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TRADE TALK - Gerry's Friends
Being one of life's gentlemen doesn't stop Channel 4 head of pay-TV Gerry Bastable from making the big deals, as Ashley Davies discovers.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Funding in a digital age
As Chris Smith prepares to wade through the Commons' media select committee report on the future funding of the BBC, John Lewis casts his eye over the issues at the heart of the debate.
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OPINION - The BBC must get extra digital cash
The new millennium offered up two abiding images which will stay with Broadcast for the rest of the year. Sir John Birt's whispered withdrawal from office two months early, announced just
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PUBLIC SERVICE TV - Auntie, the great survivor
The BBC has demonstrated chameleon-like qualities in making it to the end of the twentieth century. But with its funding under attack, how will it adapt to the twenty-first? Steven Barnett kicks off a two-parter on public service TV.
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PREDICTIONS - Changing channels
What does the first year of the new millennium hold in store for the UK broadcasting industry? Broadcast gazes into its crystal ball to find out what the major issues will be as the sector faces up to the future.
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INTERVIEW - New commission
A liberal tide has swept through the corridors of the BSC since Lord Holme took over as chairman in October. But he is at pains to point out that he won't lose sight of the watchdog's responsibilities towards the viewer.
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NewsRTL and Saban eye BSkyB's ITV stake
BSkyB has received expressions of interest in its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV from German broadcaster RTL and media mogul Haim Saban.
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NewsRatings triumph for Baftas
BBC1's two hour coverage of the Bafta television awards gained a strong 5.6m viewers (21.6%), the show's highest audience since 2004.
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NewsBafta in soundbites
There may not have been many tears or an obvious controversy, but this year's Bafta winners didn't disappoint with their acceptance speeches. Here are some of the best extracts.
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Independent Case TV is producing a 30-minute animated version of Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring Cycle for Channel 4
Independent Case TV is producing a 30-minute animated version of Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring Cycle for Channel 4, writes Ashley Davies.Ordered by commissioning editor, schools Paul Ashton, the production extracts
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Universal inks film deals with BBC and Canal+
Studio network division lines up slate including Apocalypse Now but declines comment on new film channel
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The hard sell - how to pitch a programme idea
Commissioning editors reveal what they look for in a pitch
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Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park begins a dramatic title sequence for Granada and ITV's new series Savage Planet
Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park begins a dramatic title sequence for Granada and ITV's new series Savage Planet.The production of the titles, by Granada design company g2, involved a 4,000-mile trip
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Britt Allcroft snaps up Art Attack indie for£14 million
Media Merchants deal boosts Thomas the Tank owner's presence in children's market
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NewsViewers can Beat the Star
Viewers gave a cautious welcome to the start of ITV1's big gameshow Beat the Star on Sunday with an average audience of 5.1m (23.1%) at 6.45pm.
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NewsSalford will change 'feel' of R5 Live
New BBC Radio 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren has admitted that corporation's relocation to Salford will make a big difference to the “feel” of the station.
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NewsMarr to front new history series
Andrew Marr is to follow his Bafta-winning History of Modern Britain with a series covering the country's political and social events from 1900 to 1945.
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NewsBroadcast goes to the Baftas
Broadcast witnessed some especially strange sights at this year's Bafta awards.
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Gallagher to head Ginger's TV outfit
Former LWT managing director Eileen Gallagher has joined Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group (GMG) to head up the company's TV interests.Gallagher, who has been appointed managing director of Ginger Television Productions
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Clark joins Nottingham independent
Steve Clark, Carlton Television's former controller of factual programmes, looks set to join Midlands-based indie Kingfisher Television Productions, writes Claire Handley.Clark left Carlton in October (Broadcast, 23.10.98) after four years amid