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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
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HEGGESSEY STRIVES FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey said she was continuing to strive for creative excellence across the board in a speech to Bafta members last Wednesday (12 September). In a direct response
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ITN BRINGS FORWARD EURONEWS RUSSIA
ITN launched its Euronews Channel in Russia last Tuesday (11 September), six days ahead of schedule, to cover the terrorist strikes in the US. Euronews claimed to have become the first
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Rough Cut: Give me the money...
What wouldn't we do to pitch successfully to the powers that be, asks Nick O'Dwyer.
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CME SEEKS DAMAGES FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which has TV channel interests in central and eastern Europe, is pursuing a claim for $500m (£350m) in damages following a ruling that the Czech government
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COMMUNITY CHANNEL PLANS ARCHIVE TRAWL
Charity outlet The Community Channel, which is backed by the Media Trust, is commemorating its first year of operation with a new-look schedule from 1 October. The channel is available via
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NEW PROGRAMME FIGURES FALL, SAYS REPORT
The world's most competitive TV markets saw less new programming in 2000-2001 than in the previous TV season, according to an annual report from French TV research outfit Mediametrie. The New
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TUC SUPPORTS FUNDING MOTION FOR CHILDREN
The Trades Union Congress has carried a Writers' Guild motion calling for more government funding for children's arts and education. The move came shortly before the TUC conference was halted following
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Aussie Star fills new factual role
Australian producer/distributor Southern Star has consolidated its factual programming arm and promoted Simon Willock to a new role as global head of factual, writes Simon Ellery.Willock, who was formerly Southern Star
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Flextech's new series unveiled
Flextech has announced details of six new series for its wholly owned men's channel Bravo and its BBC joint-venture UK Horizons.Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has ordered three series including 15
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C4 to make showbiz doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a three-part series from Chrysalis Entertainment that will attempt to deliver the 'definitive history of television show business in Britain', writes Simon Ellery.Ordered by commissioning editor, factual
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NewsOn the box: Breaking with tradition
Elinor Day found Liliesfresh and engaging while The Trial of Tony Blair lacked the razor-edged wit of satires such as Armando Iannucci's The Thick of It. ...
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WWF BRINGS BACK THE DODO
Former Men Behaving Badly star and voice of Bob the Builder Neil Morrissey has been signed up to do the voiceover of a new kids series being supported by the World
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CBBC orders autumn slate
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has ordered two new series for BBC 1's autumn line-up, writes Leigh Holmwood.Drama I Was a Rat was adapted from a children's book by Philip Pullman and