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BBC still leads in daytime
ITV is still losing the battle for daytime viewers to the BBC, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC staff urged to shun review
The National Union of Journalists and Bectu have called on BBC staff to boycott their annual appraisal interviews as part of the continuing dispute over the corporation's pay and reward structure, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada poaches Carlton boss
Carlton Communications commercial director Tom Betts has been poached by ITV partner Granada to strengthen its business development department, writes Simon Ellery.
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X-MEN SERIES BOUGHT BY CARTOON NETWORK
Cartoon Network UK has bought the latest 26 x 30-minute series of X-Men from Warner Bros. The series takes a new look at the characters as they 'learn to control their
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ON THE BOX - Neighbours from hell
Jason Thorp, director of programming at Universal Studios Networks, liked Take Me but wished he'd looked away from Crimes on Tape.
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Ealing Studios hosts BT Wireless facility
BT Wireless has opened a multimedia digital facility at Ealing Studios to help developers produce content for mobile phone services, writes Jon Rogers.
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INTERVIEW: MARK BYFORD - Spreading the word
As the BBC's World Service achieves new audience heights, plans to consolidate its success by rolling out a greater FM presence and exploiting the opportunities the internet affords are taking shape.
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NCC CONSUMER CALL
The National Consumer Council has called for a body independent of Ofcom to handle consumer representation in communications issues. Its latest report Plugging in the Panel calls for a well-resourced body
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Capital leads in ratings
Capital 95.8 FM has regained its lead over Kiss 100 in London's crucial 15 to 24 demographic, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Forever director to take helm at Century FM
Capital radio has confirmed the appointment of Forever Broadcasting group programme director Giles Squire as brand programme director for its Century FM Network, writes Colin Robertson.
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CHELSEA GOES INTO TV
Chelsea Football Club is to follow its bigger rival, Manchester United, by launching a television channel on Monday (13 August). The club has hired London-based production outfit Input Productions to handle
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Reality series give children lessons in life
Producers should take great care when making reality TV, because programmes in the genre have been found to have a major influence over how young people relate to each other, writes Simon Ellery.
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INDIE FINANCE - Cottage industry to City slickers
Despite the best efforts of indies to shed their cottage industry roots and raise capital from the City, a report by business advisory group Grant Thornton argues that they are hampered by confused accounting.
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NTL CLAIMS A MILLION
NTL said this week it had signed up 1 million digital TV customers and was on track to hit its target of 1.2 million by the end of the year. The
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DBC funds gap forces closure
Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), owner of film and sport pay-per-view outfit u>direct, has gone into liquidation after shareholders withdrew funding, writes Simon Ellery.
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TX - The history of crime
Makers of historical documentaries probably don't expect to find themselves amid a hail of bullets in Brazil or in a helicopter that Texan prison officers are threatening to shoot down, but
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STATIC GAINS CRUZ
Static Design, the broadcast design wing of visual media company Static 2358, has poached senior broadcast designer Luiza dos Santos Cruz from Deepend. Cruz's new role will focus on bridging the
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Flextech in Icebox deal
Flextech Television has struck a multimillion pound deal with US animator Icebox for a series of animated shorts as well as a number of new co-productions, writes Simon Ellery.
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TOSHIBA SIGNS UP DGP
DGP has become the only UK facility with access to the Toshiba DVD encoding and authoring system after it reached an agreement to become the sole UK sub-licensee of California Video
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West Midlands first in digital TV project
The West Midlands has been chosen for the government's first 'digital neighbourhood' project, it was announced this week, writes Steve Aston.