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    Porter takes up the reins at BBC Breakfast

    2001-02-13T11:53:00Z

    BBC News 24 senior editor steps in to fill top role at new-look BBC Breakfast

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    BBC Five Live extends Formula One deal

    2001-02-12T15:19:00Z

    Commentator Jonathan Legard retains pole position as BBC's voice of Formula One

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    Mill goes solo as Pinewood wraps Shepperton deal

    2001-02-12T12:54:00Z

    Facilties group pulls-off£24 million management buyout as Grade finalises studios merger

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    Culture secretary pours doubt on universal broadband access by 2005

    2001-02-12T11:28:00Z

    Smith blames sluggish regulatory proceedure but insists analogue swith-off this decade is 'absolutely feasible'

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    Smith orders probe into BBC commercialism

    2001-02-12T11:15:00Z

    Watchdog appointed as BBC Online and BBC News 24 come under particular scrutiny

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    Culture secretary pour doubt on universal broadband access by 2005

    2001-02-12T11:12:00Z

    Smith blames sluggish regulatory proceedure but insists analogue swith-off this decade is 'absolutely feasible'

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    Produxion.com announcement

    2001-02-09T17:46:00Z

    Due to circumstances beyond our control, the site will be unavailable from 0800 Saturday 10 February to 0800 Sunday 11 February. Produxion.com apologises for any inconvenience caused.

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    Soft News Syndicate boosts team

    2001-02-09T17:19:00Z

    Former TWI sales director joins online content provider

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    MXR consortium lands west midlands digital radio licence

    2001-02-09T15:18:00Z

    Nine stations and data service planned for summer launch

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    Carlton Active produces ITV's first interactive ad

    2001-02-09T11:39:00Z

    ITV is to screen it's first interactive advert next month on digital terrestrial and On Digital - featuring fmcg brands Olivio and Coleman's sauces, both made by food giant Unilever, writes David Wood

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    Robinson set for US gold

    2001-02-09T11:03:00Z

    Weakest Link presenter will be first British woman to front a prime-time US show

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    Bob confirms Barney deal

    2001-02-09T09:33:00Z

    Bob the Builder producer HIT Entertainment to acquire Barney the Dinosaur rights holder - US Lyrick Corp - in£190 million deal

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    Shipwrecked to run for third series.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's reality show Shipwrecked, is to return for a third series. RDF Television has begun pre-production and it is hoped filming will begin in the spring. An appeal for young

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    Rogue signs Warwick.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Rogue Films has signed award-winning director Ben Warwick. Best known for his culinary programmes, including Nigella Bites and Monty Don's Fork to Fork, Warwick has recently completed commercials for the Bird's

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    Tivo system to be reprogrammed.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    The designer of Tivo, the bespoke video recorder system currently being launched in the UK, is having to reprogramme the service to respond to an increase in last-minute scheduling changes by the BBC and ITV, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Truman-style reality on TV?

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Nutshell, the indie formed by former Ginger TV staffers Will MacDonald and David Grainger, is working on a constructed reality pilot, borrowing elements of The Truman Show, and plans to bring film director Guy Ritchie on board, writes Ashley Davies.

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    Red prepares for Red-i.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Soho creative facility Red has added two new members of staff in readiness for the launch of its e-media arm Red-i. Zak Ezzati joins as senior Mac designer and will head

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    Optomen signs up Thompson in production.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Optomen Television has signed up LWT's head of production, arts and features Richard Thomson as its new head of production. He replaces Claire Anderson, who is leaving London for the West

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    Online TV music site launches.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Former Virgin Music Group executive Maria Forte has launched an online audio service that allows television, commercial and film producers to download broadcast-quality soundtrack music from the internet. Intended to fill the

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    New kit at Tele-Cine.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Post-production facility Tele-Cine has added a Virage video logger to its encoding and compression department to provide indexing for encoded video clips used for streaming on the internet. Video logger processes