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CARE SCOOPS FIVE AWARDS AT BAFTA CYMRU
Care, the BBC's drama about abuse in Welsh children's homes during the 1970s and 1980s won five Bafta Cymru awards on Sunday (24 June). It took the best drama award while
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UK firms win top awards at Promax
UK broadcasters triumphed at the Promax and BDA 2001 awards in Miami last Thursday, writes Mark Banham.
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NEW RORY PECK AWARD
The Rory Peck Awards is introducing a new category, the Sony International Impact Award, for freelance broadcast journalists whose work that has made an impact on government policy or public opinion.
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CARLTON WINS AWARD
Carlton has picked up The Windrush Partnership Achievement Award for its commitment to cultural diversity. The award is given to organisations that have helped people from ethnic minorities through their business.
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SKILLSET ASKS INDUSTRY TO RETURN CENSUS
Skillset this week called for all those working in the audiovisual industries to return forms for the second industry-wide census by the end of July. The first census showed that 116,000
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ARRI GB CHIEF RETIRES
Arri GB chief executive Derrick Ross has retired after 18 years with the German-owned company. Ross set up Arri's UK subsidiary in 1983 after being poached from competitor Rank Strand where
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TELEWEST APPOINTS KINGSMILL AS NON-EXEC
Cable outfit Telewest has strengthened its board by naming former MFI Furniture deputy chair Denise Kingsmill as a non-executive director. Kingsmill, who has been deputy chair of the Competition Commission since
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NEWS ANALYSIS - American cream
With British entertainment formats having performed strongly in the US lately, confidence is growing among American broadcasters that UK indies branching out into the States can deliver hit factual and reality shows.
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OFF THE RECORD - Carlton driven by naked ambition
Industry observers are familiar with the argument that the quality of Carlton's programming really has improved in the eight years of its short life, not least since Steve Hewlett arrived to
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Allen should've kept quiet
Sitting beside the Camel - river not ship of desert - word reaches me of a bizarre happening. Apparently, and it is hard to believe, Granada has written to the prime
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BBC CHOICE TO AIR WEAKEST LINK THEME NIGHT
BBC Choice is to screen a theme night dedicated to quiz show The Weakest Link. The six-hour event, which will go out on 1 July from 19.00, will feature the first
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Big Brother looks ahead to third run
Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is already working on plans for Big Brother 3, despite the fact the existing house in Bow will be torn down in three months' time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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S&M AND LOLA IN BT AD
Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) has teamed with Lola on the visual effects for BT's new flagship TV commercial called Stadium. Directed by RSA Films' Jake Scott for advertising agency St Luke's,
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S CLUB 7 TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD FOR THIRD SERIES
Pop group S Club 7 have been signed up to appear in their third BBC television series, Hollywood 7. The popstars will fly out to Los Angeles to begin filming the
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RADIO 5 LIVE TO UNVEIL ONLINE NEWS SERVICE
BBC Radio 5 Live's website is launching a new feature News Extra Online on Monday (2 July). The online audio service will provide listeners with a 15-minute daily summary of news
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C4 Ideas Lab hangs in limbo
The future of Channel 4's Ideas Lab hung in the balance this week following the expected departure of its head Liz Warner, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 launches health and lifestyle portal
Channel 4 is extending its commitment to educational services with the roll-out of a health and lifestyle portal.Health House, which will be a cross-media project overseen by 4 Learning and aimed
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VFG shaken by share fall to 3p
Shares from the beleaguered film and video equipment group VFG have fallen to 3p following the release of the group's interim results that showed pre-tax losses of£3.3m in the six
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PVR homes to surge by 2010
The market for personal video recorder (PVR) technology is set to mushroom to half a billion homes worldwide by 2010, according to a report out this week, writes David Wood.
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TV FORUM EUROPE GEARS UP FOR 2002 LAUNCH
A new television market, TV Forum Europe, is to launch early next year. The new market, to be held in Barcelona from 18 to 21 February, is being overseen by the