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Jowell should rethink BBC channels BBC
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is being urged to consider the plight of the entire commercial sector where ad revenues are falling as she decides whether to approve the BBC's digital TV and radio plans, writes Katy Elliott.
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Diversity drive at BBC news
BBC News has recruited a new co-ordinator to develop and implement policies to better reflect audience diversity both on screen and behind the scenes, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC strengthens ethnic output
BBC multicultural commissioning executive Maxine Watson has unveiled a raft of new programmes for BBC 2 as part of her brief to develop original strands intended to reflect 'real diversity'.The programmes,
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BBC Resources boosts training
BBC resources is fighting the industry's technical skills shortage with a second wave of traineeships following the success of a similar scheme introduced last year.Twenty-one young people will join in mid-September,
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RATINGS - Coronation Street loses head-to-head battle
BBC 1 came out on top in the first head-to-head battle of the country's favourite soaps, writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC prepares to axe documentary posts
The majority of the creative directors in the BBC's documentaries group are expected to lose their jobs when more than 100 posts are axed next month, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC set for top autumn drama
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey launched a heavy autumn drama schedule this week, promising to 'take more risks' with the channel.Yet she also revealed that Steven Speilberg's new drama Band of
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NEW EDITOR FOR APTN
News agency APTN has appointed MyMovies.net editor Nick Thomas as its entertainment editor. He is charged with overseeing the editorial content of the news agency's entertainment bulletins and programmes and will
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BBC property plan approved
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has approved the BBC's plan to hand over its central London properties to a private-sector developer in a£500m deal, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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LEADER - Is a new Saturday night all right?
ITV's decision to run 75 minutes of Premiership football highlights from 19.00 on Saturdays is either a bold move that demonstrates broadcasters can still innovate in these straitened, competitive times -
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Alias explains cancellation at Siggraph
Alias Wavefront blamed 'severe economic restraints' for the cancellation of its user group conference at Siggraph this year following unsuccessful attempts to charge attendees a $200 (£140) fee, write Jo Scott and Barbara Marshall.
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Radio First soccer station to air
Radio First is launching its first radio station dedicated to football fans this weekend to coincide with the start of the football season, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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FREE TO AIR - Digital needs proper funds
There's not a commercial broadcasting organisation in this country that is escaping the hardship prompted by the advertising slump. And digital niche players are bearing the real brunt of this, surrounded
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C5 USES KIOSK MEDIA
Channel 5 is using kiosk media technology to add interactivity to its live Saturday morning kids show 5 Gets Out of its Box. The show, to tour Blackpool and Leeds in
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Lygo raids C4 for top team at C5
Channel 5 has poached E4 director of programmes Andrew Newman as controller of entertainment and sources have said C5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has an 'uncertain future' at the channel, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 satire row draws CPS
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering a case for prosecuting Channel 4 and Talkback, producer of the controversial Brass Eye satire, under the Protection of Children Act, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 to 'iron out' orders policy
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam this week said plans would be put in place to iron out problems with the channel's commissioning process.Some C4 suppliers have called for the
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C4 orders doc on genital surgery
Channel 4 commissioning editor, science Dan Chambers has commissioned RDF Media to produce a series exploring genital operations, writes Penny Hughes.
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Mentorn wins C4 deals for ecology docs
Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured two one-off commissions from Channel 4 including a film looking at the effects of climate change in the year 2050, write Colin Robertson and Jon Rogers.
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INTERVIEW: TIM GARDAM - An intellect to innovate at C4
Shy, gauche and anonymous are not the attributes you would expect from a Channel 4 director of programmes. But Tim Gardam's highbrow conversation, peppered with polysyllables and awkward aphorisms, is less