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BROADCAST OUT EARLY
Broadcast will publish a day early next week to allow for the Easter bank holiday. It will be available from Wednesday 19 April.
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COLLIS TAKES SONY DIRECTOR OF BROADCAST BUSINESS JOB
Sony Broadcast & Professional Europe has promoted Ian Collis to director of broadcast business, responsible for Sony's Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Collis has worked at Sony for 18 years
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ILLSLEY SET TO BOW OUT
Telewest chief executive Tony Illsley has decided not to stay on as number two to Flextech chief executive Adam Singer, who will head the operation formed out of the merger of
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Panasonic boosts HD
Panasonic is seeking to boost the take-up of its high-definition TV formats with other manufacturers by introducing easily integrated mini board codec modules and standalone codec packages for its D5-HD and
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OFF THE RECORD - Blooming cheek
And so to last week's Race in the Media Awards (Rima), where Greg Dyke took a break from handing out P45s to BBC PRs, marketeers and strategists to admit that minorities
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JIM HENSON TV POACHES LITTLE PONDS' BLAKE
The Jim Henson Company has hired Little Pond chief Juliet Blake as Jim Henson TV senior vice-president, creative affairs. Blake was a Pearson TV senior vice-president, programming until she moved to
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CARLTON INTERNATIONAL SIGNS BIG JAPAN DEAL AT MIP-TV
Carlton International Media signed a number of programme deals at Mip-TV this week, including its biggest Japanese deal to date, a $3 million (£1.9 million) broadcast, video and merchandising rights package
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PEARSON BIDS FOR TALKBACK
Pearson TV chief executive Richard Eyre confirmed this week that the company is in talks with TalkBack Productions about a possible acquisition.A number of other companies are thought to be bidding
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BORDER BIDDING GOES ON
The bidding war for Border TV continued this week, with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) increasing its offer for Border to£141million, up from its original bid of£116 million. The increased
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DYKE VOWS TO UP BBC'S ETHNIC MINORITY STAFF LEVELS
BBC director general Greg Dyke has pledged to increase the targets for staff from ethnic minority backgrounds at the BBC from 8 to 10 per cent by 2003. Speaking at the
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BBC RIGHTS AND LEARNING CHANNEL IN GAMBLING DEAL
The BBC Rights Agency has brokered a deal with The Learning Channel to produce the third in a trilogy of documentary series from BBC news and current affairs. The new 3
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BBC radio news names new deputy
BBC News head of radio news Steve Mitchell has completed his review of the new division, with the only major change being the arrival of a new deputy World Service editor,
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BBC RESOURCES STAFF
The BBC is considering transferring a number of its BBC Resources property management staff as it seeks a private partner to oversee its 750,000 square metre portfolio. The corporation is planning
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Brown and Neame move up at BBC drama
BBC head of drama serials Jane Tranter has promoted two in-house staffers to key posts in her department, writes Tim Dams.Script editor Sarah Brown moves up to become head of development,
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Richards to launch BBC Wales review
In her first public speech since taking over as controller of BBC Wales in February, Menna Richards has revealed that she is planning a review of BBC Wales' structure, which is
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CNN nabs BBC Brewer
CNN Interactive has poached David Brewer, managing editor of the BBC's award-winning BBC News Online, to spearhead the broadcaster's push in online news, as revealed in Broadcast (7.4.00), writes David Wood.Brewer,
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Mosaic and BBC part of Euro project
Mosaic Films has joined forces with the BBC and a number of European broadcasters to produce a major 20 x 26-minute documentary series on Europe, writes Colin Robertson.Eutopia! brings together Mosaic
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Steve Barnett
On where the creative and financial power will rest after the management petals unfurl at the BBC.
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BBC RESOURCES TO TAKE ON RUSHES FOR BAND OF BROTHERS
BBC Resources has won the rushes work for new HBO 11-hour mini-series Band of Brothers, a story based on Stephen Ambrose's non-fiction best seller about a Second World War army unit.
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Industry backs ethnic plan
The broadcasting industry has backed the creation of a new multicultural talent database to combat the lack of ethnic minorities in television, writes Colin Roberston.The project forms part of a number