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Pay for freelancers is 'soul destroying'
Nearly half of the industry's substantial freelance workforce earned less than£20,000 in the year to June - well below average full-time earnings in the UK, according to the first industry
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MORE DCMS DELAY
Prime minister Tony Blair's preoccupation with the war has further delayed government plans to pave the way for easing rules over media ownership. Media secretary Tessa Jowell announced on 22 October
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PROMOTIONS AT DB
Cambridgeshire-based DB Broadcast has made two internal promotions. Graham Pearl has been appointed as operations director and Tom Swan has taken the role of sales and marketing director. Pearl joined DB
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PGP LOSES CREATIVE
Pepper's Ghost Productions creative director Richard Morss is leaving the company to set up his own business developing creative properties for broadcast. Although he will continue to work with PGP on
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ITN TWIN TOWERS COVERAGE 'INAPPROPRIATE'
ITN's decision to end a 12 September news special with a two-minute musical montage of footage of the collapse of the World Trade Centre towers in New York has been deemed
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TV Corp reshuffle reaches Sunset
Independent producer Sunset & Vine director of programmes John Leach has been promoted to managing director in response to a number of changes at parent company TV Corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RAJAR EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RESEARCHER
Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) has extended its contract with research contractor Ipsos-RSL for a further two years until December 2004 and thereafter on a rolling annual deal. The company was
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CINAR STILL IN DOUBT
The future of London-based indie Cinar Europe remains in doubt after its parent company, Cinar Corporation, said this week it had terminated talks with a potential buyer. The Canadian entertainment company,
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COSGROVE HALL WINS ITV CHILDREN'S ORDER
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned Cosgrove Hall to produce the animated series Engie Benjy (right). The 26 x 10-minute show follows the adventures of Benjy and
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THOMAS COOK SIGNS DIGITAL TV CHANNEL DEAL
Travel outfit Thomas Cook has struck a deal with digital TV outfit Enteraction TV to produce a 24-hour standalone channel featuring content from the tour operators it represents. Initially available free
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CHANNEL REPORT - Giving the people what they want
Despite facing competitors on all fronts in the young adult market, Play UK is determined to reinvent itself as a distinct brand offering an unbeatable blend of hit comedy and music programming. Peter Keighron reports.
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Wark Clements heads CBBC winter
Scottish Indie Wark Clements' new children's division has scored its first two commissions with a drama and puppet show for the BBC as part of CBBC's winter slate.Commissioned by kids controller
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Call for right to film real-life courtroom drama
BBC Scotland controller John McCormick has called for cameras to be allowed into criminal courts in the light of CNN's permission to film the Harold Shipman inquiry in Manchester, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Lip Sync first to buy Harding FPA
Lip Sync Post is the first Soho facility to buy the Harding Flash and Pattern Analyser (FPA) which identifies potential photo-sensitive epilepsy triggers on video sequences, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Subs can build digital radio
Subscription-driven services could be the saviour of the fledgling digital radio industry, according to UBC Media Group chief executive Simon Cole, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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First licence for Bryant
Jason Bryant, the former The Wireless Group (TWG) managing director of development, who quit the company earlier this year to set up Town & Country Broadcasting, has won his first radio licence, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Brookie Review
Channel 4 is conducting a review of Brookside, which has suffered a drop in average weekly ratings from 2.5 million (11.2 per cent share) in 2000 to 2.1 million (9.9 per cent) this year, writes Penny Hughes.
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Broadcasters hit snag with texting
Broadcasters' attempts to tap into the commercial possibilities of text messaging are being stymied by the failure of mobile phone operators to agree on a set of universal codes, writes David Wood.
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CENSUS - The broadcast sweatshops
Last year's Skillset census revealed that freelancers are a vital part of the audiovisual industry, making up half the workforce. A new follow-up survey of freelancers received more than 1,000 responses. The results are startling.
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Flashback to set up Bristol office
Flashback TV, the independent producer behind Channel 4 cookery show Nigella Bites, is setting up a production office in Bristol in a bid to develop more regional programming, writes Georgina Lipscomb.