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MPs in call for 'toddler TV' ad ban.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is facing a demand to ban TV advertising during programmes targeted at under-fives, writes David Rose.
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NATPE CHANGES AFOOT.
Natpe organisers are understood to be considering plans to split the event into three - separating out domestic syndication and international syndication with a third event for the advertising community. The
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Disney TV set to broadcast after bedtime.
The battle for pre-school viewers is in danger of being taken way past the traditional 20.00 bedtime with Walt Disney set to extend the running time for its Playhouse Disney channel to 23.00, writes Simon Ellery.
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BARB UNDER FIRE AGAIN.
The Broadcasters' Audi-ence Research Board (Barb) has come in for renewed criticism following research from media buying agency Carat that suggests the new Barb system is inaccurate. The research claimed the
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NTL refinancing could aid merger.
The imminent restructure of debt-laden cable outfit NTL could accelerate a merger with its UK rival Telewest, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch, writes Simon Ellery.
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NTL pulls Eurosport off air in Ireland.
NTL has stopped broadcasting Eurosport in Ireland after failing to agree terms for digital carriage, writes Simon Ellery.
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EXTREME TO AIR GAMES.
The Extreme Sports Channel has bought the UK TV rights to the boarding and BMX event The Gravity Games previously screened on BBC 2. Coverage of the 2001 event, which took
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BREEZE TO GO OFF AIR ON ITV DIGITAL AND SKY.
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) ceased broadcasting its women's service Breeze on ITV Digital and Sky this week (31 January) and is to be dropped by Telewest at the end of March.
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UKTV TO AIR TIMESHIFTED UK STYLE ON SKY.
UKTV is to launch a time-shifted version of lifestyle service UK Style from February on Sky. Style+ will show delayed broadcast of Style - featuring programming such as Ground Force, House
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FREE TO AIR - PSB debate badly needed.
With NTL's debt mountain soaring to Himalayan levels, no end of the ad famine in sight and zero prospect of the government meeting its self-imposed targets for digital switchover, you'd think
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Daylight robbery.
Liam Hamilton, the new controller of ITV daytime, has his work cut out if he is to undo the programming blunders and rows which have led to the network's slide in the daytime ratings over the past couple of years.
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Richard Harris to explore Arthur myth.
The team behind the BBC's award-winning Son of God series are to turn their attention to King Arthur and his legendary court of Camelot, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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SPECIAL: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING CONFERENCE - ITV head calls BBC arts 'pathetic'.
The BBC has come under renewed attack over the state of its arts programming as ITV chairman Leslie Hill accused it of having a 'pathetic' approach to the genre.Hill, speaking at
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ITV will bounce back, says report.
ITV 1 will soon win back the daytime ratings lead it has lost to BBC 1, despite its recent upheavals, predicts a report out this week from media agency Zenith, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ON THE BOX - Giving TV a bad rep.
Chrysalis Entertainment executive producer Tony Moss wished Club Reps would stop shagging, but was charmed by Ant and Dec.
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BBC creates key position for Birmingham factual.
The BBC is to create a new post to oversee all general factual programming in Birmingham in an attempt to bring more focus to the troubled regional centre, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC looks at online options for indies.
The BBC is exploring the creation of minimum output guarantees for indies across its online operations, similar to those that already exist for television and radio, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC DOCS RESHUFFLE.
The BBC's political documentaries department is to be incorporated into a new BBC 2 structure for special programmes under an as yet unnamed senior executive producer reporting to head of current
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BBC NI lines up Catholic drama.
BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert Cooper has ordered a controversial film for BBC 1 examining the attitude of the Catholic Church towards unwanted pregnancies during the 1960s, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC STRUCTURE - Dyke's tonic for the troops.
As Greg Dyke embarks on his third year in charge at the BBC, Leigh Holmwood asks whether despite an increase in talk-to-the-troops touchy-feelyness unthinkable under predecessor John Birt, his aim to create 'One BBC' has been a success.