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Kemistry producer Ricky Churchill has created new titles for the second series of Hope and Glory for the BBC. A distinctive graphic look was developed to stand out from the surrounding
Kemistry producer Ricky Churchill has created new titles for the second series of Hope and Glory for the BBC. A distinctive graphic look was developed to stand out from the surrounding
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Taps faces closure over funding crisis
Writers' training forum the Television Arts Performance Showcase (Taps) has warned that it faces closure if it cannot claw back funding it has lost in recent months.Taps, which screens writers' work
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C4 'naked violence' win
Sierra Leone journalist Sorius Samura received a standing ovation as his Insight News documentary Out of Africa, shown on Channel 4, won best TV documentary and the ICRC Dignity in Conflict Award at last week's One World Media Awards, writes Katy Elliott.
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Ratings war hits quality of TV shows
The pressure to supply high ratings is detrimental to TV programme quality, according to a report from Cambridge University, writes Colin Robertson.
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Premier champion is still on the sidelines
The biggest broadcast story of the year (which began breaking at 18.30 last Wednesday - two hours after Broadcast's deadline) is only a week old, but already the facts appear mundane, writes Lucy Rouse.
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NewsSky rages at Darling's review decision
BSkyB has launched a scathing attack on the government's decision to order an Ofcom review of its 17.9% stake in ITV, accusing it of 'contradicting' its own guidance.
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How to protect the ball
The BBC's loss of Premier League highlights, the stuff of Match of the Day, may not be the end of the world. As director general Greg Dyke was quick to point out, speaking on Radio 4's Today programme last Thursday (15 June), the corporation lost them bef
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NTL PPV deal a 'loss leader'
NTL's£328 million pay-per-view Premier League deal will be a loss-leader, attracting subscribers to its total package while the outfit gears up to compete for the next live rights package in 2004, according to industry experts, writes Simon Ellery.
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NTL puts Premier League out to pitch
NTL has thrown open a contract worth up to£4 million a year to produce at least 40 Premiership games each year, in a move which steps up the pressure on
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Round-up: how the rights carve up among the players
In a flurry of TV rights deals announced back to back at the end of last week, BSkyB managed to retain the top prize of 66 live games a year on
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Advertising will recoup ITV's outlay
ITV's£183 million contract to screen highlights of Premiership football over three years could pay for itself with the sale of premium price advertising slots and sponsorship, writes Colin Robertson.
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UK INTERESTS DOMINATE 2000 PROMAX AND BDA AWARDS
UK broadcasters stormed the 2000 Promax and BDA Awards in New Orleans last Friday (16 June). The BBC won three world-class awards and four gold awards, while BSkyB took five and
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NewsSky goes public with cable carriage details
BSkyB has made the details of its carriage deal dispute with Virgin Media public, saying its offer is a 20% increase on the existing contract or 3p per customer per day, and not double as Virgin Media claimed last week.
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METRO BROADCAST PLANS DOUBLE EDIT SUITE OPENING
Metro Broadcast is to open two edit suites on 1 July. Based on Media Composer, the offline facilities will have access to both Mac and NT platforms.'The area in which the
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AVID LAUNCHES ARM FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH NET DELIVERY
Avid is forming a division to provide internet infrastructure technology to deliver streaming media and other high-bandwidth content over the internet.Edgestreme Systems uses media and storage network technology developed by Avid.
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STOCK EXCHANGE REVEALS NEW CITY MEDIA CENTRE
The London Stock Exchange unveiled its City Media Centre earlier this week. The purpose-built facility, which is located on Old Broad Street, has been designed as a venue for corporate announcements
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C-DAY WIDESCREEN TRANSMISSION SWITCH SET FOR 1 JULY
C-Day, the date from which all commercials will be transmitted in 16:9 full-height widescreen format, is 1 July 2000. Deliveries must be made in widescreen format from that date and will
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Molinare lures four
Molinare has poached Magmasters drama dubbing mixer Billy Mahoney to head its new audio department, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Farm lands Magmasters key player
The Farm group - which includes The Farm and forthcoming high-definition facility Home - has snapped up a key member of the Magmasters team, writes Barbara Marshall.
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International News - Ferns plans US history conference
Plans for a new annual conference dedicated to history producers were unveiled at the Banff Television Festival last week, writes Tabitha Cole.