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RATINGS - Terrorism propels viewers to current affairs
The controversial BBC 1 Question Time Special debating the terrorist attacks in the US grabbed the nation's attention last week, writes Jon Rogers.According to unofficial overnights, the discussion on Thursday (13
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IBC figures fall after US attack
The International Broadcasting Convention held in Amsterdam this week did not suffer as badly as some feared following last week's terrorist attacks in the US, although attendance was about 30 per
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OFF THE RECORD - After dinner fags
Whispers from the hallowed halls of King's College during Friday's RTS Cambridge convention dinner leaked back to Off the Record scouts, perched in the rather less salubrious confines of the hack
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CAMBRIDGE - TV enjoys golden age
There never was a golden age of television and Britain is 'on the verge of a new relationship with the winking box in the corner of our living rooms,' Endemol UK
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FREE TO AIR - Letting images take over
In some situations, words are wholly inadequate - a sentiment that was vividly illustrated by the unthinkable events of last week.Even the wordy broadsheets for once allowed the pictures to do
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ANALYSIS SPECIAL
News of the events that shook the world last week briefly resulted in a spirit of camaraderie between networks and non-affiliated channels. The scramble to be first, however, is resuming rapidly.
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ITV Unions takes anti-cuts stance
Newly established pan-union body ITV Unions has agreed to oppose cuts in programme budgets and any future compulsory redundancies from ITV companies, writes Simon Ellery.At its first meeting this week, the
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COMMUNITY CHANNEL PLANS ARCHIVE TRAWL
Charity outlet The Community Channel, which is backed by the Media Trust, is commemorating its first year of operation with a new-look schedule from 1 October. The channel is available via
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INTERVIEW - Banking on the arts
While LWT controller of arts Melvyn Bragg celebrates The South Bank Show's 25th anniversary, he offers some advice on the arts to the BBC, whose top job failed to tempt him last year.
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CAMBRIDGE - Tech and info swamp audience
Time-poor viewers are being bombarded with too much technology and a surplus of information according to Martin Hayward, chairman of research company The Henley Centre, writes Katy Elliott.Speaking in a session
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Aussie Star fills new factual role
Australian producer/distributor Southern Star has consolidated its factual programming arm and promoted Simon Willock to a new role as global head of factual, writes Simon Ellery.Willock, who was formerly Southern Star
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CBBC orders autumn slate
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has ordered two new series for BBC 1's autumn line-up, writes Leigh Holmwood.Drama I Was a Rat was adapted from a children's book by Philip Pullman and
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CARE WINS FOR BBC AT AWARDS
Care, the BBC's controversial drama about child abuse, won the top prize at IBC's production festival last weekend, writes Barbara Marshall.Written by Kieran Prendiville, produced by Ruth Caleb and Louise Panton
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WWF BRINGS BACK THE DODO
Former Men Behaving Badly star and voice of Bob the Builder Neil Morrissey has been signed up to do the voiceover of a new kids series being supported by the World
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CAMBRIDGE - Elstein backs indie growth
Broadcasters should produce just 40 per cent of their programming in-house to help incentivise the UK independent sector, according to former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein, writes Colin Robertson.Speaking at
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Shed gives Bad Girls new jail
Shed Productions revealed a new set for ITV drama series Bad Girls last Thursday (13 September), writes Steve Aston.The exterior set - the largest in the UK for a drama other
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New BBC radio stations get mixed response
Commercial Digital radio operators have expressed mixed views following media secretary Tessa Jowell's approval of all five of the BBC's proposed new digital radio services, writes Georgina Lipscomb.All companies including Digital
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CAMBRIDGE - Public must have more say on the BBC
BBC director of television Mark Thompson has admitted that the BBC must do more to consult the public as it attempts to maintain and redefine its public service role in the
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BBC FULFILS INDIE QUOTA
The BBC met its statutory target to commission at least 25 per cent of its programmes from independents, according to the latest Office of Fair Trading report on the issue. The
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Channel brands falling behind
Programme brands are becoming more powerful than the brands of the channels on which they feature, according to Wall To Wall managing director Alex Graham, writes Colin Robertson.Speaking at a session