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BBC web deals to net talent
The BBC is poised to step up its attempts to hold onto top talent with an ambitious plan to offer a number of its key faces commercial deals with the corporation's own websites, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC plans seven-day breakfast news show
BBC News' new three-hour breakfast programme will be a seven-day-a-week operation when it launches this autumn, airing every morning on digital channel News 24, writes Tara Conlan.
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MATHIAS TO QUIT BBC WALES TO RETURN TO FRONT LINE
BBC Wales public affairs manager and former political editor Glyn Mathias is leaving to return to writing and broadcasting. He took up his current role last year and the announcement comes
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BBC GOVERNORS - Governors in the dock
While debate continues to rage over the future of broadcasting regulation, the role and effectiveness of the BBC's select group of governors is still under the spotlight. Mike Shallcross talks to some old hands.
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The occasional diary of a BBC director general
WEDNESDAYToday's my midweek lie-in, so you can imagine my dismay when the mobile goes off while I'm still in bed. It's my old mate Chrissy Bland. 'Murdoch's resigned,' he gasps. I
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BAZAL NAMES BIG BROTHER PRODUCTION TEAM FOR UK
Bazal, the production arm of GMG Endemol Entertainment, has announced the senior members of the production team for the UK version of Big Brother for Channel 4. Executive producer of the
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BARCLAY KNAPP TO GIVE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT GEITF
The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) has announced that NTL president and chief executive officer Barclay Knapp has been signed up to give this year's worldwide address. The address will
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Cintel to bar ITK telecine production
Cintel has applied for an injunction against Innovation TK (ITK) over its Millennium telecine and high definition (HD) upgrade, writes Barbara Marshall.The telecine manufacturer launched patent infringement proceedings at the High
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Bazalgette wins Bafta
GMG Endemol Entertainment creative director Peter Bazalgette is to be awarded the prestigious Bafta fellowship at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday (14 May), writes Tara Conlan.
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BIDE BACK AT CARLTON
Carlton controller of factual programming Polly Bide returned to work this week, following a 10-month absence due to bone marrow cancer. She returns to oversee a number of ITV and Channel
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B+ CORRECTION
Due to a printing error in the 5 May 2000 issue of B+, no standfirst was shown for My Great Escape on page seven. It should have read: Michael Wood, scriptwriter
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Carlton has signed writer Lucy Gannon to script one of the company's two submissions to ITV Network Centre for a Home and Away (left) replacement, writes Colin Robertson. Carlton controller of
Carlton has signed writer Lucy Gannon to script one of the company's two submissions to ITV Network Centre for a Home and Away (left) replacement, writes Colin Robertson. Carlton controller of
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Harman quits Telewest for Aussie job
Telewest/Flextech content chief Brent Harman is to leave just one month after the two outfits completed their merger to become chief executive of Australia's ITV equivalent in Sydney, writes Simon Ellery.The
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UNIQUE LAUNCHES POST-PRODUCTION AUDIO FACILITIES
Unique Facilities will this week launch Qtwo offering recording and post-prod-uction audio facilities on the Charing Cross Road, next to Capital Radio's premises, in London. Production and consultancy services will complement
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TWO WAY TV TEAMS UP WITH THE AUCTION CHANNEL
Two Way TV has struck a deal with the Auction Channel to co-develop interactive bidding services and games based on live UK auctions. The Auction Channel runs one auction per month
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ITC to study public attitudes
The Independent Television Commission is to launch a major consultation process on public service broadcasting in the digital age, writes Steve Clarke.
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OFF THE RECORD - Snap to attention
More Sky shenanigans were in evidence when we dispatched a law-abiding photographer to Isleworth to take a snap of the great Murdoch TV HQ. It wasn't long before an officious security
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THE BABY CHANNEL NEARS TELEWEST/SES ASTRA DEALS
The Baby Channel, a new service targeting mothers and new parents to be launched next spring, is poised to finalise carriage deals with Telewest for its basic digital cable package and
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CNNI LAUNCHES NEW NETWORK IN SOUTH ASIA
CNN International (CNNI) is to launch a fifth network in South Asia from 1 July via digital satellite and cable in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other South Asian countries. The new
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Organisers of the Montreux television festival have hit back at press reports earlier in the week suggesting that The Royle Family was disqualified from the competition, writes Ashley Davies. The show
Organisers of the Montreux television festival have hit back at press reports earlier in the week suggesting that The Royle Family was disqualified from the competition, writes Ashley Davies. The show