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BSC'S EMPTY SEAT
Lady Howe stepped down from her position as chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) on Wednesday (31 March), without a successor appointed to replace her.The Department of Culture & Media
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MAN UTD RULING DUE
Manchester United finance director David Gill said on Monday (29 March) that he expected a government ruling on the proposed takeover of the club by BSkyB on or around 13 April.
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TURNER LAING PROMOTED
Sophie Turner Laing has been promoted to controller, programme acquisitions at BBC Broadcast, replacing Alan Howden who is retiring from the position at the end of August. Howden is stepping down
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BBC WINS BEST DOC AWARD
The BBC has won the Grierson Award for best British documentary for the second successive year - the sixth time overall. The winning show, Inside Story: Tongue Tied from BBC documentaries
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PHILIPS CUTS PRODUCTION
Dutch electronics group Philips has denied press reports that it is taking a break from manufacturing On Digital set-top boxes due to sluggish sales. Philips spokesman Peter Stevens said it was
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Carlton TV suffers from network's indie policy
Carlton Television appears to be the ITV company suffering most from the Network Centre's wooing of independent producers, judging by newly released Independent Television Commission figures, writes Nicola Methven.The number of
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ITC raps ITV for risking documentary tradition
The Independent Television Commission has been impressed with ITV's 'determination to refresh and revitalise' its schedules in 1998, but said shortcomings in factual, current affairs, comedy and the arts needed to
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C4's new shows attract ITC praise
The ITC praised Channel 4 for making some 'promising developments' in 1998 after it was criticised the previous year for a lack of innovation and landmark programming.In its 1998 Annual Performance
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1998 review: ITC verdict on network players
ANGLIAPerformed strongly in 1998, taking a fresh look at its news and showing several well-made new series. Last year's concerns over regional entertainment had been addressed but arts output was too
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ITC RAPS CARLTON/GRANADA
The Independent Television Commission has issued a formal warning to Carlton Communications and Granada Media for what it described as unreasonable discrimination against BSkyB's digital satellite advertising campaign. The warning concerned
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BBC BOOSTS NEW WRITING
BBC drama has asked seven writers new to TV to submit a treatment on the theme of sisters, one of which will be commissioned and made into a 30-minute film for
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C4 BUYS SHORT FILM
Channel 4 has acquired short film Whoosh, the directorial debut of actor Daniel Hill (Casualty, Waiting for God), for its main channel and FilmFour. It tells the story of a woman
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LEY MADE POLITICAL EDITOR
Shaun Ley, currently presenter of BBC South East's regional parliamentary programme, Around Westminster, has been appointed BBC political editor for London and the south-east with immediate effect. Ley will lead political
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TALK LAUNCHES ON THE NET
Talk Radio parent TalkCo is to launch the first stand-alone sports radio station on the internet. The new station, to be called T@lk-Sport, will broadcast 16 hours a day, seven days
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CNN first with live pics as networks struggle
CNN was the only western news broadcaster to get live TV pictures of the first Nato air strikes out of Kosovo last Wednesday (24 March).The rolling news network's Beirut bureau chief,
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Carlton picked up for The Vice
Carlton Television has been given a formal warning from the Independent Television Commission for showing scenes deemed to be unsuitable for broadcast at 21.00 in three episodes of ITV drama The
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BBC thrives at awards ceremony
Some of ITN's founding fathers, including former editors Nigel Ryan and David Nicholas, joined Trevor McDonald and chief executive Stuart Purvis to collect a special prize for News at Ten at
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Keith Rogerson of Man-Made was commissioned by Nickleodeon to write and direct a new series of Fruit-tella sponsorship stings. DoP Nick Tebbet used 16mm colour film shot at varying speeds to
Keith Rogerson of Man-Made was commissioned by Nickleodeon to write and direct a new series of Fruit-tella sponsorship stings. DoP Nick Tebbet used 16mm colour film shot at varying speeds to
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Trouble's in-house graphics department has created a new series of stings for the cable and satellite channel. Designed and directed by Tobin Goffe and produced by Martin Gear, the idents feature
Trouble's in-house graphics department has created a new series of stings for the cable and satellite channel. Designed and directed by Tobin Goffe and produced by Martin Gear, the idents feature
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Lambie-Nairn has created new idents for cable and satellite channel UK Gold. Designed and directed by Jason Keeley, the idents were commissioned by the channel's head of programming, Kathryn Mitchell.
Lambie-Nairn has created new idents for cable and satellite channel UK Gold. Designed and directed by Jason Keeley, the idents were commissioned by the channel's head of programming, Kathryn Mitchell. Produced