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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
After its failure to buy United Business Media's stake in Channel 5, Bertelsmann is now eyeing ITV. The last time Bertelsmann chief executive Thomas Middelhoff met with Granada chairman Charles Allen and his counterpart at Carlton, Michael Green, was in J
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RTS SHORTLISTS HACKS.
The BBC has received 18 nominations for this year's Royal Television Society Journalism Awards, ahead of rival ITN which has landed 12. The BBC's John Simpson is up for two gongs,
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NEW SEPTEMBER HEAD.
September Films has appointed Jessica Leigh as its first head of development. She will be in charge of six development staff and report to director of programmes Sam Brick. She has
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VLV HEADS TO WALES.
BBC Wales controller Menna Richards will be one of the key speakers at pressure group Voice of the Listener & Viewer's fifth annual conference on broadcasting in Wales on 28 February.
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INTERVIEW - ITV's risk taker.
According to ITV director of channels David Liddiment, controversial docu-drama Bloody Sunday was a shining example of 'risk taking on ITV'. When advertisers hear the words risk taking on ITV they
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ITC SLAMS TELEVISION X.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has slammed adult channel Television X over a mistake that resulted in NTL customers in Surrey being given access to unencrypted pornographic programming. In its latest
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MORNING JAZZ SHOW.
Jazz FM 100.4 is launching a new breakfast show, Jazz FM's Morning Therapy. The show will be introduced from Manchester by former CBBC presenter Andy Crane, who replaces Mike Read and
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OFF THE RECORD - Kiss and make up.
Relations between radio rivals BBC Radio 1 and Emap's Kiss 100 have been more strained than usual following the antics of Kiss breakfast co-presenter Street Boy. The naughty boy broke into
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NEWS REVIEW ON THE WAY.
The BBC is to publish the findings of its three-month review into the corporation's political cover-age early next week. Headed by former Newsnight editor Sian Kevill, the review will set the
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RA RAPS TALKSPORT.
Two complaints against national radio station TalkSport relating to taste and decency were upheld by the Radio Authority in its latest programming and advertising review. For the three months ending 2001,
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OFF THE RECORD.
Dyke's new 'cut the crap - make it happen' mantra has obviously hit a nerve with some BBC staffers who are using it as an excuse to do away with a
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AN UNPLANNED RETURN.
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has commissioned a third series of live improvised comedy/chat show Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC 1's peaktime slump continues
Corporation's flagship channel is beaten comprehensively in every slot up to 22:00 while BBC 2's Crime and Punishment struggles to find a cultural niche
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Bennett to rejig commissioning
Incoming BBC director of television Jana Bennett charged with updating general factual commissioning process
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CBBC overhauls schools output
Educational shows to be launched on new digital channel CBBC as Class TV
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attheraces signs up interactive betting partners
Horseracing media rights holder agrees deal with Ladbrokes, Sportech and Surrey Sports for internet and digital TV betting service
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£9.7m media park to be built in Wales
South-west Wales is the location of Hartham Park's latest media park, a£9.7m development from the property group behind Wiltshire's Corsham Media Park (Broadcast, 14.9.01), writes Barbara MarshallHistoric Welsh mansion Gelli
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Inspiring BBC 4
BBC Broadcast is behind the launch campaign for the corporation's new cultural digital channel BBC 4, writes Barbara MarshallThe campaign, Everybody Needs a Place to Think, includes TV, radio and print
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Metro first to buy Sony Xpri
As part of a£1m investment plan, Metro Broadcast is the first UK company to buy the Sony Xpri high definition (HD) non-linear editing system, writes Barbara MarshallThe purchase is part
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Pinewood in Canadian studio venture
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is leading a consortium to build the first purpose-built film studio complex in Toronto, Canada, writes Barbara MarshallThe consortium, which includes a California-based property firm and a Canadian