All News articles – Page 4869

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    TRADE TALK - Currying favour.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Lord David Currie is to be the inaugural chair of Ofcom, but do his qualifications extend further than being a supporter of the government?

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    LOOKALIKE'S ELVIS TRIBUTE.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    The 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley is to be marked by a one-off

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ENDERS STUDIO REFITTED.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    ATG Broadcast has re-equipped the BBC's Elstree Studios A, B and C which are now being

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - PEPPER UPGRADES HD.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Covent Garden facility Pepper has become the first facility in the UK to install two Avid-DS

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    FOX KIDS TO SHOW JAPANESE HAMSTER TOON.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has secured the TV rights to the Japanese animation series Hamtaro from

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    ITV to lure men onto live marriage show.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Unsuspecting boyfriends could find themselves getting proposed to and then hitched live on air as part of a new Carlton show for ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers

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    NEW PRESENTERS FOR REVAMPED LIQUID NEWS.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Presenter Claudia Winkleman and BBC reporter Colin Paterson are to front a revamped Liquid News, the

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    BBC 4 airs blanket Edinburgh festival.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    BBC 4 is set to become the TV home of the Edinburgh festival as part of the BBC's most comprehensive coverage of the annual event to date, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    DTT BOXES 'MUST BE 50P'.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    The government will have no alternative but to subsidise free set-top boxes if it is to

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    ACE LIGHTNING SALES.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    BBC Worldwide has secured further international sales for its flagship computer-generated, live-action kids series Ace Lightning

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    Moyle to be BBC arts head.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett has appointed creative director of arts Franny Moyle as the BBC's new head of arts commissioning, replacing Roly Keating who is to concentrate on his role as controller of digital culture channel BBC 4, writes Leigh

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    Isle of Man TV licence back on the market.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    The first 'national' TV station licence for the Isle of Man is being re-advertised after the island's Communications Commission pulled the plug on its arrangement with Prime Ent, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Classic FM bags Derham for rejig.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    ITN newsreader Katie Derham is set to make her radio debut as the presenter of a new weekly show for national radio station Classic FM, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Currie: Ofcom could rule BBC.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    Moves to bring the BBC under the aegis of new super-regulator Ofcom would be 'workable' according

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    BSC RULES ON FRYER.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) received over 150 complaints about an episode of BBC 1 series

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    WHOOPI TALKS UP UK COMICS.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    Leopard Films has teamed up with US actress and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg for a one-off show

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    ITV companies end pay freeze.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    Carlton and Granada are showing some green shoots of recovery by putting an end to their freeze on staff salaries, writes Steve Aston

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    FORUM DEBATES RIGHTS.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    The Global Sports Forum, the international conference for sports broadcasters, taking place in Athens from 12

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    NEW DEPUTY FOR SKILLSET.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    Skillset has appointed Film Council deputy chair and Signpost Films president Stewart Till as deputy chairman

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    Navy drama will be ITV flagship.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    ITV is hoping to replicate the success of its one-time ratings banker Soldier Soldier with a