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ITV Unions takes anti-cuts stance
Newly established pan-union body ITV Unions has agreed to oppose cuts in programme budgets and any future compulsory redundancies from ITV companies, writes Simon Ellery.At its first meeting this week, the
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CHOWNS MAY QUIT ITV
ITV2 commercial director Andrew Chowns is believed to be poised to leave the network. Chowns' position has been in question since the ITV reshuffle in June when his responsibilities were taken
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LIVING TO GAIN BOSS
Planet 24 controller of entertainment Richard Woolfe is to join Flextech in the newly created position of Living TV channel controller. He will oversee all acquisitions and commissioning while exploring and
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C4 BOSS SAYS NO TO RACE
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam this week ruled himself out of the race to become C4's next chief executive. 'Due to personal reasons, unrelated to work, he feels it
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ITV SPORT GAINS RUGBY
ITV Sport Channel has struck a two-year deal to share UK coverage of pan-European rugby tournament The Heineken Cup with the BBC. ISN and Granada Sport will produce the coverage, which
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BBC FULFILS INDIE QUOTA
The BBC met its statutory target to commission at least 25 per cent of its programmes from independents, according to the latest Office of Fair Trading report on the issue. The
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BROADCAST FEEDBACK
Broadcast wants your feedback. Every issue of Broadcast this week carries a questionnaire as an insert. We're asking for your opinions on which areas of the magazine are most useful to
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NewsBBC moves to sell-off BBC Resources
The BBC has hired a project director to prepare the sell-off of BBC Resources, in the face of opposition from staff.
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KILROY GAMESHOW PLAN
Endemol Entertainment UK arm Initial has been commissioned by ITV to produce new primetime psychological gameshow Shafted. Presented by Robert Kilroy-Silk, the show features 10 contestants who second guess questions and
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NHU'S HI-TECH PILOT
The BBC is piloting a state-of-the-art asset management system at its Natural History Unit in Bristol. Project Mercury is intended to be a fully networked system allowing desktop access to all
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CABLE TAKE-UP SLUMPS
Statistics from the ITC show that the uptake of cable TV has slowed. Year-on-year take-up for the first quarter of this year increased by 8.8 per cent compared with 10.1 per
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Zenith to boost factual output
Zenith Entertainment is to plough an extra£500,000 into new programming and plans to drive forward its factual output.The figure was agreed by the Zenith Entertainment board at a meeting this
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Shed gives Bad Girls new jail
Shed Productions revealed a new set for ITV drama series Bad Girls last Thursday (13 September), writes Steve Aston.The exterior set - the largest in the UK for a drama other
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Tivo drops price to undercut Sky
Personalised Video recorder (PVR) maker Tivo has cut the price of its stand-alone device by£100 to£299 following disappointing take-up in the UK, writes David Wood.The move makes the device
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Sky to launch Dolby service
BskyB is the first UK broadcaster to commit to transmitting programmes with Dolby Digital surround sound, it was revealed at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam last week, writes Barbara Marshall.From
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Zenith calls for ITV Digital sale
Leading media agency Zenith has slammed ITV's autumn programme strategy and called for ITV Digital to be 'sold or dismantled'.The barbed comments come in the agency's quarterly round-up of programming, Zenith
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C4 names head of sport
Channel 4 has promoted David Kerr to be its first head of sport in a bid to boost the genre as C4 deputy director of programmes Karen Brown leaves the broadcaster,
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BSkyB wins cable path TV licence
BskyB has been awarded a non-exclusive local delivery licence by the Independent Television Commission, paving the way for the broadcaster to pipe television through BT and cable networks, writes Simon Ellery.The
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NewsOn location: The steeplechase
Series producer/director Carlo Massarella and his crew had to say a few prayers and be spot on with their filming to capture the journey of a church to its neighbouring parish.
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BROOKSIDE PRODUCER MOVES TO THE BILL
Thames TV has appointed Brookside producer Paul Marquess as new executive producer of ITV drama The Bill (left), replacing Richard Handford. It was announced last month that Handford would be leaving