab major order
LWT digital production unit The Lab has won a major contract from the Foreign Office (FO) to produce a 36-part series on Britain.Under the terms of the three-year deal - believed
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ORANGE SMOKE AWARD
High-end facility Smoke & Mirrors has won the British Design and Art Direction (D&AD) award for special effects, writes Jon Rogers. The company, which has already bagged six other awards this