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COMMENT - Ian Hargreaves
On the great responsibilities faced by broadcasters during and in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
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OMNIBUS CONFIRMS MBO
Glynn Powell Evans and Brian Paisley have succeeded in buying out OmniBus Systems from its German shareholder Management Data which was forced into liquidation in July (Broadcast, 27.7.01). The deal is
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HEGGESSEY STRIVES FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey said she was continuing to strive for creative excellence across the board in a speech to Bafta members last Wednesday (12 September). In a direct response
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Jowell leads push for digital take-up
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to publish a 'digital action plan' by the end of the year in a bid to drive take-up of digital TV and radio services.The announcement came
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Sky to launch Dolby service
BskyB is the first UK broadcaster to commit to transmitting programmes with Dolby Digital surround sound, it was revealed at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam last week, writes Barbara Marshall.From
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Tivo drops price to undercut Sky
Personalised Video recorder (PVR) maker Tivo has cut the price of its stand-alone device by£100 to£299 following disappointing take-up in the UK, writes David Wood.The move makes the device
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NEW PROGRAMME FIGURES FALL, SAYS REPORT
The world's most competitive TV markets saw less new programming in 2000-2001 than in the previous TV season, according to an annual report from French TV research outfit Mediametrie. The New
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AND FINALLY..
The producer of The Office and Up Late Ralf Little, Ash Atalla, relaxes by listening to the couple upstairs.
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Flextech's new series unveiled
Flextech has announced details of six new series for its wholly owned men's channel Bravo and its BBC joint-venture UK Horizons.Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has ordered three series including 15
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ITV SPORT GAINS RUGBY
ITV Sport Channel has struck a two-year deal to share UK coverage of pan-European rugby tournament The Heineken Cup with the BBC. ISN and Granada Sport will produce the coverage, which
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KILROY GAMESHOW PLAN
Endemol Entertainment UK arm Initial has been commissioned by ITV to produce new primetime psychological gameshow Shafted. Presented by Robert Kilroy-Silk, the show features 10 contestants who second guess questions and
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Granada takes reshuffle path
Granada has called off the search for a controller of entertainment for its content division and instead has reshuffled its existing staff.The move is the latest change of direction from the
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NHU'S HI-TECH PILOT
The BBC is piloting a state-of-the-art asset management system at its Natural History Unit in Bristol. Project Mercury is intended to be a fully networked system allowing desktop access to all
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OFF THE RECORD - Just kidding..
Next up on the stocks, sorry, podium was the ITC's Patricia Hodgson. Dispensing with her doubtless scintillating speech on the future of this, that and the other, dear old Pat opted
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Tapscott warns of kids' know-how
'Welcome to the post-dotcom world ... eyeballs were the wrong part of the body - hearts are what counts.' So began a presentation by New Paradigm Learning Corporation president Don Tapscott
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TX - Unravelling a mystery
The director of indie TV 6, Richard Reisz, was filming an archaeological series for Channel 4 in Egypt when the curator of Cairo's national museum first got a call from a
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NEWS ON TAP
Simon Ellery takes a look at whether the 24-hour rolling news channels came of age in reporting the tragic events in the US.
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Overseas ownership threat to regions
Regional production in the UK would be threatened if a foreign media company were to buy Carlton or Granada, Granada chief executive Steve Morrison said at the weekend, writes Colin Robertson.Speaking
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SNELL WINS TUCKER
Roderick Snell has won this year's IBC John Tucker award, the international honour for excellence. Snell, who founded Snell & Wilcox with Joe Wilcox in 1973, was presented with the award
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My Finest Hour...Vince Narduzzo
Co-founder of telecine specialist Pepper describes the thrill and enjoyment of working with living legends while mastering both old movies and modern television series