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NewsITV drops 'On Screen Nexts' from drama
ITV's experiment of trailing programmes on screen before the current programme has finished has been axed from drama after complaints from viewers, writes Steve Aston.The Independent Television Commission (ITC) received a
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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 - Naughty old man.
The spirit of Sid James lives on. During lunch at Pinewood Studios last week, OTR spotted
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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
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OFF THE RECORD - Audiences flee from BBC comedy.
A pilot for a BBC radio comedy show recording had to be abandoned last Saturday (27
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TX - Turn of the screw.
Thirty years ago the Stanford University Prison Experiment appalled society and taught the scientific establishment a
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LEADER - TV needs a successor to S&L.
The government is this week rubbing salt into producers' wounds still smarting from the abrupt removal
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INTERVIEW - Remaking an icon.
The Forsyte Saga executive producer Sita Williams says she avoided seeing the BBC original when making Granada's version of the classic. It seems to have worked as two further series are planned
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TRADE TALK - Moment of glory.
Film-maker Marilyn Gaunt has come a long way since being the first-ever female TV sound recordist, with three awards for Kelly and Her Sisters
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INDIE FINANCE - Sound Prospect's there for future.
Best known for The Good Sex Guide for ITV, Prospect has built a diverse production business and an effective low-cost production operation leaving it well-placed to exploit digital and interactive opportunities
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MOYSEY JOINS LYNX.
Denham-based facility Lynx Digital has taken on Richard Moysey as senior editor. Moysey joins from 4MC
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Discovery goes Scaletrix racing.
Discovery Home & Leisure is to launch televised Scaletrix racing as a mini rival to Formula One, writes Leigh Holmwood
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MACHINE ROOM DVD DEAL.
The Machine Room has bagged an exclusive DVD production deal with Film Four that will result
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TV critic to host supper for UK Food.
Jaci Stephen, the effervescent TV critic of the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine, is to star in
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - TYRELL TRAINING COURSE.
Tyrell is to host a Surrey Institute one-day training course on Softimage's hair and fur features
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Cheff to launch a unified spec.
The Chief Engineers of Facilities Forum (Cheff), the UK facilities trade body, is to launch a
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Corinthian builds new centre at Chiswick.
Corinthian Television (CTV) Facilities is spending #15m on fitting out a new 85,000 sq ft building at the Chiswick Park development in west London, writes Barbara Marshall
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - DRM Beijing trial a success.
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) consortium has succeeded in running live DRM transmissions from the BBC Thailand relay station to China, writes Barbara Marshall
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BBC FIRST WITH DIGIMEDIADISK.
The BBC is the world's first broadcaster to adopt video disk technology developed by British company
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IN MY VIEW - Barry Cox.
On how there are still plenty of reasons to be positive about digital take-up post ITV Digital