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Smith warns BBC over limits to future growth
Media Secretary Chris Smith this week conceded that the BBC might have to scale down its ambitions to extend services, writes John Lewis.
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GARCIA BOOSTS BBC SPORT
The BBC has created the new position of sports scheduler, the latest in a series of moves to bolster its beseiged sports department. BBC daytime scheduler Javier Garcia takes up the
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Murphy named as BBC Choice chief
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has been chosen to take over as the new head of programming at BBC Choice.It is the latest step in a meteoric rise for Murphy.
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Beer and Bates to head LBC relaunch
ITN unveiled its relaunch details for LBC 1152 AM this week, including the arrival of Simon Bates, Julia Somerville and Alice Beer from BBC 1's Watchdog.As predicted in Broadcast last week,
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Barnes Trust shuts loss-making House
Barnes Trust Media has ended months of industry speculation by finally admitting defeat at subsidiary facility The House.Accountancy firm BDO Story Hayward was called into The House's Richmond Buildings site last
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Barb to mix methods for digital data
Barb is this week expected to announce controversial measurement plans for digital-only TV viewing that involve the use of different techniques for Sky Digital and On Digital, writes Tina Mistry.
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BAFTA CLASS TAYLOR-MADE
Discovery Communications Europe managing director Joyce Taylor is to present a Management Masterclass for Bafta. Taylor - whose TV career spans 20 years working for broadcasters including the BBC - is
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Judges line up for Broadcast awards
The judging panel for the fifth annual Broadcast Awards is close to being finalised. The confirmed judges for the awards are: Granada Productions joint managing director Andrea Wonfor; September Films managing director
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Aussie producers in public row
A public row broke out between representatives of Australian and UK-owned companies about what should qualify as domestic production at last week's AGM of the country's indie producers' trade body.Richard Becker,
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Touch at Frontline has revamped the on-air look for Performance - The Arts Channel. Designed by Gus Henry, the new look depicts a number of spotlights playing on a smoke-filled stage
Touch at Frontline has revamped the on-air look for Performance - The Arts Channel. Designed by Gus Henry, the new look depicts a number of spotlights playing on a smoke-filled stage.
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NVC ARTS TAKES OZ HISTORY TO MIPCOM
Specialist music and arts distributor NVC Arts will take new programming including Oxford Television Company documentary series Beyond The Fatal Shore (right) (6 x 60-minutes), a landmark BBC series about Australia
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Animation may get government help
Government support for the UK animation sector, including possible access to lottery funding, is one of the key recommendations from the panel investigating the television export deficit, according to industry sources.Ways
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Granada films Anchor Me for ITV
Location filming began this week on Granada Television's new ITV drama, Anchor Me, starring Iain Glenn and Annette Crosbie, writes Jason Deans.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Summertime blues
Summer 1999 was the first full season for ITV without the 'burden' of News at Ten in its schedules. Despite this, the network saw peaktime ratings falling faster than BBC 1's.
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ALLAN ON BOARD AT FIRST RSL BROADCASTER
Former Carlton Television director of programmes Andy Allan has joined the board of the country's first Restricted Service Licence (RSL) broadcaster, the Isle of Wight's TV12. Allan (right), who left Carlton
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Toons bag UK orders after Cordoba
Three of the 21 new UK ani-mation projects taken to last week's Cartoon Forum in Cordoba have secured commitments from domestic broadcasters, writes Tim Westcott.
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On Digital sets up advice arm to drive MDU take-up
On Digital has launched a new technical and advice arm, Homes On Digital, to speed the take-up of its digital terrestrial platform in so-called multiple dwelling units (MDUs), writes John Plunkett.
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Martin Lambie-Nairn's latest on-screen rebrand for BBC regional news could be his last as managing director of an independent company if a mooted buyout deal with advertising group WPP goes ahead
Martin Lambie-Nairn's latest on-screen rebrand for BBC regional news could be his last as managing director of an independent company if a mooted buyout deal with advertising group WPP goes ahead
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Ads on BBC would hit ITV claims Eyre
ITV chief executive Richard Eyre has reignited the debate over whether the BBC should carry advertising by claiming that such a move would be 'a recipe for an emasculated commercial television
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Indie producer Talent Television and its Scandinavian and Danish partners are talking to UK broadcasters about a gameshow that will give away a flight into space as its top prize, writes
Indie producer Talent Television and its Scandinavian and Danish partners are talking to UK broadcasters about a gameshow that will give away a flight into space as its top prize, writes