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Discovery trawls net
US Broadcaster Discovery Communications has turned to a TV commissioning website to ask UK indies for ideas for its Discovery Health channel, writes David Wood.
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DISNEY PROFITS DOWN
The Walt Disney Company has reported a 3 per cent drop in quarterly profits to $479m (£338m) on sales of $6bn (£4.2bn). The company instigated 4,000 job cuts globally in March.
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TELEWEST EARNINGS UP
Telewest Communications has returned record quarterly earnings of£74m before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Content division Flextech returned revenues of£95m for the six months to 30 June, up 13
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TRADE TALK - Saturday fights
The Saturday Show producer Annette Williams is set to 'custard pie' ITV viewer magnets Ant and Dec with CBBC's new offering.
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INTERVIEW - Survival of the fittest
'The policy of an organisation is not the stuff that sexy TV is made of. Our agenda is not to empower people but to get ratings up'.
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WEB RADIO STATION FLOPS
Internet radio station Net FM has closed just four months from launch after financial backers pulled the plug on second-round funding. The station, launched by former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs
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PEAK FLY-BY TO GO ON THE WEB
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams' attempt to fly over Mount Everest in a hot air balloon is to be webcast live by broadband service BT Openworld next month, writes David Wood. The
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TOP GEAR UNDER REVIEW
BBC 2 motoring strand Top Gear is to be 'reviewed' when its current series ends in October, although it will not be axed, the corporation has said. The programme, fronted by
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LEADER - The hidden risk of playing safe
As BBC 1 this week launches a fourth weekly episode of EastEnders (as first revealed by Broadcast in January last year), it's time to reflect on the state of the terrestrial
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PREMIERSHIP TO HIT PRIMETIME
ITV is set to screen its main premiership football highlights programme in an early evening slot, hauling it out of the BBC's late evening tradition, writes Steve Aston.
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Recession hits Red Pepper ID
Post facility Red Pepper ID has become the first casualty of what many within the Soho production community are calling 'the beginning of a recession'.A major downturn in fortunes for the
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WALL JOINS TRAVEL SHOP
United Business Media chief operating officer Malcolm Wall is to join satellite and cable channel TV Travel Shop as non-executive chairman. Wall, who is also a non-executive director of Channel 5,
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LONDON RADIO SHAKE-UP
The BBC's London Live station, formerly Greater London Radio, has recruited columnist Anna Raeburn and comedian Jo Brand in a bid to boost audience figures. The two women will be key
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Radio overtakes TV
Radio is now more popular than television, according to the latest audience research, with BBC Radio 2 having added nearly a million new listeners in the past three months.Second quarter Rajar
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Readers to play a part in selections
The Broadcast Awards 2002 launched this week with a call for entries in each of the 16 categories and the inclusion of a brand new readers' vote. For the first time,
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Passion wins Soho prizes
Passion pictures directors Pete Candleland and Jamie Hewlett snatched the ITK music video award at the third Rushes Soho Shorts Festival for their work on animated virtual band Gorillaz' debut single, Clint Eastwood, writes Jon Rogers.
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Off the Record - Wrong place at the right time
As is commonplace following major disasters, TV news programmes covered the Ealing bomb blast last week by showing the ubiquitous 'amateur footage' of the incident. The so-called 'amateur' in question this
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After Effects 5.0
Nick Ridley is dazzled by the latest version of Adobe's latest paint and effects package
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Nigella takes on America
Champion of English domesticity is thrust in front of US audiences after E! Entertainment snaps up Nigella Bites
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Flextech signs multi-millon pound Icebox deal
Content provider buys up 170 interactive animation shorts for broadcast on wholly-owned channels