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BTDA starts workshops
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) is stepping up its training programme with the introduction of specialised themed workshops and a proposal for university courses, writes Penny Hughes.
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Disney builds up UK clout
The Walt Disney Company is understood to be close to buying The Jim Henson Company in a move that would add impetus to Disney's plans to dominate the UK children's market.Sources
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Sports to rise at Capital Gold
Capital Gold is set to significantly increase the amount of hours it dedicates to sport programming as part of a ploy to increase its non-football output, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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SKY NABS CARLTON HEAD
Sky One has poached Carlton factual entertainment head of development Zoe Watson to become Sky One commissioning editor for daytime. Watson, who starts this week reporting to newly hired Sky One
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Granada plans channel launch
Granada still plans to launch a dedicated cross-media jobs channel despite the poor performance of its joint-venture health and beauty channel, Wellbeing, which this week axed 80 jobs.The company is in
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NTL takes on Sky with new chief
NTL is to step up its campaign to lure potential subscribers away from BSkyB with the appointment of former Fox Kids Europe managing director Rod Henwood as director of TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Firm opts to close offices to save costs
Autodesk voluntarily closed its US offices for one week at the beginning of the month in an effort to cut costs, writes Will Strauss.Owner of visual effects, 3D animation, editing, and
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INTERVIEW - Sitting comfortably
Indie Wise Buddah has trebled its staff and turnover since md Stephen Mulholland took over and, with a concerted push into television and overseas sales, it has expanded far beyond its origins of supplying radio programmes to the BBC.
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RSL COMMENTS WANTED
The Independent Television Commission this week issued a consultation document inviting comments on the introduction of local programming commitments for restricted service licences (RSLs). Proposals are taking place to ensure that
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Dyke defers factual cuts till September
BBC director general Greg Dyke is understood to have postponed a series of redundancies in the corporation's factual and learning department in a bid to avoid negative publicity while the Department for Culture, Media & Sport is considering whether to gre
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Frost's religion series damned
The National Secular Society, which counts journalist Polly Toynbee and broadcaster Jonathan Meades among its associates, has attacked a forthcoming ITV religious series featuring Sir David Frost, claiming the show is biased towards Christianity, writes S
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DCMS SKIPS REVIEW
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has said it will not be conducting a review of BBC 1's news move from 21.00 to 22.00. A DCMS spokeswoman told Broadcast that
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Ratings - ITV kids special leaves dinosaurs for dead
A children's special of Stars in their Eyes sparkled for ITV despite being scheduled against Spielberg's Jurassic Park on BBC 1, writes Jon Rogers.
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Indie gains US MTV deal
Pacific Productions has bagged a rare commission from MTV in the US for new reality show Kidnapped, writes Simon Ellery.
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Tele-Cine signs deal with Gobarkingmad
Charlotte Street facility house Tele-Cine has secured a long-term contract to provide transmission services for Gobarkingmad - the live, 24-hour interactive greyhound racing channel, writes Will Strauss.The company will provide a
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DIGITAL DEGREE LAUNCH
Ravensbourne College has launched a foundation degree in creative digital broadcast technology. The two-year, work-based foundation degree is equivalent to an HND or NVQ level four. Broadcasters Carlton TV, Granada, Pearson
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SES NAMES NEW DG
Astra satellite operator SES has named SES director general Romain Bausche as president and chief executive of the newly formed global entity SES Global, which is based in Luxembourg. SES Global
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Video Diary - Notes from the front line
A humble DigiBeta tape which had been gathering dust on a Soho shelf before being picked up by a runner and thrust into a production, has agreed to share a literary account of a day in the life of its travails with Broadcast readers.
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GAGNE DIES IN PARIS
Former Discreet client relations manager Julie Gagne died this month after being involved in a car crash in Paris. The accident happened as she was travelling in a taxi which was
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Sky revels in digital surge
BSkyB has added almost 1 million new subscribers to its Sky Digital service over the last financial year but has accrued huge losses in the process, writes Steve Aston.