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BBC issues timely reminder to government
Further delay of consultation process into BBC's proposed digital channels prompts corporation to play the analogue switch-off card
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BBC rescues Top Of The Pops urls from cybersquatter
Corporation wins back control of topofthepops.com and topofthepops.co.uk
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BBC rescues TOTP urls from cybersquatter
Corporation wins back control of topofthepops.com and topofthepops.co.uk
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Carlton likely to miss production target
Hewlett says company 'underestimated' parts of the market and 'probably won't make goal of doubling income from production'
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WORLDS END'S£1M DEAL
Indie Worlds End Productions has secured a£1m deal with drinks company Diageo to produce programming for a new entertainment channel in bars and pubs. The project, named Translucis, will deliver
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Gimme Gimme moves to BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is planing to shore up the channel's failing comedy output by poaching yet another series from BBC 2 - controversial sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme.Heggessey has greenlit
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LORRAINE HEGGESSEY - Squaring the BBC 1 circle
Lorraine Heggessey is worried about whether I watch anything on BBC 1. She's concerned that a whole tranche of society has a fixed perception of it and never bothers tuning in.Her
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BBC 1's money offerings fail to tempt Bond fans
A primetime event set on an exotic tropical island with the protagonists locked in a tough battle between good and evil. No it's not Survivor, it's Dr No (ITV, Wednesday 20.05)
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NTL REDUCES DEBT MOUNTAIN WITH£100M DEAL
Cable giant NTL has reduced some of its£10bn debt through a£100m investment deal with GE Capital Telecom. NTL chief financial officer John Gregg said the deal, together with another
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FOREVER BROADCASTING BUYS PEAK 107FM
Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based radio group Forever Broadcasting has bought Grand Central Broadcasting, which owns and operates Chesterfield's analogue radio station Peak 107 FM, for£4.82m. It is the fifth station that Forever Broadcasting
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BBC plans 3D e-sports revamp
The BBC's online sports website is set to introduce revolutionary 3D graphics as part of a plan to supply users with simulated versions of some of football's greatest moments, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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R3 PLANS FILM AND THEATRE MUSIC SERIES
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has commissioned new weekly programme Stage & Screen. The 44 x 60-minute series will broadcast between 16.00 and 17.00 from 23 July and will play
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C4 builds closer links with north
Channel 4 is attempting to step up its regional strategy with the appointment of a dedicated commissioning editor based in Manchester, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 BAGS BIMA AWARDS
Channel 4 education arm 4Learning has scooped two British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) accolades just two weeks after bagging seven RTS Education Awards. C4's website, Sex, which offers frank advice to
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S4C to make celebrity co-pro
S4C International has bagged another two co-production deals with Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and German public broadcaster ZDF, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC creates 700 jobs
The BBC has created over 700 new production jobs over the past year while director general Greg Dyke's attempts to cut 1,100 administrative posts continue.The figures were revealed in the BBC
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AARDMAN SACKS 90
Aardman Animations has made 90 staff redundant after production of its next feature film, Tortoise vs Hare, was put back six months because of problems with its script. The company's Aztec
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OPEN TV TO USE ACTV KIT
Interactive television platform provider Open TV is to integrate technology from US specialist ACTV into the Open TV platform. This integration will provide ACTV's enhanced TV and programming solutions through digital
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GRANADA TO AIR FAME
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought the rights to the entire series of cult drama series Fame, writes Simon Ellery.