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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Can Sky take ITV to new heights?
At last ITV 1 is available on the Sky Digital platform, but while digital distribution makes sound sense financially for Carlton and Granada, it has so far failed to provide a boost to viewing figures in Sky homes.
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NEW COLLINGWOOD O'HARE ANIMATION FOR ITV.
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned a 52 x 5-minute animated series from Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment. Yoko!Jakamoko! Toto!, which tells the story of a bird, an armadillo
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AOL TO BUY OUT BERTELSMANN TO CALM FEARS.
AOL Time Warner has lowered its 2002 profit forecasts and warned that the global advertising downturn could worsen in the first half of the year. The company said this week it
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APTN ups showbiz news.
News agency APTN is beefing up its entertainment news service in response to a growth in broadcasters' appetite for the genre, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Archer bolts Granada stable for BBC Bristol.
The Exodus of former United Productions executives from Granada has continued with factual controller Tom Archer's decision to quit the broadcaster's Bristol operation to join the BBC.Archer will take up the
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Arise, Sir Jimmy.
The annual roll of new year's honours has again featured a clutch of names from the broadcasting industry, including veteran BBC Radio 2 DJ Jimmy Young, who was given a knighthood, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Regional duo on awards list.
Two non-London firms feature for the first time in the Broadcast Award's shortlist for best post-production house, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC BANKS ON NEW SERIES OF COMEDY FAVOURITE.
Veteran BBC sitcom As Time Goes By has been recommissioned for a ninth series by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey. The new 4 x 30-minute series, which again stars Dame Judi
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Barb suspends ratings figures.
The suspension of television ratings figure analysis for up to a fortnight has left the industry in confusion as broadcasters and producers clamoured to learn how their programmes have performed.The Broadcasters'
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BBC and NTL close to sports channel deal.
The BBC and NTL have revived their plan to launch an archive-based sports channel and could now have a proposition up and running before the summer, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC news ups US clout.
The BBC has consolidated its position as the dominant foreign news provider in the US after securing a raft of distribution deals, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Old trooper wins Christmas Day war for BBC.
It may have only picked up a lukewarm response from the critics, but BBC 1's decision to revive Only Fools and Horses pulled in gigantic ratings for the corporation on Christmas Day, writes Jon Rogers.
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Geldof joins SBS for radio bid.
Bob Geldof's Indie Ten Alps has joined forces with Scandinavian broadcaster SBS Broadcasting in a move which could see both companies enter the UK radio broadcasting market for the first time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BIG BROTHER BUILDS NEW HOUSE AT ELSTREE.
The producers of Big Brother have confirmed that the set for series three, due to air this summer, will be built at Elstree Film & TV Studios. The previous two series,
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LEADER - Can Bland teach BT new tricks?
BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland's reputation for being anything but was underlined once more this week as he revealed that the telecommunications giant is about to embark on a new strategy
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Ex-EastEnders editor to boost Sky's drama.
BSkyB IS looking to bolster its UK-originated drama and has hired ex-EastEnders script editor Sara Johnson to help spearhead the push, writes Simon Ellery.
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ON THE BOX - Xmas at the Kumars.
Dan Chambers, C5 controller of factual, feels at home with the Kumars but found Nearly Soapstars too close for comfort.
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CREATIVE BRIEFS.
The Farm post-produced the titles for the new series of The Magnificent Seven, produced for and by Universal cable channel The Studio. Each episode provides a countdown of seven great movie
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BROADBAND FOOTIE.
Granada's joint-venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc.tv is to broadcast its first ever broadband match - a pay-per-view premiership clash between Manchester United and Liverpool later this month. The match will
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BT may invest in indies.
BT could become a major investor in the independent television sector, according to new chairman Sir Christopher Bland, writes David Wood.