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    DVB outlines new mission statement

    2001-03-16T14:55:00Z

    Organisation seeks to combine 'stability and interopability' of broadcast with the 'vigour and multiplicity' of the internet

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    Hallmark plans UK VOD service

    2001-03-16T13:05:00Z

    Channel's managing director Jeff Henry says discussions on going with several parties to launch service within the next twelve months

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    ONdigital hires team of football heavyweights

    2001-03-16T13:05:00Z

    Director of programmes raids rivals for all-star line-up

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    Open...gets rival

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Smashed Atom to build interactive shopping service for Energis Interactive

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    Knives are out for wrestling but public laps it up

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Viewers see no difference between WWF and EastEnders but complaints continue

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    Rapture to produce masthead strand for IPC's Muzik

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Dance music channel to carry four-hour interactive block six days a week

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    Stevenson takes over Hit's creative team

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Fraggle Rock co-creator takes over from outgoing creative chief Kate Hawkes

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    Capital's Park launches own venture

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

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    Indies welcome Brown's Budget

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Continuation of section 48 reliefs gets thumbs-up from producers

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    Radio Authority plans new radio sector

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Community stations may go head-to-head with commercial stations if plans reach fruition

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    Pattison adds voice to BBC/Ofcom debate

    2001-03-16T12:56:00Z

    Head of media firm New PHD and former favourite for ITV chief executive role says corporation should not come under scrutiny by new super-regulator

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    Spicing up the story.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Sometimes, when a good story comes along, you just can't wait for a commissioning editor's green light. Just over seven years ago Neil Davies and Matthew Bowers began filming a bunch

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    YENTOB SOAP PLAN.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC controller of drama, entertainment and children's Alan Yentob has confirmed that the BBC FictionLab is developing an interactive soap, The Block, and another interactive show, The Affair. Yentob told delegates

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    RED NOSE NIGHT.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Jump Design & Direction is behind the programme identity for the BBC's Red Nose Night 2001 for Comic Relief. The graphics will appear throughout the evening's events, from appeal films to

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    UK picks up a third of Montreux nominations.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    A total of 28 British programmes are chasing awards at this year's Golden Rose of Montreux ceremony, writes Steve Aston.

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    ROLE FOR OMNIBUS MD.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    OmniBus Systems group managing director Brian Paisley has been appointed an executive director of the board of Management Data AG, following the merger of the two companies last year (Broadcast, 12.5.00).

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    Lookalikes.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Quake in fear at this pair of beefcakes: Sky publicity chief John Brissenden and mafioso Benedetto Spera. One extorts favours by threatening to kneecap his helpless victims while the other was

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    Wrestling is 'like a soap opera'.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The majority of TV viewers regard wrestling as 'harmless entertainment' on a par with soap operas, despite continual complaints about the dangers of the sport and its mistreatment of women, writes Jon Rogers.

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    TRADE TALK - A northern light.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Controller of features at Yorkshire Tyne Tees Bridget Boseley is credited with 'an enormous sense of mischief' and embarks on her biggest project yet.

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    Reality key part of Wellbeing Network.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Granada/Boots joint-venture The Wellbeing Network, which launched this week, is broadcasting a reality TV strand as a key component of its launch line-up.Wellbeing 100, produced by Yorkshire Television, follows the lives