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Radio Authority plans new radio sector
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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
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INTERVIEW - The Shaw touch.
Channel 5 senior controller news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw has managed to win favourable press attention with 'grown-up' documentaries. But his reality show, Touch the Truck, and taking news out of peaktime will ensure C5 doesn't garne
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NTL scraps spring interactive plans.
NTL has scrapped plans for a spring roll-out of its enhanced TV service following major technical problems, writes Simon Ellery.
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Rapture and IPC in TV initiative.
Rapture TV, United Business Media's (UBM) loss-making dance music channel, has struck a deal to produce an interactive masthead strand with IPC's Muzik Magazine, writes Simon Ellery.
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Whittaker hired for London News post.
London News Network (LNN) has filled the gap left by head of factual Lindsay Charlton's departure, appointing executive producer Bob Whittaker to the role, writes Colin Robertson.
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RFU to go into TV production.
The Rugby Football Union is drawing up plans to set up a Twickenham-based TV production outfit that could lead to the launch of the UK's first rugby channel.RFU commercial director Paul
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TV trade gap with US soars.
The deficit between the value of British television exports and imports leapt by more than 60 per cent from£248m in 1998 to£403m in 1999, writes John Lewis.
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FOOT AND MOUTH FOCUS.
Tigress Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a nightly current affairs strand on the foot and mouth crisis, writes Katy Elliott.
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More footie stations for Radio First.
Radio First has announced plans to launch up to three more Premiership football club radio stations this year after signing a distribution deal with BSkyB, writes Leigh Holmwood.