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News'Flash mob' opera headlines BBC3 autumn
BBC3 is to try its hand at opera for the first time when it stages a 60-minute live event from a mainline railway station in October, in one of the highlights of its autumn schedule.
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NewsSky One unveils autumn offensive
Sky One controller James Baker last night unveiled a new look and upmarket programme line-up in a bid to convince its diminishing audience that its days of simply offering 'The Simpsons and shagging' are behind it.
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NewsGalaxy re-signs Mobo deal
The Galaxy Network has secured live broadcast rights to the urban music Mobo Awards for the fifth year running.
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News'Unfair' Today criticised by Ofcom
BBC Radio 4 flagship show Today has been rapped by Ofcom for being 'unfair'.
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NewsTiger moves into radio
Tiger Aspect, the independent production company behind Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley , has picked up its first radio commissions.
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NewsBBC Weather gets PlayStation treatment
The BBC has turned to PlayStation-style technology to update its weather bulletins with a new 3D service that lets forecasters zoom around the country as if they were playing a computer game.
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NewsTurner's Arnesen promoted again
Finn Arnesen, the Turner executive helping to manage a $500m fund for original animation, has been handed his second promotion in less than a year.
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NewsCNBC Europe goes mobile
Business TV channel CNBC Europe is launching a live video streaming service to mobile phone users in Europe.
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NewsC4 and Five execs to further merger talks
Channel 4 and Five will take a further step towards a merger this week when senior executives from the two broadcasters meet at the Edinburgh festival.
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NewsNew BBC 'value' man to slash£2bn
The man brought in by the BBC to slash costs has identified four main areas in which he says the corporation can save£2bn.
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News6m go interactive with BBC Olympics
More than six million viewers have so far used the BBC's ground-breaking Olympic interactive service, the corporation has revealed.
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NewsVirgin takes on Radio 1 with download chart
Virgin Radio is to go head-to-head with the BBC by launching a new download chart three days before Radio 1.
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NewsBroadcast announces commissioning conference
Broadcast 's annual Commissioning Conference is confirmed for the 22-23 November 2004 at the Victoria Park Plaza London with over 50 speakers
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NewsPEER POLL: Programme credits
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should programme credits slow down?
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State of the industry
A fascinating insight into the broadcasting industry was revealed by Ofcom last week when it published its first annual market report on television, radio and new media.
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BBC1 brings the Rotters' club to life
The creators of Auf Weidersehen, Pet , Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, have been commissioned to adapt best-selling novel The Rotters' Club for BBC1. The book, by Jonathan Coe, tells the story of a group of Birmingham teenagers in ...
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BBC1 to restage Trafalgar battle
One of history's most decisive sea confrontations, the battle of Trafalgar, is to be dramatised as part of a raft of major BBC1 factual commissions.
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BBC1 grabs BBC3 hit
The second series of hit BBC3 comedy Little Britain is to air on BBC1 after it finishes its run on the digital channel. The first series was repeated on BBC2, but BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey snapped it up after it built a cult following. The new series, which will again ...
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Sky FD's£1m hello
BSkyB's new finance chief, Jeremy Darroch, has been handed a golden hello package of shares worth£1.18m. The entitlement is part of Sky's incentive scheme and the benefits will not vest until summer 2007. Crucially, they are linked to a number of performance factors including subscriber acquisition and an increase ...
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Oz hit comedy to air on BBC2
The BBC will give Australian hit sitcom Kath and Kim its UK terrestrial debut on BBC2 this autumn after snapping up the rights to the show.