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ITV SPORT GAINS RUGBY
ITV Sport Channel has struck a two-year deal to share UK coverage of pan-European rugby tournament The Heineken Cup with the BBC. ISN and Granada Sport will produce the coverage, which
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Flextech's new series unveiled
Flextech has announced details of six new series for its wholly owned men's channel Bravo and its BBC joint-venture UK Horizons.Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has ordered three series including 15
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AND FINALLY..
The producer of The Office and Up Late Ralf Little, Ash Atalla, relaxes by listening to the couple upstairs.
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NEW PROGRAMME FIGURES FALL, SAYS REPORT
The world's most competitive TV markets saw less new programming in 2000-2001 than in the previous TV season, according to an annual report from French TV research outfit Mediametrie. The New
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Tivo drops price to undercut Sky
Personalised Video recorder (PVR) maker Tivo has cut the price of its stand-alone device by£100 to£299 following disappointing take-up in the UK, writes David Wood.The move makes the device
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Sky to launch Dolby service
BskyB is the first UK broadcaster to commit to transmitting programmes with Dolby Digital surround sound, it was revealed at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam last week, writes Barbara Marshall.From
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Jowell leads push for digital take-up
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to publish a 'digital action plan' by the end of the year in a bid to drive take-up of digital TV and radio services.The announcement came
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HEGGESSEY STRIVES FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey said she was continuing to strive for creative excellence across the board in a speech to Bafta members last Wednesday (12 September). In a direct response
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OMNIBUS CONFIRMS MBO
Glynn Powell Evans and Brian Paisley have succeeded in buying out OmniBus Systems from its German shareholder Management Data which was forced into liquidation in July (Broadcast, 27.7.01). The deal is
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COMMENT - Ian Hargreaves
On the great responsibilities faced by broadcasters during and in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
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CME SEEKS DAMAGES FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which has TV channel interests in central and eastern Europe, is pursuing a claim for $500m (£350m) in damages following a ruling that the Czech government
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CINTEL SHOWS REALITY
Cintel previewed its next generation C-Reality at IBC. C-Reality DSX sports a dirt and scratch removal feature called Oscar, which uses electro-optics to clean damaged film. Cintel claims the technology removes
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CHOWNS MAY QUIT ITV
ITV2 commercial director Andrew Chowns is believed to be poised to leave the network. Chowns' position has been in question since the ITV reshuffle in June when his responsibilities were taken
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TUC SUPPORTS FUNDING MOTION FOR CHILDREN
The Trades Union Congress has carried a Writers' Guild motion calling for more government funding for children's arts and education. The move came shortly before the TUC conference was halted following
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DEBATE - Charting the future
Following last month's Broadcast debate among leading television figures over whether broadcasting is in a creative rut, Lucy Rouse and Katy Elliott joined five twentysomethings taking part in TV25 at the Edinburgh TV Festival to find out if they too feel
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Walmsley to leave Carlton
Carlton deputy chief executive Nigel Walmsley has unexpectedly stepped down from his role at the broadcaster, writes Steve Aston.Walmsley, 59, leaves his deputy chief executive position at the end of the
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CAMBRIDGE - Comment
During two days of isolated navel-gazing RTS Cambridge delegates failed to be inspired.
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Zenith calls for ITV Digital sale
Leading media agency Zenith has slammed ITV's autumn programme strategy and called for ITV Digital to be 'sold or dismantled'.The barbed comments come in the agency's quarterly round-up of programming, Zenith
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CABLE TAKE-UP SLUMPS
Statistics from the ITC show that the uptake of cable TV has slowed. Year-on-year take-up for the first quarter of this year increased by 8.8 per cent compared with 10.1 per
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REFINERY GOES BUST
Soho animation company Refinery, previously known as Aldis Animation (Broadcast, 3.8.01), has been forced into liquidation after only two months. Animators Will Rockall and Phil Dobree will form a new partnership.