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    BBC RADIO WALES EDITOR APPOINTED

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales education correspondent Julie Barton has been appointed to the post of BBC Radio Wales editor. Barton will be responsible for developing the programme strategy for the station and leading

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ANVIL PICKS ANSCOMBE

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Audio post-house Anvil Post Production has appointed Mike Anscombe to the new role of studio manager. The Denham-based company was bought by Vidfilm Europe three months ago and, according to Vidfilm

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    Tarrant maintains large lead over Anne Robinson

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    The battle for peaktime between BBC 1 and ITV has shifted from Monday night to Tuesday night

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Political motive

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Lord Waheed Alli has quit Carlton, 'to concentrate on his political career' but, faced with cries of a conflict of interest when it comes to broadcasting, what role can a media peer play in the legislative future of broadcast?

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - The BBC plays a waiting game

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    The BBC claims it will take years for it to be able to make a proper judgment over the success of moving the News from 21.00 to 22.00, but neither the government nor ITV will allow it to rest on its laurels. Katy Elliott reports.

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    Ratings Analysis

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    This Peaktime spider chart is designed to be viewed at a glance and shows the demographic of particular programming. The blue shape relates to the demographic of viewers for the last

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    Crimewatch Daily set to air

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    High-profile crime series Crimewatch is being spun off into a new daily format as a mainstay of BBC1's daytime schedule, writes Colin Robertson.

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    NEW TALENT ARM WINS OVER DONNA AIR

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Production outfit Money has launched a new talent arm, Money Management, and has poached presenter Donna Air from Princess Talent Management. Money Management is a subsidiary of The Money Group -

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    First Network films to air

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Viewers will see the first slate of feature films part-funded by ITV over the next few months, as part of the Network Centre's winter and Christmas schedule, writes Colin Robertson.

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    FREE TO AIR - Watching with baby

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    It is, as Gary Glitter once said, good to be back, having drawn a line under the whole sorry business of childbirth with highly satisfactory results. Once one has hopped off

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    Dyke speaks up for PSB in the digital age

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has reiterated his vision of public service broadcasting (PSB) in the digital age, arguing that there is growing opposition to publicly funded television from competitors, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Africa reports biased, says Anan

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Western broadcasters were this week accused of contributing to the violence engulfing Africa because they are keener on only reporting the problems affecting the continent, writes Colin Robertson.

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    NEW CURRENT AFFAIRS SERIES FOR HORROCKS

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks has lined up a new investigative current affairs series fronted by Panorama reporter Paul Kenyon as part of drive to develop more 'personality-led' current

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    ITC acts against joint airtime sales

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) reinforced its reluctance to see the formation of a single ITV this week, producing new advertising guidelines that rule out the joint sale of Carlton's and

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    CHANNEL 5 SHOPPING SERVICE

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is thrashing out plans to launch a TV shopping service similar to BSkyB's interactive shopping platform Open. The new service, which could launch within a year, will be a

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    CHANNEL 4 MADONNA COUP

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    London-based entertainment specialist At It Productions has scooped a rare interview with pop star Madonna weeks after she pulled out of an appearance on BBC 1 show Parkinson. The 75-minute documentary

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    CHANNEL 4 CHAIRMAN TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 chairman Vanni Treves will be the keynote speaker at the Voice of the Listener & Viewer autumn conference on 28 November. His speech will outline his vision for the

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    Ricochet wins sex commissions from C4

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Factual specialist Ricochet Films' new Brighton-based offshoot has won its first commission, a series tackling sex issues for women for Channel 4. Ricochet South is making the 4 x 50-minute series,

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    E4 COMMISSIONS DRUGS DOCUMENTARY

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    E4 commissioning editor Danny Cohen has ordered a three-part documentary series from September Films looking at drugs as part of the soon-to-be-launched channel's Generation E strand. The 3 x 30-minute Drug

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    Tom and Jerry return after 30-year absence

    2000-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Cartoon Network is to premiere the first new Tom and Jerry cartoon for more than 30 years, writes Simon Ellery.