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    422 BOOSTS ANIMATION.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    422 has taken on Gary Noden who is heading north from London's Eye Animation to become senior 3D animator at 422's Manchester site. Noden's credits include idents for Cartoon Network, Fox

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    C5's Newman boosts indies with first slate.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of entertainment Andrew Newman is championing new indies with his first raft of commissions for the broadcaster since his arrival last year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C5 SHAREHOLDER LOSS.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 shareholder United Business Media, which owns 35 per cent of the channel, posted a loss of #568m in its end-of-year results. Revenue fell from #1.05bn to #930.5m.

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    TELETEXT POISED TO WIN CHANNEL 5 CONTRACT.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Teletext is planning to expand its availability beyond ITV, Channel 4 and its portfolio of branded digital services by providing a text service for Channel 5. It has emerged as the

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    PROFITS PLUMMET AT CHANNEL 5 OWNER RTL.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 owner RTL Group saw its core earnings plunge 35 per cent last year, giving it an overall loss of #1.52bn. Considerable asset write-downs and the continuing advertising slump meant

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    Pilot access stations on air.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The first three stations in the Radio Authority's access radio pilot scheme have begun broadcasting, with another 12 due to go on air later this year, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    TERRESTRIAL TV STRATEGIES - Getting in on the digital act.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Terrestrial TV's audience share has been gradually eroded by more than a decade of growth in multichannel alternatives. Ed Shelton reports on the terrestrials' latest attempts to face up to the threat.

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    DYKE SPEAKS AT AD LUNCH.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke is to give the keynote speech at the Advertising Association's annual lunch on 20 May. The address, at the Savoy Hotel in London, will follow the

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    FREE TO AIR - End is nigh for ITV Digital.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV Digital is the televisual Queen Mother. We all know it is going to go, we just can't quite pin a date on the unhappy event. Staff at Granada and Carlton

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    Radio mics could be hit by analogue switch-off.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is pressing the government to consider the impact of analogue switch-off on the use of radio microphones, writes Barbara Marshall.At a seminar held on Wednesday

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Independence Day.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Now that the government is to allow production companies which are owned by foreign broadcasters to retain their independent status, will there be an influx of big hitters like Mediaset, Bertelsmann or Vivendi?

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Niche viewers slip through the net.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Even though Barb has at last got its new improved panel up and running, it is still not clear just how many people are watching low rating niche channels. Are we being asked to take too much on trust?

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    Regulators approve GVG sale to Thomson.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Thomson Multimedia has this week confirmed its purchase of the Grass Valley Group (GVG) and, through its Technicolor subsidiary, has added two more companies to its list of acquisitions.The $172m (#121m)

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    ON THE BOX - The art of destruction.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV 2 head of programmes Daniela Neumann thought The Man Who Destroyed Everything laid solid foundations for new channel BBC 4.

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    Turner awards major facility contract.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Snell & Wilcox has won a multimillion pound deal to equip the world's largest broadcast centre at Turner Entertainment Group's new Atlanta headquarters, writes Barbara Marshall.The 193,000 square foot facility, due

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    Ex-media sec Smith heats BBC Ofcom row.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies' move to reform the BBC board of governors was this week roundly criticised by MPs, commercial broadcasters and consumer bodies who reiterated calls for the corporation to face the same regulation as other broadcasters, writes Da

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    BBC World Cup trials interactive content.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Telewest has teamed up with the BBC to produce enhanced content for this summer's football World Cup tournament and has already begun a trial of the new technology, write Simon Ellery

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    BBC orders Box TV dramas.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The writer of acclaimed Channel 4 legal drama North Square, which was ditched by the broadcaster after just one series, has scripted a new drama for the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC political head moves to Blakeway as programme director.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC former head of political documentaries Anne Tyerman is to join indie Blakeway Productions as director of programmes, as the company opens its first regional office in Winchester, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC NAMES NETWORK X.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio has announced the new digital station for black music fans is to be called 1Xtra. The station, which had the working title of Network X, will launch in July.