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BBC DESIGNER IN MOVE
BBC Resources graphic designer Andrew Norris Sherborn has joined digital agency Entranet as senior technology project manager responsible for the technical output of its inter-active TV team. Sherborn joins from the
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OFF THE RECORD - The occasional diary of a BBC Director General Dyke Towers
TUESDAYChannel 4 doesn't half make me laugh - what with finally announcing the chop for the crappest-rating breakfast show of all time (and I should know) to that bloody Go Racing
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TRENCH WARFARE IS BBC'S NEXT REALITY TV IDEA
The BBC is to recreate the trenches of World War I as part of an ambitious new reality show. The Trench, due to screen this autumn on BBC 2, will feature
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Granada misses a beat or two
Concern over whether the communications bill with new or tweaked media ownership rules will be delayed is, indeed, hysterical. The industry hasn't even stopped to thank the electorate for returning a
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TX - Stars rally for Beckett
The ridiculously stellar list of names involved in Channel 4 and RTE's filming of all 19 of Samuel Beckett's plays - and the fact that the project happened at all -
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Bectu wins fight over holiday pay
Rules Barring broadcast staff on short-term contracts from paid holiday are to be scrapped following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, write Simon Ellery and Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV issues tender doc to bidders
The battle for ITV's£200m news contract kicked off last week as bidders ITN and Channel 3 News took receipt of the much anticipated tender document, writes Simon Ellery.
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Govt fast-tracks Ofcom bill
Media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt are set to surprise MPs by publishing the short bill to establish Ofcom next month, writes David Rose.
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WESTCOUNTRY TO BLEND SPORT AND COOKING
Carlton Westcountry has commissioned Devon-based indie Smith & Watson Productions to create a new series that blends cookery and extreme beach sports. The 6 x 30-minute series, Adrenalin Kitchen, is based
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CREATIVE - News in brief
Tsunami Films is behind a series of nine idents for Sci-Fi, the cable and satellite digital channel. The idents can be played together to form a narrative or as standalone pieces.
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DA VINCI'S MACHINES TO BE BROUGHT TO LIFE
Carlton has announced the first eight factual programmes to come out of its $20m (£14.3m) programming deal with US broadcaster PBS. The raft includes The Big Dig, which focuses on archaeological
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WISE BUDDAH WINS RADIO PRIZES IN NEW YORK
Radio indie Wise Buddah has been awarded two awards at the New York Radio Festival Programming and Promotion awards. The indie won a culture and arts gold world medal award for
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MELLOR FACES CAMERA
Writer Kay Mellor is to step in front of the camera for one-off ITV comedy drama A Good Thief, writes Steve Aston.
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Capital poaches Chrysalis chief
Capital Radio has poached rival Chrysalis Radio's online content director, Kevin Palmer, to help spearhead its drive into digital, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Human Capital hands Wyatt chairman role
Former BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt has been appointed chairman of media strategy company Human Capital, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NUMAN TO SHARE CAR OBSESSION WITH GSB
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has commissioned GTV Manchester to produce 8 x 30-minute series on Gary Numan's obsession with motor cars. GSB head of production Lesley Johnson commissioned the series, which
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DANDO CASE ROLLS ON
The jury was still out on the murder trial of the late BBC presenter Jill Dando as Broadcast went to press. The judge of the trial, Mr Justice Gage, delivered his
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CBBC wants first tenders
The BBC's children's department CBBC is to open up its commissioning process to competitive tenders for the first time as it searches to find a follow-up to its pre-school hits Teletubbies
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LAMBIE NAIRN TO REBRAND CBBC'S OUTPUT
Design consultant Lambie Nairn has been appointed by the BBC to rebrand its children's output. The company, which has a long history of revamping BBC channels and services, is currently working
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WOMAN CHAIR WINS OBE
Independent Media Support (IMS) executive chairwoman Sylvia Sheridan was awarded the OBE for services to broadcasting in the Queen's birthdayn honours list. Sheridan, who founded subtitling specialist IMS in 1989, is