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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes.
Go flubbalub at the remarkable similarities between BBC TV tsar Mark Thompson and the recently resuscitated Bill and Ben. To avoid confusion, we'd like to point out that Bill and Ben
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Christmas Day audience peak neared 30 million.
Christmas Day ratings battles hinge on how you look at the figures - in this case, using the 19.00 to 22.30 primetime period, ITV edged ahead with 41.5 per cent to
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TAYLOR TO HEAD METRO.
Broadcast equipment and service provider Metro Group has appointed a new managing director, Nicholas Taylor, to succeed company founder and chief executive David Pacy. Taylor joins the WPP-owned firm from communications
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IMAGES UPS COLLARD.
Soho Images deputy managing director Paul Collard has been promoted to replace managing director Gary Napier who left in August (Broadcast, 11.8.00). Collard joined the Liberty Livewire subsidiary in 1993 as
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4MC PROMOTES TEAM.
Another Liberty company, 4MC, has promoted five staff and plans further recruitment in the coming months. Danny Martin has been promoted to operations manager of the main duplication facility in Golden
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FACILITY MOVES.
BBC Resources has poached digital effects editor Adrian Woodward from 422 Bristol and 3D animator Henry Lutman from Ricochet 4. Both join new design arm BBC MediaArc (Broadcast, 1.12.00) and will
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FutureBrand buys English & Pockett.
Media brand agency English & Pockett has been bought by FutureBrand as part of the global consultancy's push into the media and entertainment sector.Neither party would disclose the sum paid but
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Wragg joins Autocue prior to NAB newsroom relaunch.
Autocue has boosted its management team and plans a relaunch of its newsroom technology business at NAB 2001, writes Nick Radlo.
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3sixtymedia gets go-ahead.
BBC Resources and Granada Media joint-venture 3sixtymedia has been given the go-ahead by media secretary Chris Smith, following the Department of Trade & Industry's decision not to refer the proposal to
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E4 BREAKOUT.
The Moving Picture Company has completed the first four in a series of 10 channel idents for Channel 4's new channel E4. Inspired by E4 creative director Brett Foraker, the 3D
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Graham Norton's BBC2 chat show returned for another run last night at 9pm with 1.7m viewers (7.6%), on par with last year.
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Ofter brings forward local loop unbundling
Telecoms regulator says BT musy start opening network for competitive DSL services 'by Easter'
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Oftel brings forward local loop unbundling
Telecoms regulator says BT musy start opening network for competitive DSL services 'by Easter'
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Sexy Beast
Peter Keighron talks to The Computer Film Company's vfx supervisor Mark Nelmes about the effects on ad director Jonathan Glazer's debut feature Sexy Beast
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Sky One claims early ground in battle with E4
Channel 4 claims E4 launched 'with a bang' but unofficial overnights give new entertainment channel a 3.3% share
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My Great Escape
Director Lee Chambers, founder of Born Puddle films, explains how filming strangers having sex on the London Underground for a pop video nearly saw him caught with his pants down.The
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Portfolio: Deep Space One
In Hollywood Sci-Fi movies such as Lost in Spaceand Armageddon, the galaxy can appear a very cold, lifeless and clinical world. Real life is different, says Skaramoosh online editor and
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Craft Classic
Christopher Lewis, executive producer of BBC's long running Antiques Roadshow explains how the show has grown from a rip off of Going for a Song to a national institution.
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Golden Oldies
Christopher Lewis, executive producer of BBC's long running Antiques Roadshow explains how the show has grown from a rip off of Going for a Song to a national institution.
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Elstein hits back at departure speculation
Former C5 chief executive denies allegations that 'erotic drama' and low cost imports linked to his departure