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    BOOST FOR WEBCASTER.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Webstreaming specialist Virtue Broadcasting is to receive a EUR12m (£7.6m) investment from telco Interoute to provide exclusive streaming and hosting services across its European fibre optic network. The partnership will enable

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    BROADCASTERS FEATURE IN TOP BRANDS BOOK.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    A number of broadcasting companies have made it into the 2001 edition of the Superbrands top 100 consumer brands book. In addition to regulars BBC and CNN, Channel 4 and Sky

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    BLOBHEADS ON NICK UK.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has struck a deal with Toronto-based children's specialist Decode Entertainment for a new live action/ animated series, The Blobheads, writes Simon Ellery.

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    GWYNHELEK TO PUT BISHOP BILL IN THE FRAME.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Penzance-based indie Gwynhelek is producing a 4 x 25-minute profile of a high-profile local bishop for Carlton Westcountry, with a 60-minute version being cut for the ITV controller of news, current

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    TRADE TALK - ON THE BOX - Better than school.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Celador head of comedy Mike Whitehall is shocked at Crossroads' use of child labour but enjoys having his toes curled by C4's Borat.

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    Media buyer supports BBC's status.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    David Pattison, chief executive of media buying firm New PHD and a former frontrunner for the still-vacant ITV chief executive role, has spoken out against the widely held view that the BBC should be overseen by a single regulator, writes Lucy Rouse.

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    PLANS FOR JOINT EXIT POLL DUMPED BY BBC/ITV.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV and the BBC have scrapped plans to use a joint exit poll system during the next general election. An ITV spokesman said it had decided not to opt for a

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    Pressure mounts to cut BBC governors' powers.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The government is to come under further pressure to curtail the powers of the BBC governors this week, following the publication of the Commons' media select committee report into the white

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    BBC News reshuffles.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC head of TV news Roger Mosey has announced a reshuffle of the news team following the appointment of BBC One O'Clock News editor Jay Hunt as editor of the Six O'Clock News, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC DRAMA RECOVERS.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC's Centre House which houses the drama department has been fully re-opened after the disruption caused by the bombing in Wood Lane on 4 March. Meanwhile, BBC Television Centre reception remains

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    BBC UNILEVER HIRING.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is reported to have appointed Unilever foods marketer Andy Duncan as director of marketing and communications as a replace- ment for Matthew Bannister. Duncan is category director, spreads and

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    BBC drives interactive TV.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC director of new media Ashley Highfield is driving forward his pan-BBC interactive TV plans, claiming the corporation will now only commission programmes that have an interactive or online element.Speaking at

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    BBC SCIENCE ORDERS LANDSCAPE SERIES.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC Science has commissioned a new series fronted by Earth Story presenter Aubrey Manning, called Talking Landscapes. BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned science specialist TV6 to make the 6

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    OFF THE RECORD - Dyke Towers - The occasional diary of a BBC Director General.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    SUNDAYAfter dealing with the immediate trauma, I naturally whacked off a witty email to Dickie Sambrook down at BBC News. 'I know you didn't like the turnstiles, mate, and fair enough

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    CARLTON STRIKE BALLOT.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    A union ballot over strike action at Carlton Central's Nottingham site went ahead as planned on Wednesday (14 March). The vote, which follows concerns over a pay offer made by the

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    LWT backs reality TV.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    LWT HAS created a new head of reality TV role in recognition of the growing popularity of the genre and has promoted Natalka Znak to the post, writes Steve Aston.

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    BALLYKISSANGEL AXED.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has axed BBC Northern Ireland drama Ballykissangel. The final episode of the sixth series will broadcast next month. A BBC drama spokesman told Broadcast: 'It's been

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    SISSONS WINS AWARD.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    BBC News has received a fillip in its battle for supremacy over rival ITN after Peter Sissons was named newscaster of the year at the Television & Radio Industries Club awards

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    AVID RESELLER TO SOHO.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Avid reseller Altered Images has opened in Soho although it retains its head office in Isleworth. The new operation, in D'Arblay Street, will be fronted by sales manager David Dowling and

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    Seventh Art to make Hidden History series.

    2001-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Brighton-based indie Seventh Art has clocked up a number of new commissions including a Hidden History series to air on Discovery Channels International (DCI) and the BBC, writes Georgina Lipscomb.