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BBC 3 decision delayed again.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has once again delayed her decision on new BBC digital youth channel BBC 3 after new research showed the channel would have a far greater impact on
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4 Learning seeks #3-4m.
Channel 4's loss-making educational department, 4 Learning, has launched a hunt for a commercial partner to sponsor all of its output. 4 Learning has appointed specialist sponsorship agency EPR to find
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C4 backs Midlands executive.
Channel 4 and producers' alliance Pact are backing a new initiative to install a commissioning executive in the Midlands to broker programme deals with broadcasters on behalf of regional indies, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC 4 to tell heroine's story.
Diverse is making a one-off film for digital channel BBC 4 about the Booker prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy who was sentenced to prison and fined 2,000 rupees ($42) after being found guilty of contempt of court last week, writes Penny Hughes.
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Ratings - Pitting Brad against Angel gives E4 the edge.
Brad Pitt's guest appearance on E4's Friends gained the channel its highest audience for an individual programme to date, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 to look at race relations.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, multicultural Yasmin Anwar has ordered an autobiographical strand, Made in Britain, that confronts issues of race, sexuality and paternal consent.Kes Films' Sperm Bandits presents journalist and broadcaster
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Bjork fails to attract crowds to BBC 4
Just 16,000 viewers tune in to the BBC's new digital arts channel for exclusive coverage of the Icelandic pop queen's concert
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Channel 5 ditches another film slot.
Channel 5 is scaling back its commitment to movies in peaktime with plans to scrap another of its dedicated 21.00 film slots, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Channel 5 factual unveils orders.
Channel 5 controller of factual entertainment Sue Murphy has unveiled her first set of commissions for the channel which includes another TV vehicle for The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITC adds strategists.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has made two appointments to its strategy, economics and finance (SEF) group. BSkyB business development manager Jim Egan joined this week as head of strategy and
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Davies admits BBC indie quota is short.
The BBC may not meet its 25 per cent indie quota this year because of a lack of good ideas from independent production companies, according to BBC chairman Gavyn Davies.Davies made
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Graham Norton goes up against Pop Idol at Montreux.
Channel 4's So Graham Norton will battle it out against ITV's Pop Idol for the variety accolade at the Golden Rose Festival in Montreux, Switzerland next month, writes Penny Hughes.
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Leader - ITV Digital more spinned against.
Now that intense speculation about the immediate future of ITV Digital has calmed down, Deloitte & Touche - the accountancy firm appointed two weeks ago to help restructure the pay-TV business
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TV Politics - TV's new political agenda.
As under 45-year-olds increasingly drift away from TV politics dominated by white, middle-aged men engaged in arcane debates, what should broadcasters be doing to make viewers tune into political coverage again?
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Free to air - A class war at the BBC.
Chairman of the BBC governors Gavyn Davies made some interesting points this week about what he feels is the hijacking of the dumbing-down agenda. He grumbled that the white, middle class,
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News analysis - Running out of air.
As the government calls for the more efficient use of spectrum as part of its drive for digital switchover, we consider the pros and cons of charging the BBC and Channel 4 for the use of the airwaves they need to broadcast.
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Technology & facilities - Alias Wavefront closes US facilities.
Canadian 3D graphics specialist Alias Wavefront has closed two of its three production facilities but claimed no jobs will be lost as a result.Echoing the move made by rival Discreet last
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Ant and Dec award.
Former SM:TV Live hosts Ant and Dec pulled off a double at the annual Tric awards. The duo were named TV personalities of the year while SM:TV Live picked up TV
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Jones takes on Archer's Granada brief.
Granada has drafted in controller of documentaries, history and science Bill Jones to head its Bristol operation following Tom Archer's departure to the BBC, writes Steve Aston.
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Technology & facilities - Regular archiving is key to preservation.
Archiving should be a continual process and not a one-off activity, according to UK optical storage specialist K-Par Archiving Software, writes Barbara Marshall.