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C4 TO PLUG VIA TEXT
Channel 4 has turned to text messaging in a bid to promote six of its forthcoming factual series. Viewers who sign up for the service, which will be advertised in the
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Appointment strengthens C4 daytime
Channel 4 is beefing up its daytime department with the appointment of Optomen Television's Ben Adler as deputy commissioning editor for daytime, factual programmes, writes Penny Hughes.
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RATINGS - C4's Freddie Starr's doc eats BBC's Armadillo
Both Channel 4 and BBC 2 pulled in larger audiences than BBC 1's Armadillo this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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SECRET LIFE OF US SET FOR SECOND C4 SERIES
Channel 4 commissioning editor, drama Lucy Richer has ordered a second series of The Secret Life of Us from Southern Star. The 22 x 60-minutes series will be produced by John
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World of Wonder to gain C5 head Perry
Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry is leaving the broadcaster to take up the new role of creative director at indie World of Wonder, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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PCC urges action to protect royals
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) chairman, Lord Wakeham, has written to the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent Television Commission to seek co-operation with broadcasters for the protection of Prince William's privacy from the TV
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CHANNEL X FORMAT RIGHTS TO ACTION TIME
Action Time has secured the rights to a raft of UK formats for the international market. The company has secured the worldwide rights to Channel X's quiz show Fan-o-rama, satirical panel
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RADIO AD PROFITS FALL
Capital Radio, GWR and Scottish Radio Holdings last week issued trading statements revealing a decline in advertising revenues. Capital Radio's radio revenue for the 12 months to September 2001 fell 6
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STUDIO ADDS THREE
Telemagination has expanded its ink and paint studio with the addition of three compositors, writes Barbara Marshall. Senior compositor John McManus has joined along with compositors Alistair Beckett and Neil Harris.
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BBC MediaArc completes ads
BBC Media Arc, the design arm of BBC Resources, has produced a cross-media advertising campaign for Wessex Water as part of its push into the commercials market, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Elliott appeals against ITV cuts
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has appealed to ITV shareholders to safeguard the network's programming budget in the face of the looming recession and the downturn in advertising.Speaking at a
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FREE TO AIR - Elliott must get Cold Feet
Anyone looking for a potted history of ITV since the 1960s and an insight into what makes Greg Dyke tick would do well to read Nick Elliott's after dinner speech to
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News Analysis - Friends in a crisis
Broadcasters have been speculating about the extent to which TV viewers' tastes may have changed following the terrorist attacks in the United States while some old favourites have proved a popular refuge.
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LNN TO FILM HAMMOND IN ITV ANTARCTIC DOC
London News Network's factuals unit is to produce an ITV documentary on network weatherman John Hammond's secondment to the Antarctic Survey. Commissioned by ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts and
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NEW APPOINTMENT AT EBU
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed DRTV managing director Bjorn Erichsen to the position of director of television. Erichsen joins on 1 January next year, replacing Gaetano Stucchi who left
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ARTSWORLD ORDERS FILMS OF RECORD SERIES
Cable channel Artsworld has commissioned Films of Record to produce a series about the transforming effects of the arts on prisoners. The 6 x 30-minute series, Artistic Convictions, commissioned by Artsworld
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Barb to rejig audience measurement
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) is on course to replace its TV audience measurement system with a new one from 1 January, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Dunlop reveals Australia plan
On-air promotions specialist Bruce Dunlop is to set up a creative services company in his homeland, Australia, writes Barbara Marshall.
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RA starts consultation over automation limits
The Radio Authority has finally bowed to pressure from the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA), including new automation guidelines in its programme code for the first time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BABY COW FOR THE BBC
Baby Cow, the indie set up by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, has signed another two-year first look deal with the BBC. Following on from the success of shows such as