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BBC Online rebrands to boost new media
BBC Online was this week rebranded as BBC i, as part of a strategy to boost use of the BBC's new media services, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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EMMY FOR BBC FILMS
BBC films' collaboration with HBO Films, Conspiracy: The Meeting at Wannsee, picked up two prizes at the 53rd annual Emmy awards. Loring Mandel won best writing for a mini-series or movie,
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Hairdresser wars make BBC drama
The BBC is beefing up its comedy drama output with a new series on 'the Manchester hairdressing wars' from the creator of The Riff-Raff Element, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Execs put weight behind ITV Digital
ITV Digital senior executives leapt to the defence of the beleaguered platform this week to counter mounting City pressure on shareholders Carlton and Granada to drop the service, writes Simon Ellery.
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BT BIDS FOR TV SERVICES
BT has made a bid to use its telephone network to provide TV services to its customers. The telecoms company has applied to the Independent Television Commission for a local delivery
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PRODUXION.COM BOUGHT
Emap has taken full control of online service Produxion.com, after buying out the minority stakes in the venture held by Channel 5 and Netdecisions. The move will see Emap title Broadcast
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ON THE BOX - Tarbie on top form
Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment writer/ director Tony Collingwood was taken with Linda Green but horrified by My Uncle Silas.
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Thomson drops Philips brand
Thomson Multimedia has ditched the Philips name across its broadcast product range, following the merger of the Philips Broadcast and Thomson Broadcast systems divisions over the past 12 months.All products within
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Stars secure Brighter future
Endemol Entertainment UK-owned Brighter Pictures has bagged a range of commissions, including a show for the BBC which highlights the pitfalls of celebrity.An as yet untitled 6 x 40-minute documentary series,
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Kids ITV to suffer as budgets are slashed
ITV can no longer compete with the BBC's kids output and is being forced to scale back its children's programming ambitions radically as budgets at the network become slimmer, ITV controller
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Cable giants launch interactive strategy
NTL and Telewest have taken a step closer towards a full merger after launching a joint interactive strategy - dubbed the 'broadband Treaty of Rome', writes Simon Ellery.
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OFF THE RECORD - Celador's Wolf's rose-tinted past
Where were they then? Unbelievably, Celador International commercial director Adrian Wolf once enjoyed a short-lived career as a presenter on Top of the Pops. Back then he was known as Adrian
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DEADLINE FOR CELTIC
The deadline for entries to the Celtic Film & Television Festival, taking place between 20 and 23 March next year in Brittany in France, closes today (9 November). Competition categories include
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FOULSER NAMED CEO
Television Corporation, owner of Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC), has given acting chief executive Jeff Foulser the job permanently. Executive director Tom Gutteridge will be his deputy, stepping down as chairman of
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IBC CHANGES FOCUS
The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) has scrapped its production festival, known as the Nombre D'Or, and instead will focus on developing the producer briefing and conference sessions in order to attract
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OSF hires natural history chief
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has appointed former United Wildlife producer Mark Strickson as head of programming for its natural history unit, writes Steve Aston.
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More upheaval for CITV as Granada rejigs kids
ITV's plans to build a children's media empire on the back of its CITV brand suffered a further blow this week after it emerged that Granada has been forced to downsize
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CORRECTIONS
There were two errors in last week's Broadcast (2.11.01). The headline 'Glassworks/Passion strike gold at Bafta' was incorrect and should have referred to the British Television Advertising Awards (BTAA) craft awards.Elsewhere,
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GRANADA CUTS FRASER
Granada's director of international production David Fraser is to leave the company as part of its ongoing cost-cutting drive. Fraser was responsible for overseeing Joy Luck Street, the Chinese version of
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TWG EASES DEBTS
The Wireless Group (TWG) has massively relieved its debt burden after selling its Southampton-based local radio station Wave 105FM to Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) for£18m in cash. As part of