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FAIR DEAL FOR ACTORS
Equity and producers' alliance Pact have issued a joint statement which says the two groups have re-opened talks to provide actors a cut of any licensing deals with broadcasters. They 'have
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SMG TV TO PROVIDE HELP FOR SCOTTISH ACTORS
SMG TV Productions is sponsoring a workshop for Scottish actors. The Actor's Cut will take place in Glasgow's Citizen's Theatre between 19 and 30 June. The aim of the course is
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Retailers add to confusion over digital TV
Staff at some of the country's leading retailers are hopelessly confused about digital TV, according to independent research published this week.A survey undertaken by Broadcast and published this week showed more
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RATINGS - Waking the Dead adds to Survivor's troubles
BBC 1's Waking the Dead buried ITV's Survivor this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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Radio body offers rare admission
Radio Authority chief executive Tony Stoller has admitted the body made a 'serious mistake' by not consulting members of the Welsh National Assembly during the issuing of the south Wales regional analogue licence, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ADVICE FOR JOWELL
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has sparked controversy by appointing a former BBC executive as her special adviser. Former head of BBC political research Bill Bush will provide advice to Jowell and
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Corrie director goes to Family Affairs
Pearson TV has poached Coronation Street director Penny Shales to become the new series producer of Channel 5 daily soap Family Affairs, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Jobs to go at Static after sale to OpenTV
Up to 10 jobs are set to go at interactive TV outfit Static 2358 following its purchase by US platform giant OpenTV in a cash and shares deal worth $59m (£42m), writes Simon Ellery.
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ITC boss warns against event TV
Programme Commissions are set for unprecedented polarisation as broadcasters concentrate on event programming while bulking out their schedules with cheap shows and repeats, according to Independent Television Commission director of strategy, economics an
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OFF THE RECORD - A dim bulb among the X-mas lights
Lookalikes. The industry has long noted the similarity between Carlton's Steve Hewlett and actor Robbie Coltrane. Both play characters that are larger than life, but one while one was guaranteed huge
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Digital difficulties
Besides confusion and apathy among the potential consumers of digital television there are a number of technical complexities that have made the government's proposed analogue switch-off seem an elusive goal.
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BBC APPOINTS EXECUTIVE
Maxine Watson, editor of BBC 2's multicultural strand Black Britain, has been appointed commissioning executive with responsibility for expanding and strengthening the corporations's factual multicultural output. Watson will continue in her
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Encoda appoints global tech boss
Encoda Systems, formed from the merger between CJDS, Enterprise and Drake Automation/DAL, has appointed Michael Dunn as global chief technology officer, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Tiger firms form Washington arm
Tiger Aspect Productions and sister company Tigress Productions have put around£500,000 into a new US factual operation and have poached National Geographic documentary producer Christine Weber to run it, writes Penny Hughes.
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COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION CHOOSES HEAD
The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) has appointed Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation general manager George Valarino as its new acting president. Valarino takes over with immediate effect from former president Robert Emmett O'Reilly
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COTTON AWARDED CBE
Former Meridian Broadcasting chairman Bill Cotton was this week knighted. Cotton, who also worked for the BBC between 1956 and 1988, was one of a number of industry figures who received
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Soap Awards and reality TV wash away elections
BBC 1 might have aspired to attract between 6 and 7 million with David Dimbleby's Challenge the Leader - Question Time Special at 21.00 on Wednesday, but it managed to shed
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RDF chairmanship tempts Eyre back
Richard Eyre, the former Pearson TV chief turned novelist, has dipped his toe back into the industry after agreeing to become chairman of indie RDF Media, writes Colin Robertson.
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IN MY VIEW - Steve Barnett
On why the public's indifference to digital television has been seriously underestimated.
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BBC returns US chief
BBC Worldwide Americas chief executive Peter Phippen is returning to the UK to head the company's publishing division, writes Katy Elliott.