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OFF THE RECORD.
Dyke's new 'cut the crap - make it happen' mantra has obviously hit a nerve with some BBC staffers who are using it as an excuse to do away with a
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AN UNPLANNED RETURN.
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has commissioned a third series of live improvised comedy/chat show Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC 1's peaktime slump continues
Corporation's flagship channel is beaten comprehensively in every slot up to 22:00 while BBC 2's Crime and Punishment struggles to find a cultural niche
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Bennett to rejig commissioning
Incoming BBC director of television Jana Bennett charged with updating general factual commissioning process
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CBBC overhauls schools output
Educational shows to be launched on new digital channel CBBC as Class TV
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attheraces signs up interactive betting partners
Horseracing media rights holder agrees deal with Ladbrokes, Sportech and Surrey Sports for internet and digital TV betting service
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£9.7m media park to be built in Wales
South-west Wales is the location of Hartham Park's latest media park, a£9.7m development from the property group behind Wiltshire's Corsham Media Park (Broadcast, 14.9.01), writes Barbara MarshallHistoric Welsh mansion Gelli
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Inspiring BBC 4
BBC Broadcast is behind the launch campaign for the corporation's new cultural digital channel BBC 4, writes Barbara MarshallThe campaign, Everybody Needs a Place to Think, includes TV, radio and print
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Metro first to buy Sony Xpri
As part of a£1m investment plan, Metro Broadcast is the first UK company to buy the Sony Xpri high definition (HD) non-linear editing system, writes Barbara MarshallThe purchase is part
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Pinewood in Canadian studio venture
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is leading a consortium to build the first purpose-built film studio complex in Toronto, Canada, writes Barbara MarshallThe consortium, which includes a California-based property firm and a Canadian
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Net innovation at Cebit
Hitachi will be showing a range of products at the CeBIT world business fair in Hannover next month, including a prototype range of wearable internet appliances. The devices come complete with
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Encoda picks finance man for EMEA job
Encoda Systems EMEA chief financial officer David Martin is to replace EMEA president Roy Freeland as head of the European, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) region, writes Barbara MarshallMartin said much
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Soho Shorts entries
Entries are invited to the fourth Rushes Soho Shorts festival which will be held between 27 July and 1 August 2002.Submissions should have been produced in the 12 months up
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Lynx equipment theft
Middlesex facilities company Lynx Digital has been rocked by the theft of four digital beta video recorders worth£100,000 from their premises in Denham on Tuesday night last week (5 February).
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Northlight scanner
Framestore-CFC spin-off FilmLight has joined forces with telecine specialist Innovation TK to produce the ITK Northlight scanner. Originally developed by the Framestore-CFC team that now runs FilmLight, the CCD digital scanner
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Workstation XSI
Softimage has introduced an entry-level version of its XSI non-linear animating system.The new version, called Workstation, runs on a single workstation and starts at under $5,000 (£3,520), compared with the
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ITV 1 exposes workplace sins
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has commissioned a six-part series in which various professionals reveal workplace scams, writes Steve AstonThe 6 x 30-minute series Confessions, to be produced
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Gritty northern drama for BBC 2
The writer of gritty 1998 Scottish film Looking After Jo Jo has been signed up to write a new four-part, hard-hitting drama series for BBC 2.Real Men, ordered by BBC 2
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BBC 2 backs new chefs
Not content with Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith and the Food and Drink team dominating her schedule, BBC 2 controller Jane Root has ordered yet another cookery show, writes Georgina LipscombHowever, this
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C4 goes back for more No Going Back
Ricochet Films has been commissioned to produce a second series of Channel 4 show No Going Back.The 6 x 50-minute series, which looks at families who have 'downshifted', will be