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Hodgson urges government action on idTVs
ITC chief says government should set target 'to get a digital set in every home'
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C4 Raids Optomen for Adler
Indies head of development becomes C4's new deputy commissioner for daytime, factual
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Channel 5 re-claims Young
Popular newsreader returns to former employer after only two years at ITV1
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BBC redefines plans for BBC3
Corporation to place more emphasis on social action and public service factual programming when it re-submits in next few months
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Nick UK gears up for BBC kids launch
Commercial broadcaster gains shareholder approval for increase in programming funds
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SPLIT SCREENS AT SKY
Sky Sports is to employ its 'split screen' format on Sky Sports Extra to show the England v Greece and Germany v Finland football clashes at the same time on Saturday
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TWO PLUS STARTS REJIG
Post house Two Plus One has launched the first wave of an upgrade of its facilities. It has ordered an Avid Symphony Universal and high definition DS from re-seller Root 6.
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SIMPLY LAUNCHES THREE
The group behind the failed consumer financial service Simply Money launched three new shopping services this week to add to the existing 24-hour service Simply Shopping. Retail broadcaster Simply Television has
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YTTTP wins ITV specials order
Yorkshire Tyne Tees TV Productions (YTTTP) features department has secured a string of commissions from ITV and Channel 4 including a brace of profile shows for two of ITV's biggest drama
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ITC MULLS PROMOTION
The ITC has published a second consultation paper on cross-promotion which contains a revised set of proposed rules, following the feedback it received from its first paper from the industry.
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Leader - ITV needs investment to survive
ITV really is in trouble. In the six weeks since the Edinburgh TV Festival it has become clearer than ever why ITV director of channels David Liddiment barely addressed the challenges
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Nick UK increases spending
Nickelodeon UK is gearing up to combat the launch of the BBC's two new kids services with its biggest UK original production drive to date, writes Simon Ellery.
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Jowell hints at Ofcom rethink
The Government looks set to backtrack on its original plan of leaving the BBC outside the control of Ofcom after media secretary Tessa Jowell admitted this week that there were 'at
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Tell-Tale poaches head
Indie Tell-Tale Productions has appointed Sovereign Pictures sales manager Teresa Reed as its new head of animation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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SPORTSWORLD GROWS
Sportsworld Media Group, which shares the rights to the Popstars format within the UK with LWT, has reported a profits rise of 219 per cent to£11.5m for the year ending
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GRANADA TOUGH LOVE SEQUEL IN PRODUCTION
Granada has started work on Lenny Blue, a sequel to last year's ITV drama Tough Love. Commissioned by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott, the 2 x 90-minute production sees Ray
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JAZZ FM MAKES PROFIT
Jazz FM this week shrugged off the advertising slowdown affecting many of its commercial radio competitors to report its first ever pre-tax profits since it launched in 1990. The company, which
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OFF THE RECORD - Fixing it for Theroux
Finally, if you are still searching for advice on that next big primetime hit and are getting a bit desperate then look no further than legendary disc spinner Jimmy Saville. Having
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FIREWORKS PROMOTION
Distributor Fireworks International has promoted director of sales, Europe Kathryn Rice to the position of vice- president sales, Europe. Rice joined the company in August last year and previously worked for
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RORY PECK FINALISTS
The Rory Peck Trust has revealed the list of finalists for its 2001 awards, to be held on 18 October. For the hard news awards, Hazem Jamil Bader has been nominated