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BBC admits failure on ethnic targets
The BBC has failed to meet its targets for employing ethnic minority staff in the regions, despite director general Greg Dyke's assertion that more would be done to rid the corporation
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Channels unite on ship hunt
Channel 4, ITN and US broadcaster PBS have joined forces to fund a£2m expedition to search for the wreck of British Navy ship HMS Hood, sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in 1941, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC factual chief shakes up team
BBC Controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody has restructured her team to reflect new roles and areas of responsibility and to make the structure simpler for indies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Game, set and match to BBC with Wimbledon
BBC 1 served an ace with its coverage of Wimbledon seeping in with a third week, writes Jon Rogers.
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ISAACSON IN AT CNN
CNN has named Time Inc editorial director and veteran news executive Walter Isaacson as chairman and chief executive replacing Tom Johnson who quit last week. Isaacson, 49, has already started and
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SPUR FOR BBC WALES
BBC Wales programmes must make more of an impact on the national networks if Welsh people are to stop becoming the butt of jokes, the Broadcasting Council of Wales (BCW) said
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BREAKFAST SWITCH
Channel 4 has begun the process of looking at alternative programme formats to The Big Breakfast after its deadline for submissions passed on Monday (9 July). The broadcaster is thought to
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NewsRough Cut - Let's stick together
Small post houses can only survive if they stop stabbing each other in the back and start collaborating, says Paul Ingvarsson.
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BSKYB LICENCE BID
BSkyB has applied to the Independent Television Commission for a non-exclusive local delivery licence to broadcast TV and related services across BT and Kingston Communication's DSL networks. A Sky spokesman said
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ENTERACTION WORK
Enteraction TV has created the look for new home shopping service Best Direct TV which launches next week. Enteraction has created the brand identity and original video material within 34 x
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BROADBAND PUSH
The UK's biggest cable operators Telewest and NTL are to launch a joint multi-million pound marketing initiative to promote broadband take-up on cable.
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On location - Don't drop the baby
Putting five teenage couples in charge of other people's children might seem like a risky undertaking but executive producer Richard McKerrow insists it was worthwhile.
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FAWLTY GERMAN DEAL
A German version of John Cleese comedy Fawlty Towers is to be made after BBC Worldwide completed a deal with broadcaster RTL. A pilot episode is due to finish filming on
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PROFIT LEAP FOR PACE
Digital set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technologies reported a 61 per cent leap in annual profits on Monday (9 July), comfortably beating analyst forecasts. Pre-tax profits before amortisation and exceptional items
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CABLE VIEWING SURVEY
Viewers in cable and satellite homes are more attentive TV watchers with an increased tendency to sit through commercial breaks, according to a BSkyB-backed survey by BMRB out this week. Programme
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NewsMaking music pay
Napster's Brad Duea thinks a multiplatform approach is vital for the company's success
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BARTON TO BIRMINGHAM
Carlton Central has appointed Dan Barton as editor of its Birmingham newsroom. Currently editor of Central News East in Nottingham, he will be responsible for an autumn relaunch of the Central
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C5's Hytner joins ITV
ITV has poached one of the architects of Channel 5 - marketing and new business director Jim Hytner - to take on the challenge of turning the terrestrial giant into a
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Pryde wins licence role at TWG
The Wireless Group (TWG) has appointed a new head of development following Jason Bryant's move to a part-time role at the group, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Plea for unity over NHS digital TV
The Department of Health has asked the four broadcasters and production companies involved in its£5m NHS digital TV project to work together to create a universal proposition, writes Simon Ellery.