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OFF THE RECORD - Lythgoe revives Stray Cats
Nasty Nigel Lythgoe's image has been punctured by news of a misguided move to name a stray kitten after him. Aaah... According to our sources, the kitten was one of six
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CAPITAL TALKS ARE OFF
Capital Radio has confirmed that it has held talks with German media group Holtzbrinck about buying its radio division but that the discussions have now ended. Reports this week had suggested
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Broadcaster programme policies due next week
The commercial broadcasters will next week publish their first programme policy statements as part of a move towards greater self-regulation, writes Lucy Rouse.
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ON THE BOX - Power play is a turn on
Jim Henson Television Group European president Angus Fletcher welcomes the latest programming move into houses.
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Daytime deal boosts Initial
GMG Endemol arm Initial has bagged its first daytime commission, writes Ann-Marie Corvin.
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BBC to promote free-to-air digital
The BBC has created a new department to focus on promoting free-to-view digital TV, write Georgina Lipscomb and Simon Ellery.
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Clark emerges at BBC entertainment
Former LWT Head of comedy Lisa Clark has re-surfaced at the BBC as an entertainment executive producer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC BUYS TREMOR
BBC science is the first UK buyer of Nothing Real compositing system Tremor. Supplied by Tyrell, the system will be used by BBC Science's CGI unit which has produced graphics for
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BBC promises interactivity
Interactive TV represents the next new wave - and TV may still turn out to be the way most people get access to the internet, the UK Digital TV conference organised by IBC Global heard last week, writes Nick Radlo.
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Sky One makes Bafta shortlist
Sky One has received its first Bafta nomination for a non-factual programme it was announced this week, but BBC 1 has once again reeled in the highest number of nominations.Sky One's
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BADHAM MOVES TO PCC
Picture Canning Company (PCC) has appointed Nick Badham as project development manager. PCC is moving into multi-camera outside broadcast and studio production and Badham will promote this part of the business,
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Chrysalis chief exec steps back from Heart
Chrysalis Radio chief executive Phil Riley has stepped down from his dual role of managing director of the group's London station Heart 106.2 FM because of work pressures, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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DTI mulling spectrum auction
Chancellor Gordon Brown is sitting on a treasure trove of unused digital terrestrial TV spectrum which he plans to auction to broadcasters over the coming years in a move which could raise billions of pounds for the government, writes David Rose.
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Shearman to rebrand as Tiger Aspect West
Tiger Aspect Productions is rebranding its wholly owned subsidiary company Shearman Productions as Tiger Aspect West, as part of a plan to beef up its factual output, writes Penny Hughes.
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ARDENT POSTS PROFIT
Ardent Productions has announced its first annual pre-tax profit of£30,000 in the year ending 31 December 2000. Turnover was£484,000 - up 50 per cent on the same period last
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Sky Arabic Channel
Arabic service Al Jazeera Channel is in final talks with BSkyB and Astra to launch in the UK by the end of May.The channel, which is known as the CNN of
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BBC BUYS RUN OF KIDS ANIMATION UBOS
BBC head of acquisitions and co-productions for CBBC Theresa Plummer-Andrews has bought 52 x 22-minute animated series UBOS (formerly Ultimate Book of Spells) (left) from entertainment company BKN. UBOS is a
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ANIMATION AWARD OPEN
The fourth European junior animators award is inviting entries from animators with less than two years' experience. The deadline to enter is 28 September. Further information is available from ejaa@bubblesqueak.co.uk.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Pearson under fire
Pearson TV's merger with CLT-Ufa a year ago, and the subsequent spawning of the mighty RTL Group, seemed like an ideal match, but the top brass have become restless. So how good a deal was it for Pearson?
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ALIAS PLUG IN FOR MAY
SGI-owned Alias Wavefront is developing an exporter plug-in that will enable the transfer of content directly from its 3D animation and effects package Maya to the web. Scheduled for a May