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Front row PPV to expand film service
Telewest Communications and NTL's pay-per-view movie service, Front Row, is almost doubling the number of films it shows each day to 20 as part of a wider repackaging of the channel.
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Somethin' Else gets two orders for Jazz Indie
Somethin' Else has won two commissions from new digital satellite channel Artsworld TV. A Kind of Blue (working title) is a 6 x 60-minute live jazz series to transmit from January
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Reality war hots up
Terrestrial broadcasters have put more money into the reality television pot, with Channel 4 and the BBC both commissioning new psycho gameshows.Documentary-maker Windfall Films is making Lost for C4 science editor
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BBC 1 unveils winter drama line-up
New BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has announced her channel's£158m winter schedule, with the bulk of her budget being spent on new drama, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Nick Jr bags 126-hour slate
Nickelodeon UK has bought 126 hours of programming for next year, including the UK premiere of new episodes of children's animation Bob the Builder, writes Simon Ellery.
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Philips sells to Thomson
Dutch electronics giant Philips is selling a majority stake in its professional broadcast group to France's Thomson Broadcast Systems, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC and Bectu both claim strike victory
Both sides claimed victory after last Saturday's 24-hour BBC strike as a spokeswoman said the action had 'no effect on the audience enjoyment of programmes', while Bectu claimed the action resulted
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BBC dominates technical innovation awards at RTS
The BBC swept the board at last week's RTS Technical Innovation Awards, earning a hat-trick for the first time, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BT broadcast head
BT has appointed Mark Smith to head its broadcast services division, replacing general managers Tony Fowler and Tony Rybacki who left last week. Smith moves across from being director of BT
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Chello/Excite deal off
Cable company UPC's plans for broadband internet in Europe have suffered a setback following the collapse of Chello's proposed joint-venture with AT&T-controlled Excite@Home. After five months of discussions over how to
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MS buys Chyron stake
Software giant Microsoft is paying around£6m to take a minority stake in US-based broadcast-to-streaming company Chyron. As part of the deal the two companies will work together to integrate Microsoft's
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Grass Valley on tour
Grass Valley hits the road this week with a tour bus equipped with its latest kit. As part of its Media Without Bounds initiative, the bus will visit customers and exhibitions
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In at the deep end
Grandstand will provide unusual shots of the British Winter National Swimming Championships this weekend (9-10 December) with the help of BBC Resources' latest camera - the swimmingcam.Developed by the special facilities
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Radio's new digital adventure
The white paper, like this year's MacTaggart lecture, is bound to disappoint when it finally does appear because it has been so heavily trailed in advance. But for this industry, the
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Free to air - Snaring a drama audience
As rival channel controllers begin to scrutinise their tallies in the autumn ratings contest - the most keenly fought since Michael Grade ran BBC 1 in the mid-1980s - one alarming
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Trade talk - Company man
Logical, rational ITV beast Paul Corley now has a non-executive role at Channel TV and will hopefully fatten the company up as he did Border.
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In my view - Simon Shaps
On how high quality television programmes will continue to rise above also-ran shows.
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On the box - A train of thought
C5 director of broadcasting Ashley Hill thought that C4's Great Train Robbery stole the show but that Barbara deserved burying.
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News Analysis - Fixing the game
Two Way TV has limped through the past eight years, never fulfilling its bullish take-up predictions, but with digital switchover imminent and a number of interactive deals in place, could its fortunes be about to change?
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BBC structure - Dyke's 'One BBC' hierarchy
Have the bureaucrats really had their day, even though Greg Dyke has nominally ended the broadcast/production split, with a new 17-division structure and the inevitable fudging to fit it all together. Georgina Lipscomb reports.