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BBC MediaArc cuts 35 jobs.
BBC Resources' digital media agency BBC MediaArc is to cut 35 jobs in a bid to stem losses, writes Barbara Marshall.The department was set up in December to group together all
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Keating claims BBC 4 will be boon for rivals.
The launch of highbrow digital channel BBC 4 in March will help its commercial rivals survive rather than put them out of business, according to BBC 4 controller Roly Keating.Speaking in
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Scott warns of losses at C4.
Channel 4 managing director David Scott this week admitted that last year's advertising downturn had resulted in the channel making a loss for the first time in a decade, write Penny
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Channel 4's Cox to be 'digital tsar'.
The Government has at last found its long-awaited 'digital tsar', appointing Channel 4 deputy chairman Barry Cox to the post, writes Penny Hughes.Cox, who has already been chairman of the government's
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C4 ARCHIVES NI HISTORY.
Channel 4 is putting the modern history of Northern Ireland onto an online archive as part of its public service commitment to creative cities. Heritage Lottery funding will meet the cost
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Clough leaves C4 religion post.
Channel 4 commissioning editor of religious programmes Elizabeth Clough - responsible for the controversial shows Queer and Catholic and Ramadan Diaries - is leaving the channel with no job to go
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RICHARD TAYLOR INTERVIEWS COME BACK TO C4.
Channel 4 has ordered a series run of last year's Comedy Lab show The Richard Taylor Interviews from Planet 24. The 6 x 30-minute run, based around a fake estate agency,
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C4 POLITICAL AWARDS TO AIR NEXT MONTH.
Indie McDougall Craig has been commissioned by Channel 4 head of current affairs, news and business David Lloyd to produce the fourth annual Channel 4 Political Awards which are set to
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Miracle cure for Channel 4.
Channel 4 outgoing commissioning editor, religious programmes Elizabeth Clough has ordered a 60-minute documentary about a paraplegic's quest for a miracle cure, writes Penny Hughes.Moving Heaven and Earth (working title), the
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - C4 first with interactive ads via Sky Digital.
Go Interact TV is to launch ground-breaking interactive advertising technology for Channel 4 on Sky Digital later this month, writes Barbara Marshall.C4 will be the first terrestrial broadcaster to launch an
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Lygo clears out dead wood at Channel 5.
Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo has kicked off an early spring-clean, dumping a raft of long-running entertainment shows including a number of formats from Thames TV - the production
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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE - Acquisitions have given Vivendi a global reach but its profitability must be increased.
A spree of deals saw Vivendi Universal strengthen its foothold in the US media landscape last year, writes Kate Bulkley. Now in control of USA Networks' media assets and allied to
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MOLINARE ADDS TO BOARD.
Molinare has promoted two long-standing members of staff to its board of directors, following the appointment of Martin Anderson as managing director. Kate George has assumed the position of facilities director
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BBC TO HELP AFGHANS.
The BBC is preparing to take a lead role in rebuilding Afghanistan's broadcasting infrastructure after the United Nations asked it to compile a report on the country's needs.The document, prepared by
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FREE TO AIR - The BBC's vulgar wealth.
There is a lesson to be learned from Footballers' Wives. As Germaine Greer so clearly put it: money cannot buy you happiness or indeed good taste. This is something which the
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Set-top boxers.
Video Networks has ambitious plans to launch broadcast TV services via broadband and take on cable and the mighty BSkyB. But with only 15,000 subscribers and chronic losses, is it really a contender?
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GRANADA TO MAKE ANIMAL WELFARE SERIES.
Granada has been commissioned by Animal Planet to produce a second series of its Animal Precinct format. The 18 x 60-minute series follows the work of New York City's American Society
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LWT ANNOUNCES HOST OF NEW COMMISSIONS.
LWT managing director Lindsay Charlton has unveiled a raft of new programmes for the London region to air this year. New orders include another run of late-night series 24 Hours in
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Lush makes top appointments.
New BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush has begun to stamp her mark on the department, appointing former LWT head of comedy Lisa Clark and acting controller of daytime Fenia
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ITV appoints Hamilton to fix daytime disaster.
ITV has moved quickly to revive its daytime schedule following the troubled tenure of Maureen Duffy, by appointing former LWT managing director Liam Hamilton as controller of daytime.Hamilton, whose most recent