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Just TV goes into daytime
Just Productions is moving into lifestyle programming and has appointed Bazal executive producer Debbie Pollitt to spearhead the drive, writes Penny Hughes.A former head of Granada Breeze, Pollitt, who joined the
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SCRAP DCMS, SAYS GAVIN
The existing structure of the DCMS, DTI and DfEE should be replaced by a 'minister of ideas', according to BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin. Giving the RTS Fleming Lecture last
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Deaf viewers gain legal support for DTT subtitling
Digital Terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasters will be obliged to broadcast 80 per cent of all their programming with subtitles within 10 years under new legislation, writes Simon Ellery.
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Digital dilemmas
If BSkyB, fuelled by the fillip of making savings of£40m a year, cannot meet its own deadline to persuade its analogue viewers to switch to digital, what hope does the government have for the whole of the UK?
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ITN pushes election news onto website
ITN News Channel is hoping to snatch viewers jaded by blanket election coverage away from its competitors by adopting a 'business as usual' approach, writes Steve Aston.The 24-hour broadcaster has decided
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... AND SPECIAL ELECTION FORECAST
ITV is to run a special election weather segment fronted by Sian Lloyd after its early evening news. Three parliamentary constituencies from different parties will get their own special weather forecasts.
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Elstein slams public service TV
Former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein has hit out at the public service model for broadcasting, claiming the BBC and Channel 4's funding does not add to the diversity of
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INTERVIEW - Emap's giant-killer?
To some, the strategy of spinning a string of successful magazine formats into competing music channels may seem like cannibalism, but Emap Performance's Shirley Renwick is determined to be the top performer by Christmas in a David and Goliath-style tussl
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YORKSHIRE TYNE TEES EXTENDS ROBINSON ROLE
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Productions has appointed Mark Robinson as executive producer in its features department. He will add the role to his existing duties as head of development for features at
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NET FM SIGNS UP MPS
Internet radio station Net FM, run by former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs, has signed up three MPs from the major political parties to give their own personal election diaries in
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OFF THE RECORD - Food for thought
News of the BBC's unchecked profligacy continues to pour in to the Broadcast offices. The Ballad of Big Alan Yentob shocked even his high and mighty colleagues, including TV sultan Mark
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N&CA man gets nations and regions job
Channel 4 has ended its search for a replacement for commissioning editor for nations and regions Alan Hayling, appointing Julian Bellamy to the post, writes Penny Hughes.Bellamy, currently C4 deputy commissioning
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TASTE GOES GLOBETROTTING TO WIN VIEWERS
Taste CFN has ordered four new series as part of its drive to widen its audience appeal into areas beyond food preparation. Channel director Chantal Rutherford Browne has ordered 8 x
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ROCK STAR GOES TO USA
US broadcaster The WB Network has finally greenlit British drama The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star to air this autumn, writes Katy Elliott. Channel 4 and Company Pictures
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TX - Making greed a virtue
Jerry Springer makes his gameshow debut as the host of Channel 5's new general knowledge quiz, Greed. The format - which has a potential top prize of£1m every show -
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Henghes to head interactive Historyworld
Diverse former head of interactive Ian Henghes has left the company to become chief executive of an interactive joint-venture between Diverse and former University Challenge presenter Bamber Gascoigne called Historyworld, writes
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SCHOOL SCANS INDUSTRY
The Finishing School wants to know what post skills the industry needs and is asking people to fill in an online questionnaire at www.fschool.net/questions.html. The results will be used to lobby
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Interactive TV polls are a waste of time
Britain's leading pollster has slammed broadcasters for their use of online and interactive TV (iTV) polls in the run up to the election, branding the services 'crap'.Mori Polls chairman Professor Bob
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ITV LAUNCHES WEB WEATHER SERVICE ..
ITV is to launch a new weather service, itv-weather.co.uk. The site has been created with the Met Office and web consultancy Integra. It will include forecasts for 13 key areas across
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KEMP MOVES UP
BBC specialist factual creative director, independents and nations Adam Kemp is to take on the acting role of specialist factual deputy commissioner. He temporarily replaces Emma Swain who is on maternity