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Playing the loyalty card
Marketed as a way to reward loyalty, the newly launched Skycard also opens up huge commercial opportunities, not only for Sky but for other channels that can use the second slot effectively, as James Curtis reports.
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How to fight apathy
Faced with public apathy and media cynicism over the election, commercial radio is hoping to introduce a human angle with a phone-in to the party leaders, says Mark Flanagan.
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The indie outlaws
We've all heard the horror stories but in order to address the problem of poor pay and conditions in TV we need details.
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C4 combines fitness with surgery in makeover show
Channel 4 is combining fitness regimes, pioneering technology and surgical procedures in an eight-part makeover series which aims to change people both inside and out..
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BBC2 marks Beslan siege one year on
The BBC is to make a documentary on the Beslan school siege, to be screened on the first anniversary of the tragedy in September.
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At It makes doc for Five factual strand
At It Productions has kick-started its expansion into factual television with a documentary for Five's Extraordinary Peopledocumentary strand.
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ITV1's new weekday afternoon shows have managed a slender rise on the previous year.
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BBC hires WOCC exec
The BBC has appointed an executive to head its review into the Window of Creative Competition. Bal Samra is to take over as head of the content supply review immediately, following the departure of Charles Constable to Five last month. The job will involve running the inquiry into the WOCC, ...
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North One move
North One Television has appointed Robert Chandler as head of development for its regional production base in Birmingham. Chandler, who has previously worked as a writer, director and producer for various indies including Hotbed Media and Tiger Aspect, will be charged with expanding the range of productions beyond current programmes, ...
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Jetix games on NTL
Kids broadcaster Jetix Europe has launched its interactive games service, Jetix i, on the NTL digital interactive TV network. The games, which are based on characters and content from the Jetix programme library, such as Sonic Xand Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, can ...
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Spooks wins prize
Spooks Interactive has won its second iTV accolade at the third International iTV Awards in Cannes last week. The red button game, which lets viewers take part in spying missions using their remotes, beat competition from the rest of Europe as well as the US, South Africa and Australia to ...
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Biased and proud of it
The Today programme can't afford to be impartial, argues Kevin Marsh - it has to be outrageously biased against dishonesty and obfuscation, and in favour of open debate
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Egg-throwing quiz livens up Five Live coverage
THREE MPs are to line up for a political version of quickfire sports quiz show ...
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Election is viewer turn-off
The broadcasters' special programmes dedicated to following the forthcoming general election kicked off this week but so far are still to ignite the interest of the viewers.
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Sex Traffic leads C4 Bafta triumph
Channel 4 had a good night at the Bafta Television Awards this week, scooping a total of nine awards, with human slavery drama Sex Trafficwinning in the best actress and best serial drama categories.
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Yahoo! UK chief to head Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio-owner SMG has poached Fru Hazlitt, the managing director of Yahoo! UK and Ireland, to be its new chief executive of radio.
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Producer defends BBC village reality series
The producer behind The Week the Women Wenthas defended the BBC programme's public service credentials after it came under fire from an indie producer who lives in one of the villages first considered for the show.
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Rapido founder joins visual Voodoo
ITN-owned Visual Voodoo, the producer behind Channel 4's X Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Banand ITV1's Dumb Britain, has appointed Rapido co-founder Mark Ford as head of development. Ford joins the company after 13 years at Rapido and will report ...
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Radio Times signs video plus EPG deal
Radio Timeshas teamed up with the company behind Video Plus to supply information for its electronic programme guide (EPG). Gemstar TV Guide International will now get all its programme information from Radio Times, which will also sell advertising space on Gemstar's EPG, called Guide Plus.