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Government plans own TV services
The government is planning to launch its own digital TV channels to help deliver key public services in fields such as health, employment and voting.The plans - revealed exclusively in Broadcast
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Jellikins secures second series on GMTV
GMTV children's and digital general manager Gillian Carr has recommissioned Winchester Television and Optical Image co-production Jellikins (right) for a second series. A 13 x 20-minute series of the weekly, animated
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Off The Record - Taking the gloves off
Out-going BBC big kahuna Will Wyatt was doubtless looking forward to his swansong speech to the Royal Television Society last week. Unfortunately for him, he had to follow a 'tribute' speech
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France sets precedent for Turner
The French government is to allow Turner Network Television to transmit a French version of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) broadcast from the UK, in a landmark ruling, writes Paul Michaud.
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Off The Record - And Finally
Catherine Houston, MD of 124 Facilities, would love to guzzle tea while watching soft furnishings on TV.
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Dyke's Euro TV plea
New BBC director general Greg Dyke warned this week that Europe runs the risk of being flooded with cheap US imports without the continued presence of strong public service broadcasters, writes John Plunkett.
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Smith gives view on Dyke
Media secretary Chris Smith made it clear this week that BBC director general Greg Dyke should resign his other work commitments and devote all his time to running the corporation. Smith
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Evans sets up DVD facility
Andy Evans, the pioneering former head of DVD authoring house Stream at TVI, is setting up a new DVD consultancy and production facility called The Pavement Studios, writes Joanna Scott.
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ITC drops sports rule
The Independent Television Commission has withdrawn a proposal to alter its sports and listed events code to occasionally allow ITV, Channel 4, BBC 1 and BBC 2 to show extended sports
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Overnight Ratings - Shipman and Sutcliffe dominate figures
Crime proved a popular theme over the last week with strong showings for the news and specials put together after the murder conviction of GP Harold Shipman, writes Paul Donovan.
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Soaps - The North-South divide
Coronation Street vs EastEnders has been a key ratings tussle in the UK's TV schedules for the past 15 years. As EastEnders celebrates its fifteenth birthday and Corrie turns 40, Meg Carter asks what it is that makes these stories run and run.
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Dispatches wires up street
Channel 4 current affairs strand Dispatches is to connect an entire Sunderland street to the web to gauge the internet's impact on residents' lives, writes Ashley Davies.
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Wyatt & Wyatt embark on sailing series for Discovery,
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has commissioned indie Wyatt & Wyatt to make a 7 x 30-minute series on the evolution and technology of sailing.Wind Driven will seek to 'demystify the serious
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Sky and On Digital in fee protest
BSkyB and On Digital have drafted a letter to send to digital subscribers dissociating themselves from the proposed digital licence fee and pledging they will only help collect it if forced to do so by law, writes John Plunkett.
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Intelsat tests show high degree of interoperability
Intelsat has published the results of its latest interoperability testing for digital video compression equipment in satellite use, including equipment that can operate in a plug-and-play environment using some specific parameters.
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Off The Record - Dirty dancing
The enoblement of Simon Shaps as Granada Media Productions' managing director already seems to have blown away the cobwebs at the company's normally sedate senior management meetings. In place of the
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New crewing service launches via email and mobiles
A new online database of crews has been launched, called ultimatefilm.com.The new service, targeted at production executives, is designed so that production managers can view a CV online and then contact
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Pearson puts Conley on ITV
Pearson Television has been signed up by ITV to make a post-watershed Saturday night chat show hosted by comedian Brian Conley, writes Tara Conlan.
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Equity forces ITV royalties climbdown
Two ITV companies have been forced to increase royalty payments to performers for cable and satellite broadcasts, following a challenge by Equity, writes Tara Conlan.
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Thane pulls out of race for ITC chief
Independent Television Commission director of programmes and cable Sarah Thane has ruled herself out of the running for the post of chief executive - which will become vacant later this year