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Endemol drops out of race for Big Breakfast
Endemol Entertainment UK has dropped out of the running for the coveted Channel 4 Big Breakfast contract because its idea was 'too expensive', write Georgina Lipscomb and Simon Ellery.Initial, an arm
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BROOKSIDE PRODUCER MOVES TO THE BILL
Thames TV has appointed Brookside producer Paul Marquess as new executive producer of ITV drama The Bill (left), replacing Richard Handford. It was announced last month that Handford would be leaving
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LEADER - Industry needs policy blueprint
The Royal Television Society's convention in Cambridge at the end of last week threw up some depressing truths about television today.At a time of unprecedented revenue downturn, the industry is -
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ITN bolsters case for ITV news deal
Consumer groups claimed this week that ITN's performance during the World Trade Centre attacks had strengthened the case for the renewal of its ITV news contract, writes Steve Aston.But Richard Huntingford,
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Zenith to boost factual output
Zenith Entertainment is to plough an extra£500,000 into new programming and plans to drive forward its factual output.The figure was agreed by the Zenith Entertainment board at a meeting this
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REGIONAL TV - Local hero stays over the border
Grampian has one of the most diverse audiences of any ITV franchise and, with a strong local following, it has a peaktime share well above the ITV average, however, it struggles to sell programmes to the network.
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LIVING TO GAIN BOSS
Planet 24 controller of entertainment Richard Woolfe is to join Flextech in the newly created position of Living TV channel controller. He will oversee all acquisitions and commissioning while exploring and
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ITN BRINGS FORWARD EURONEWS RUSSIA
ITN launched its Euronews Channel in Russia last Tuesday (11 September), six days ahead of schedule, to cover the terrorist strikes in the US. Euronews claimed to have become the first
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BROADCAST FEEDBACK
Broadcast wants your feedback. Every issue of Broadcast this week carries a questionnaire as an insert. We're asking for your opinions on which areas of the magazine are most useful to
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BSkyB wins cable path TV licence
BskyB has been awarded a non-exclusive local delivery licence by the Independent Television Commission, paving the way for the broadcaster to pipe television through BT and cable networks, writes Simon Ellery.The
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REFINERY GOES BUST
Soho animation company Refinery, previously known as Aldis Animation (Broadcast, 3.8.01), has been forced into liquidation after only two months. Animators Will Rockall and Phil Dobree will form a new partnership.
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CABLE TAKE-UP SLUMPS
Statistics from the ITC show that the uptake of cable TV has slowed. Year-on-year take-up for the first quarter of this year increased by 8.8 per cent compared with 10.1 per
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Zenith calls for ITV Digital sale
Leading media agency Zenith has slammed ITV's autumn programme strategy and called for ITV Digital to be 'sold or dismantled'.The barbed comments come in the agency's quarterly round-up of programming, Zenith
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CAMBRIDGE - Comment
During two days of isolated navel-gazing RTS Cambridge delegates failed to be inspired.
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Walmsley to leave Carlton
Carlton deputy chief executive Nigel Walmsley has unexpectedly stepped down from his role at the broadcaster, writes Steve Aston.Walmsley, 59, leaves his deputy chief executive position at the end of the
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DEBATE - Charting the future
Following last month's Broadcast debate among leading television figures over whether broadcasting is in a creative rut, Lucy Rouse and Katy Elliott joined five twentysomethings taking part in TV25 at the Edinburgh TV Festival to find out if they too feel
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TUC SUPPORTS FUNDING MOTION FOR CHILDREN
The Trades Union Congress has carried a Writers' Guild motion calling for more government funding for children's arts and education. The move came shortly before the TUC conference was halted following
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CHOWNS MAY QUIT ITV
ITV2 commercial director Andrew Chowns is believed to be poised to leave the network. Chowns' position has been in question since the ITV reshuffle in June when his responsibilities were taken
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CINTEL SHOWS REALITY
Cintel previewed its next generation C-Reality at IBC. C-Reality DSX sports a dirt and scratch removal feature called Oscar, which uses electro-optics to clean damaged film. Cintel claims the technology removes
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CME SEEKS DAMAGES FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which has TV channel interests in central and eastern Europe, is pursuing a claim for $500m (£350m) in damages following a ruling that the Czech government