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Granada ups broadband staff
Granada Media is creating a major new broadband production centre at its Yorkshire Television base and is to recruit up to 80 new production staff, writes Colin Robertson.
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Brann warns of documentary overload
Channel 4 head of business affairs Andrew Brann has warned there are too many documentary-makers in the UK for the broadcast market to support, writes David Wood.
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OFF THE RECORD - Brain-dead scheme
The most bizarre bribery prize of the week goes to the Sci-Fi channel, which this week commemorated its fifth birthday by sending out insurance to provide people with a year's cranial
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DATE SET FOR FUNERAL OF DAVID BOWER
The funeral of Panasonic Broadcast Europe head of marketing David Bower will take place on Friday 27 October at 13.00 at Parkside Cemetery, Windsor Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. A thanksgiving service
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LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN WILL NOT BOW OUT OF THIRD SERIES
The BBC has quashed speculation that BBC 2's League of Gentlemen comedy team have declined to make a third series of their cult show. The move follows suggestions that, after a
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... AND STRIKES DEAL WITH NICKELODEON FOR BLUE'S CLUES
Nickelodeon UK has struck a deal handing Channel 4 terrestrial rights to broadcast its pre-school show Blue's Clues (left) next year. As part of a two-year deal C4 will show 30
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC's One Foot digs a hole for Millionaire
BBC 1 and ITV waited with baited breath for the results of the move of BBC 1's evening news bulletin, writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC entertainment wins lottery slots
BBC entertainment is to be awarded 28 Saturday night primetime BBC 1 lottery show slots for 2001, providing the first concrete evidence of director general Greg Dyke's promise to boost in-house
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BBC HEDGES ITS BETS ON HORSE-RACING RIGHTS
The BBC is in talks with both Carlton Communications and the rival consortium, comprising BSkyB, Channel 4 and racecourse owner Arena Leisure, to secure TV rights for horse-racing at the majority
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HAT TRICK WINS HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU BBC WEB LINK
Hat Trick has reached an agreement with the BBC which will see the corporation agreeing to include a link, plus an onscreen guide, to the Have I Got News For You
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Deepend has created the titles for BBC Music Entertainment's World Clubbing. Featuring the world's hottest club scenes, each show is presented by a top-name DJ from cities such as New York
Deepend has created the titles for BBC Music Entertainment's World Clubbing. Featuring the world's hottest club scenes, each show is presented by a top-name DJ from cities such as New York
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BBC unveils range of new facilities
The BBC is to open a raft of new facilities, including eight new editing suites and three multimedia sites, despite a further round of cost-cutting.The continuing investment programme is overshadowed by
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BBC rejects overseas licence fee plan
BBC Worldwide internet and interactive managing director Drew Kaza has dismissed the idea of charging an international licence fee for overseas viewers to download BBC content from its websites, but says programmes may be sold via a 'transaction fee', wri
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CORRECTION: BARB SHAREHOLDERS
The British Audience Research Board (Barb) shareholders are the BBC, ITV, the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BSkyB. Telewest is not a Barb shareholder as mistakenly
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MATTHEW BANNISTER TO LEAVE BBC IN DECEMBER
BBC director of marketing and communications Matthew Bannister has announced he is to step down from his role at the corporation in December. Bannister, 43, took up his current post in
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Frontrunners for children's Baftas unveiled
Nominations for this year's Bafta children's film and TV awards have been unveiled, following a record 188 entries, writes Simon Ellery.
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Lucky Dog drama is axed
A Many Splintered Thing, indie Lucky Dog's comedy drama about adultery, emerged this week as the first drama series to be axed by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, writes Ashley Davies.
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BRITAIN DOMINATES INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS
British programmes comprised more than half of the 21 nominations for this year's International Emmy Awards. The British nominations are: Best drama - Warriors (BBC drama and Deep Indigo Productions) and
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Avalon shows reordered
Avalon Television has secured recommission orders for its Al Murray vehicle Time Gentlemen Please and Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned series from Sky Television and ITV respectively, writes Colin Robertson.
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DCMS COMMISSIONS BFI AUDIO-VISUAL SURVEY
The British Film Institute (BFI) has been commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport to survey statistical data requirements within the audio-visual industry. Key users are being asked which