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Industry plea: help broadband.
Broadband Operators BT, Telewest and NTL sought to dispel the growing doom and gloom about their sector this week, suggesting that 2002 could be a renaissance year for broadband technology if
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BSC THROWS OUT BRASS EYE COMPLAINT.
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has thrown out a complaint against Brass Eye creator Chris Morris from ITN newsreader Nick Owen.The regulator did not accept that Owen had been treated unfairly
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ITV pilots boost comedy output.
ITV has shaken off its poor reputation for sitcom and is now attracting writers and comedy talent back to the network, according to ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam.Unveiling a series
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BOB BOOST FIXES HIT.
Hit Entertainment has seen half-year profits jump fourfold following the global roll-out of Bob the Builder and Barney the Dinosaur, writes Simon Ellery.
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BLUE HIRES THREE.
Blue has made three appointments this month. Andy Brown joins from Soho 601 to head the Flame department, Lucy Cotter has left Rushes to take a senior bookings role and Tracey
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Search on for faces for BBCi.
In its latest attempt to 'connect' with its licence payers, the BBC is looking to find presenters to front key strands of its online and interactive output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ex-media sec Smith heats BBC Ofcom row.
BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies' move to reform the BBC board of governors was this week roundly criticised by MPs, commercial broadcasters and consumer bodies who reiterated calls for the corporation to face the same regulation as other broadcasters, writes Da
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BBC World Cup trials interactive content.
Telewest has teamed up with the BBC to produce enhanced content for this summer's football World Cup tournament and has already begun a trial of the new technology, write Simon Ellery
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BBC orders Box TV dramas.
The writer of acclaimed Channel 4 legal drama North Square, which was ditched by the broadcaster after just one series, has scripted a new drama for the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC political head moves to Blakeway as programme director.
BBC former head of political documentaries Anne Tyerman is to join indie Blakeway Productions as director of programmes, as the company opens its first regional office in Winchester, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC NAMES NETWORK X.
BBC Radio has announced the new digital station for black music fans is to be called 1Xtra. The station, which had the working title of Network X, will launch in July.
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Sharman steps up to fill key BBC daytime post.
The BBC has moved to fill its last major empty executive post by promoting creative director of daytime factual entertainment Alison Sharman to daytime controller, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC News triumph at RTS.
The BBC picked up the lion's share of the Royal Television Society (RTS) journalism awards last week taking six gongs. Channel 4 won three, BSkyB netted two and CNN picked up one, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC risk-taking must continue.
Poor old BBC. Just like the Royal Family, the corporation is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.Confirmation that Prince Edward is to step down from his day-to-day role
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Turner awards major facility contract.
Snell & Wilcox has won a multimillion pound deal to equip the world's largest broadcast centre at Turner Entertainment Group's new Atlanta headquarters, writes Barbara Marshall.The 193,000 square foot facility, due
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ON THE BOX - The art of destruction.
ITV 2 head of programmes Daniela Neumann thought The Man Who Destroyed Everything laid solid foundations for new channel BBC 4.
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Regulators approve GVG sale to Thomson.
Thomson Multimedia has this week confirmed its purchase of the Grass Valley Group (GVG) and, through its Technicolor subsidiary, has added two more companies to its list of acquisitions.The $172m (#121m)
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Independence Day.
Now that the government is to allow production companies which are owned by foreign broadcasters to retain their independent status, will there be an influx of big hitters like Mediaset, Bertelsmann or Vivendi?
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Niche viewers slip through the net.
Even though Barb has at last got its new improved panel up and running, it is still not clear just how many people are watching low rating niche channels. Are we being asked to take too much on trust?
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Radio mics could be hit by analogue switch-off.
The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is pressing the government to consider the impact of analogue switch-off on the use of radio microphones, writes Barbara Marshall.At a seminar held on Wednesday