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BBC to boost business TV
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has admitted her channel has failed to cover business issues outside of news bulletins and has called on producers to come to her with fresh ideas.In
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NO BBC ONLINE CHARGE
BBC director of new media Ashley Highfield has abandoned plans to charge foreign users of BBC online services because the logistics 'made it near impossible to implement'. However, it is thought
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BBC LONDON REJIG
Local radio station BBC London Live is expected to be renamed BBC London in the autumn as part of a new strategy for radio and TV in the capital. The station,
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BBC pursues drive to find top comedy
The BBC is to put a renewed emphasis on finding comedy hits for BBC 1 by actively developing BBC 2 as a creative test-bed, BBC director of television Mark Thompson has confirmed, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Cuts hit BBC boss Mayhew at Worldwide
BBC Worldwide director of new ventures and strategy Jeremy Mayhew has been made redundant after 'a suitable ongoing role' could not be found for him, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC BOSS HEADS FOR US
UKTV channels controller Kathryn Mitchell is leaving the BBC/Flextech joint-venture to join US cable channel Comedy Central in New York. Mitchell will take up the role of vice-president of programming and
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ITV boss slates BBC vision
The BBC is sacrificing its role as the powerhouse of UK television creativity for short-term ratings and commercial gain under the control of 'unaccountable', 'part-time' governors, ITV director of channels David
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BBC's Queen Vic lock-in no match for Queen Mum
All except one place in the first 14 of the top 50 were taken by soaps as BBC 1 launched its Friday helping of EastEnders at 20.00. ITV's Coronation Street was
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TX - Science is believing
It was executive producer George Carey who first had the big but simple idea for Testing God. 'I'd seen a paragraph in a newspaper where someone had done a survey of
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Granada boss mulls Endemol prospects
Granada controller of entertainment Duncan Gray is understood to be considering his future at the broadcaster and is believed to be in advanced talks with Endemol Entertainment UK, writes Steve Aston.
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Bosses criticise entry-level pay
Broadcasters who pay paltry wages to researchers and runners are narrowing the diversity of people in television, two of the industry's most senior executives have admitted, writes Colin Robertson.
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BrandTheory launches DigiMediaDisk
Music industry specialist BrandTheory has developed a new CD-based digital media format that can play full-screen video as well as music and text-based information, writes Barbara Marshall.
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Crime is becoming the 'latest sport' on TV, said a senior lawyer. Speaking at the TV in the Dock session on Sunday (26 August), Donald Findlay QC argued against the televising
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CBBC plans 'DIY' TV
CBBC Controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a fly-on-the-wall documentary series following a group of young people as they attempt to make their own television programme.The 6 x 25-minute series DIY.tv, to
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CNBC pioneers fibre channel distribution
CNBC claims to be the first broadcaster to have used a fibre network to distribute programming on an international basis, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ITV CLIFF SHOW
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Cactus TV to produce a special on 'The Peter Pan of Pop', Cliff Richard, writes Steve Aston.
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FOOTBALL CLUBS ONLINE
Football clubs are taking advantage of new broadcasting rights to stream match highlights on their websites. West Ham, Leeds, Chelsea and Southampton will all take advantage of a highlights package complied
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DIGITAL CONFUSION
Credit Suisse First Boston global head of media Anthony Fry has warned that leading City institutions are still confused about digital TV. He also raised fresh fears over Granada's City status
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ITC stalls cross-promotion rethink
Controversial proposals to shake up rules governing cross-promotional advertising have been put on ice by the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Simon Ellery.
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ITV slashes Crossroads
ITV is slashing its much-hyped daytime soap Crossroads from five episodes a week to four, following disappointing ratings, writes Steve Aston.