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BBC staff urged to shun review
The National Union of Journalists and Bectu have called on BBC staff to boycott their annual appraisal interviews as part of the continuing dispute over the corporation's pay and reward structure, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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PEAK FLY-BY TO GO ON THE WEB
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams' attempt to fly over Mount Everest in a hot air balloon is to be webcast live by broadband service BT Openworld next month, writes David Wood. The
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RATINGS - C5 gains comic victory over C4's Hood hunt
Channel 5 film Six Days and Seven Nights gained a higher peaktime share than Channel 4 this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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TELEWEST EARNINGS UP
Telewest Communications has returned record quarterly earnings of£74m before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Content division Flextech returned revenues of£95m for the six months to 30 June, up 13
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NTL CLAIMS A MILLION
NTL said this week it had signed up 1 million digital TV customers and was on track to hit its target of 1.2 million by the end of the year. The
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DISNEY PROFITS DOWN
The Walt Disney Company has reported a 3 per cent drop in quarterly profits to $479m (£338m) on sales of $6bn (£4.2bn). The company instigated 4,000 job cuts globally in March.
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NCC CONSUMER CALL
The National Consumer Council has called for a body independent of Ofcom to handle consumer representation in communications issues. Its latest report Plugging in the Panel calls for a well-resourced body
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GO RACING ALTERS LOOK
Horseracing consortium Go Racing, comprising BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, has unveiled its new company name and logo as At The Races - the former name was unavailable as a
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BBC PLANS LONDON BASE
The BBC has unveiled plans for the£400m redevelopment of Broadcasting House as the new home of network radio, news and the World Service. The proposals include erecting a new building
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LONDON RADIO SHAKE-UP
The BBC's London Live station, formerly Greater London Radio, has recruited columnist Anna Raeburn and comedian Jo Brand in a bid to boost audience figures. The two women will be key
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Radio overtakes TV
Radio is now more popular than television, according to the latest audience research, with BBC Radio 2 having added nearly a million new listeners in the past three months.Second quarter Rajar
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NewsUnions and MPs in last bid to improve licence fee
The government has been warned it will starve the BBC of the resources required to maintain quality broadcasting if the Cabinet endorses a below-inflation increase in the licence fee tomorrow (11 January).
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Capital leads in ratings
Capital 95.8 FM has regained its lead over Kiss 100 in London's crucial 15 to 24 demographic, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Forever director to take helm at Century FM
Capital radio has confirmed the appointment of Forever Broadcasting group programme director Giles Squire as brand programme director for its Century FM Network, writes Colin Robertson.
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TalkSport set to air opt-outs
The Radio Authority has given national speech radio station TalkSport permission to air separate opt-outs in Scotland and Northern Ireland for three hours a day, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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X-MEN SERIES BOUGHT BY CARTOON NETWORK
Cartoon Network UK has bought the latest 26 x 30-minute series of X-Men from Warner Bros. The series takes a new look at the characters as they 'learn to control their
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Kemistry lifts lid on soccer show for ITV1
London creative facility Kemistry has created the series branding, titles and content graphics for new ITV1 football highlights programme The Premiership.After winning an open pitch way back in April the company
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Ealing Studios hosts BT Wireless facility
BT Wireless has opened a multimedia digital facility at Ealing Studios to help developers produce content for mobile phone services, writes Jon Rogers.
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Fast native editor arrives
German software company Fast Multimedia is to debut its native digital editor Blue at IBC in September, more than four years after the product was first announced, writes Dominic Timms.
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NewsSky shares tipped to rise
City analysts are predicting a marked improvement in BSkyB's share price in 2007 after three years of underperformance.