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BBC hires former Artsworld chief
The BBC has appointed former deputy channel director of digital station Artsworld Kim Thomas as its new editor of arts series, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBBC asks indies for more interactive programming
The BBC has called on independent producers to submit more interactive programming ideas, writes David Wood
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NewsFreeco gears up to bid for ITV Digital licences
The prospect of the terrestrial broadcasters' much-vaunted Freeco consortium taking over the former ITV Digital licences moved a step closer to reality this week after it emerged that the BBC and ITV had cooled a row over what the service should offer, write Steve Aston, ...
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NewsProduction Show news: ITV Digital collapse will benefit ITV drama, says Elliot
ITV Drama will benefit from the collapse of ITV digital, according to the network's controller of drama Nick Elliott, writes Peter Keighron
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NewsProduction Show news: Kaufman slams Communications Bill
Gerald Kaufman MP, Chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has attacked the new Communications Bill, writes Peter Keighron
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NewsProduction Show news: BBC's Thomson says Channel 4 acquisitions are 'hard to justify'
BBC director of public policy Caroline Thomson has criticised some of Channel 4's recent programming decisions, writes Peter Keighron
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OFF THE RECORD - The net closes in.
Talking of companies having trouble, a new paid-for occasional email publication has been launched to inform
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OFF THE RECORD - 32,000 sidekicks put aside.
So, ITV Dig has been hoarding stuffed toy monkeys. Apparently 32,000 of Johnny Vegas' sidekick have
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THE CASE FOR DTT - Why there is a future for digital terrestrial.
With the demise of ITV Digital, some believe the whole DTT project should be shelved. Nonsense, say others, citing Germany, Japan and Taiwan as examples of how it can be made to work
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MORE MEN & MOTORS.
Lads channel Men & Motors is extending its broadcast hours with a selection of 'high octane'
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SMASH HITS MAKEOVER.
Smash Hits TV will celebrate its first birthday with a channel makeover on Friday (17 May)
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Telewest puts VOD on hold.
Telewest has shelved long-standing plans to offer a video-on-demand (VOD) service, after last week's admission that
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Sky bolsters case in competition row.
BSkyB has handed its written representations to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), defending charges that
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Microsoft quits Telewest board.
Debt-laden cable company Telewest received another blow this week as Microsoft withdrew its three non-executive directors
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Rapture TV rises from the ashes.
Rapture TV, United Business Media's disastrous clubbing channel which danced to its grave last year, is
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Bectu lobbies DCMS for ITV Digital staff.
Further pressure was heaped on the government this week to intervene in the ITV Digital debacle
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Replay TV gains respite from legal action
The maker of digital video recorder (DVR) ReplayTV 4000 has won temporary respite against TV networks NBC and ABC, which are mounting a legal action in the US courts to prevent the recorder from to skipping commercials and share programme files, writes Barbara Marshall
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NewsITC receives interest in DTT platform
The ITC has announced that it has received expressions of interest over the digital terrestrial television multiplexes that have been re-advertised following the collapse of ITV Digital. But the watchdog in keeping tight-lipped about the identity of the applicants, who have to submit their final detailed bids by 30 May, ...
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NewsSky subs reach 5.9 million
BSkyB has consolidated its position as the pay TV company of choice after revealing it has hooked up almost six million subscribers, writes Jon Rogers.Figures released by the company earlier today
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OFF THE RECORD - Behind the times.
Still in Montreux, poor old ITV Digital managed to shed any last remnants of goodwill it