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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Sales slump costs 60 jobs at Quantel
Quantel intends to cut 60 jobs from its workforce in reaction to worsening market conditions.Although staff have not yet been made redundant, a list of 60 names was drawn up last
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ACCUSED SCOOPS AWARD
BBC producer Aidan Laverty and presenter Fergal Keane won the TV Story of the Year award at last week's Foreign Press Association (FPA) awards for their BBC 1 Panorama programme The
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RATINGS - John Deed is no sure thing against Millionaire
BBC 1's Judge John Deed failed to maintain its audience against a rescheduled ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.
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FREE TO AIR - Making news worthy
In the rush to portray Greg Dyke as a great populist and the sole architect of BBC 1's dash for ratings, it is conveniently forgotten how Dyke was schooled in the
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UPN to screen American As If
Carnival Films has secured a rare commission from US network UPN to produce an American version of its Channel 4 teen drama As If, writes Penny Hughes.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - New best friends
The BBC now has a head of sponsorhip, David Goldesgeyme. Although commercial rivals fear the worst - another hand in the advertising honeypot - the BBC insists only events, not programmes, will be sponsored.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ASTON IN SPANISH DEAL
Aston Broadcast Systems has received its biggest order ever from Spanish state broadcaster Radio Television Espanola (TVE). Aston, which was bought four weeks ago by Softel (Broadcast, 16.11.01), has been asked
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JOHNNY VEGAS PREVIEWS COMEDY AWARDS
ITV 2 has roped in the face of ITV Digital, Johnny Vegas, to host a one-hour special previewing the British Comedy Awards. Ordered by ITV 2 director of programmes David Bergg,
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CAT TAKES KIDS BAFTA
Cat Deeley, presenter of CITV's SM:TV Live beat her co-hosts Ant and Dec to the best presenter prize at the sixth children's Bafta awards on Sunday night (2 December). Meanwhile, CITV
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BDH and BBC Resources both win RTS double
Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) and BBC Resources each won two awards at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) craft and design awards held last Thursday (29 November), writes Barbara Marshall.
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TOY STORY LEADS BBC'S XMAS
BBC 1 and ITV appeared to be in possession of the same festive ratings recipe book after they both revealed plans to run celebrity versions of their hit gameshows this Christmas,
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ON THE BOX - Better than sex
Independent producer and presenter Roger Bolton preferred the passion of Belfast's Question Time to the sensationalism of Taboo.
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OFF THE RECORD - Lion boss runs into royalty
Last Wednesday's royal nod to the broadcasting industry caused a stir well beyond the set of EastEnders where Her Majesty and Prince Philip began a day-long schmooze with the great and
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Tax breaks to drive broadband uptake
The government will finally sit down with industry body the Digital Content Forum (DCF) this week to thrash out the details of its tax breaks for broadband content scheme.The meeting, between
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CREATIVE BRIEFS - News in brief
422 was commissioned by BBC Manchester creative director of documentaries Ruth Pitt to produce an identity for the new series of Everyman. The four-second logo will feature on each episode after
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TRADE TALK - Burning bright
The BBC says goodbye to the strength behind Weakest Link, Ruth Davis, who joins Tiger Aspect Productions as entertainment editor.
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MTV CARRIAGE DEAL
Telewest has struck an 11th hour carriage deal with MTV for its line-up of music channels following tense negotiations over cost. The cable company is understood to have successfully negotiated a
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INDIE FINANCE - First Circle looks in perfect shape
When former Barraclough Carey director Daniel Wolf set up his own production company he knew he wanted to keep it small and focused. Five years on First Circle is enjoying the benefits of his vision. Meg Carter reports.
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Red updates classic
Manchester-based indie Red Production Company has been commissioned to produce a modern-day version of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights for BBC 1, writes Penny Hughes.
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YO-YO CONTENT TALKS
Interactive television company Static 2358 is in talks with content owners over ways to exploit the interactivity offered on its second digital channel Yo-Yo, which launched this week. Static is talking