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COUP FOR RED PEPPER
Red Pepper ID has staged a major design coup by winning the contract to rebrand Chinese State Television (CCTV), writes Barbara Marshall.
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Festival D-day for Jowell
The BBC is expected to learn if it can go ahead with its planned new TV and radio services at the Edinburgh International Television Festival next month.Media secretary Tessa Jowell is
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FAWLTY GERMAN DEAL
A German version of John Cleese comedy Fawlty Towers is to be made after BBC Worldwide completed a deal with broadcaster RTL. A pilot episode is due to finish filming on
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Flextech signs Talkback deal
Flextech has struck a deal with Talkback Productions - maker of They Think It's All Over and Never Mind The Buzzcocks - for a new weekly music quiz series.The Pearson-owned producer
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WORLDWIDE DELAYED
The long-awaited review into BBC Worldwide has been further delayed, with an announcement now expected at the end of the week. A spokeswoman told Broadcast that final approval on a press
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DIGITAL TV DRIVE
BSkyB and ITV Digital have joined forces with British Telecom in a marketing initiative to boost digital TV uptake by exploiting BT's customer base.BT's 20 million residential customers will be offered
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Plea for unity over NHS digital TV
The Department of Health has asked the four broadcasters and production companies involved in its£5m NHS digital TV project to work together to create a universal proposition, writes Simon Ellery.
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TRADE TALK - IN MY VIEW - Samir Shah, managing director of Juniper
On the thorny issues that surround media coverage of the recent riots in Oldham.
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OLDHAM FILM IN DOCK
The BBC, Sky News and Granada are fighting a legal battle this week to block a police call to hand over their video footage of the Oldham riots. As Broadcast went
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Doubting Thomas of iTV
Katherine Everett: an apology. A number of months ago - maybe even a year ago, Katherine Everett, head of interactive services at the BBC assured me that I was premature to
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Special edition of gameshow
Some of the industry's biggest names are to appear in a special edition of BBC hit gameshow The Weakest Link to air at next month's Edinburgh International Television Festival. BBC 1
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EINSTEIN TO SELL TECH
The Einstein Channel is to sell the digital transmission technology it has developed with IBM and Sagitta to third parties around the world. Through sister company Einstein Consul- ting, it has
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EMI sounds out television and film move
EMI has made its first ever move in to film and television audio with the opening of a dedicated sound studio at its Townhouse Studios complex in west London, writes Barbara Marshall.
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ENTERACTION WORK
Enteraction TV has created the look for new home shopping service Best Direct TV which launches next week. Enteraction has created the brand identity and original video material within 34 x
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PROMAX UNVEILS EVENT
Promax UK has developed a new event aimed at television marketing executives which will take place in early October in London. The Promax UK Summit 2001 will be a one-day forum
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OFF THE RECORD - Viewing family
As we count down the days to this year's Edinburgh TV Festival, try not to get too over excited about a 'marketing makeovers' session in which four teams representing the BBC,
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OFF THE RECORD - Fantastic formats
Thanks to the sick ideas of our readers Broadcast is now the proud co-rights owner of the sickest reality format hits of the future. We're just seeking a broadcaster for this
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TX - Filming on a shoestring
The Alt.tv documentary on the training shoe, Sneaker Freaks, pits drum'n'bass artist Goldie against novelist Will Self. Goldie is a trainer fan whereas novelist Self finds himself nonplussed by fans of
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OFF THE RECORD - Foot in mouth
Maybe it was as much of a surprise to him as it was to us when World Service director Mark Byford was singled out at the BBC annual report launch to
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ITC hails foreign players
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson has called on British media companies to welcome foreign media players to the UK to help spread the cost of digital, writes David Wood.