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TASTE GOES GLOBETROTTING TO WIN VIEWERS
Taste CFN has ordered four new series as part of its drive to widen its audience appeal into areas beyond food preparation. Channel director Chantal Rutherford Browne has ordered 8 x
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N&CA man gets nations and regions job
Channel 4 has ended its search for a replacement for commissioning editor for nations and regions Alan Hayling, appointing Julian Bellamy to the post, writes Penny Hughes.Bellamy, currently C4 deputy commissioning
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OFF THE RECORD - Food for thought
News of the BBC's unchecked profligacy continues to pour in to the Broadcast offices. The Ballad of Big Alan Yentob shocked even his high and mighty colleagues, including TV sultan Mark
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NET FM SIGNS UP MPS
Internet radio station Net FM, run by former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs, has signed up three MPs from the major political parties to give their own personal election diaries in
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YORKSHIRE TYNE TEES EXTENDS ROBINSON ROLE
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Productions has appointed Mark Robinson as executive producer in its features department. He will add the role to his existing duties as head of development for features at
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INTERVIEW - Emap's giant-killer?
To some, the strategy of spinning a string of successful magazine formats into competing music channels may seem like cannibalism, but Emap Performance's Shirley Renwick is determined to be the top performer by Christmas in a David and Goliath-style tussl
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Elstein slams public service TV
Former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein has hit out at the public service model for broadcasting, claiming the BBC and Channel 4's funding does not add to the diversity of
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ITN pushes election news onto website
ITN News Channel is hoping to snatch viewers jaded by blanket election coverage away from its competitors by adopting a 'business as usual' approach, writes Steve Aston.The 24-hour broadcaster has decided
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... AND SPECIAL ELECTION FORECAST
ITV is to run a special election weather segment fronted by Sian Lloyd after its early evening news. Three parliamentary constituencies from different parties will get their own special weather forecasts.
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Digital dilemmas
If BSkyB, fuelled by the fillip of making savings of£40m a year, cannot meet its own deadline to persuade its analogue viewers to switch to digital, what hope does the government have for the whole of the UK?
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Deaf viewers gain legal support for DTT subtitling
Digital Terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasters will be obliged to broadcast 80 per cent of all their programming with subtitles within 10 years under new legislation, writes Simon Ellery.
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SCRAP DCMS, SAYS GAVIN
The existing structure of the DCMS, DTI and DfEE should be replaced by a 'minister of ideas', according to BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin. Giving the RTS Fleming Lecture last
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Just TV goes into daytime
Just Productions is moving into lifestyle programming and has appointed Bazal executive producer Debbie Pollitt to spearhead the drive, writes Penny Hughes.A former head of Granada Breeze, Pollitt, who joined the
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SCIENCE DRAMA FUND CROSSES TO EUROPE
The Public Awareness of Science (Paws) drama fund is launching a major European operation this spring. EuroPaws will focus on the creation of new science-based TV drama with a European angle.
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CROOK JOINS DISCREET
Discreet has appointed Vincent Crook as UK territory manager, reporting to regional manager Patrick Jocelyn. Crook joins from Pixel Power where he spent seven years as area sales manager, responsible for
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DUNLOP GAINS CREATIVE
Bruce Dunlop & Associates has taken on creative Max Wright as senior producer/director, replacing Jens Hertzum who is emigrating to Australia. Wright was a director/writer at The Disney Channel working across
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Cosgrove Hall Digital fills creative role
Cosgrove Hall Digital (CHD) has appointed Ben Turner to the new role of creative director as part of its strategy to enter new markets, writes Barbara Marshall.Currently senior producer at Cosgrove
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COMPETITION AT LEAF
The London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf) is inviting entries for its eighth annual computer-generated animation and special effects competition. The deadline for entries is 21 September and entry forms are
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CITV TO BE RUN BY A KID
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace is to bring a young viewer into CITV to be controller for the day. The child's schedule will be shown on the channel
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CHRYSALIS MAKES LOSS
New media investments have hit the Chrysalis Group which returned a loss of£5.6m for the six months to 28 February, despite rising radio and TV profits. The new media division,