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ITV dominates National TV Awards with ten gongs
ITV walked off with the most gongs at the National TV Awards this week with Coronation Street snatching its third successive most popular serial award, writes Simon Ellery.
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CALL TO BOOST ETHNIC STAFF
Broadcasters across the industry launched a joint manifesto to improve the representation of people from ethnic communities in television on Thursday (12 October).The Cultural Diversity Network manifesto, supported by media secretary
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BBC/ITV WORLD CUP TALKS
The BBC and ITV attended a joint meeting on Thursday (12 October) with World Cup rights holder Prisma Sports, part-owned by Germany's Kirch Group.The meeting was organised to discuss timings, dates
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ASA THROWS OUT BBC CLAIM
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints lodged by the BBC against ITV advertisements that claimed: 'Nobody does news better.' The BBC said the ads made 'superiority claims that could
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C4 STRIKES DIGITAL DEAL
Channel 4 has signed a three-year distribution deal with NTL for its digital entertainment channel E4 to be included on NTL's digital service, as exclusively predicted in Broadcast (22.9.00).E4 will launch
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SPONSOR CODE CHANGES
The Independent Television Commission has altered its sponsorship code to allow advertisers to feature images of actual products and contact details on screen. The move is part of a more streamlined
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Jackson quits for Oz Granada Media
BBC controller of entertainment Paul Jackson has ended months of speculation and announced he is to leave the BBC to join Granada Media.Jackson, 52, will become managing director of Granada Media
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Barb sheds 'black art' image
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) should become less of a 'black art' and more of a support service to its customers once the new contracts come into effect, Barb chief executive Caroline McDevitt told industry members on Tuesday (10 Octobe
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Hewland and McAllister to team up
Hewland International is setting up a joint-venture drama outfit with freelance producer and director Cameron McAllister, writes Simon Ellery.
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Ideal sets up science/history arm
Indie Ideal World is setting up a science and history department and has picked up its first non-features commissions, writes Ashley Davies.
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Weakest Link format goes worldwide
BBC quiz show format The Weakest Link is to be produced by the corporation for a number of markets, including the US, writes Tara Conlan.
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19 GROUP HIRES CHAPMAN TO DEVELOP TV PROJECTS
The 19 Group of companies, run by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, has hired Brilliant! TV management specialist Nicki Chapman as head of strategic development of TV projects. At Brilliant!
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NEW CATEGORY ADDED TO BROADCAST AWARDS 2001
A new category has been added to the Broadcast Awards 2001 for the best entertainment show. The award will recognise the outstanding original entertainment programme or series (excluding comedy) broadcast on
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ON REQUEST HIT BY ENCRYPTION PROBLEMS
On Digital's premium film channel On Request was hit by technical problems last week which meant the service went down for three days. A spokesman said the outfit, which is jointly
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VIRGIN RADIO PROMOTES JACOB AND HIRES C5'S SWIFT
Virgin Radio has promoted its sales director Kathryn Jacob to the newly created role of commercial director. She has been replaced by Channel 5 account director Mark Swift who will work
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SOUL MEDIA JOINS MXR DIGITAL RADIO CONSORTIUM
MXR Digital Radio has added a new member to its consortium. Soul Media, the owner of Choice FM, is to join the consortium to help it bid for new regional digital
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SWITCH DIGITAL WINS CENTRAL SCOTLAND MULTIPLEX
Switchdigital (Scotland) has been awarded the local digital multiplex licence for the Central Scotland region. Switchdigital, the sole applicant, is proposing nine programme services including; Ministry of Sound, WSCO (provider Clear
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Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
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Wallace leaves CWC for Cable & Wireless
Graham Wallace, former chief executive of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has been appointed to lead Cable & Wireless plc, writes Helen Sage.He will be replaced in his current job at
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Fielder quits BBC to make HTV history
Mark Fielder, series producer of the BBC's Driving School, is turning his back on docu-soaps and defecting to HTV to make historical documentaries, writes Nicola Methven.Fielder, 40, leaves Bristol-based BBC features,