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Turner quits for BBC net operation
Granada Media director of online and interactive media and former City trader Julian Turner has defected to BBC Worldwide to become chief executive of new commercial internet subsidiary, Beeb Ventures, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC mulls 'one newsroom'
BBC News is considering controversial plans to merge output for News 24 and BBC 1 news bulletins as part of a project dubbed internally 'one newsroom', write Tara Conlan and Colin Robertson.
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BBC plans CPU review
BBC head of factual and learning Lorraine Heggessey is to review the 50-strong Community Programme Unit (CPU) and its diversity database, after admitting that the database has failed, writes Simon Ellery.
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OFF THE RECORD - The occasional diary of a BBC director general
SATURDAYGregster, the Greg-meister, Gregorama. What a speech! What a performance!What on earth possessed Thommo to use as many words as humanly possible with Rs in? Genre this, genre that, watershed frigging
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OFF THE RECORD - Barclay nap
If you have time, please spare another thought for the baby-faced king of cable, Barclay Knapp, whose name this weekend gave a new definition to the old popular rhyming slang fave.
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TV branding specialist Red Pepper Film Company has unveiled a rebranding package for the UEFA Champions League, writes Barbara Marshall. Designed to last three years, the image extends beyond the on-s
TV branding specialist Red Pepper Film Company has unveiled a rebranding package for the UEFA Champions League, writes Barbara Marshall. Designed to last three years, the image extends beyond the on-screen
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Baby Channel to raise fresh cash
The Baby Channel is in talks with indies to commission 15 new series and has also revealed plans to raise a further£10m for its launch next year, writes Simon Ellery.
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BSKYB TO LAUNCH BUSINESS AUTOMOTIVE CHANNEL
BSkyB has revealed plans to launch a new business-to-business subscription service, The Automotive Channel, at the end of September. Backed by motor industry groups, the channel will broadcast news, analysis, market
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OFF THE RECORD - Attachments - geddit?
Please spare a thought for poor Jane Root, whose new Tony Garnett drama, Attachments (the one about dotcom youngsters with, surprise surprise, sex and naked skateboarding in the opening scenes), was
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CHRYSALIS BIDS WITH ARROW FOR NEW YORKSHIRE LICENCE
The Chrysalis Group has announced plans to launch a new commercial radio station, The Arrow, in the Yorkshire region. Headed by Chrysalis Group chairman Chris Wright, the adult rock radio station
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Endemol sets up new UK talent arm
Endemol Entertainment UK has set up a new talent management arm and has revealed that its first signings are most of the contestants from Big Brother.The news was revealed this week
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NEWS SPECIAL: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL - James Murdoch attacks Asian arch rival
Star TV chief executive James Murdoch went on the offensive in his Alternative MacTaggart lecture at the festival striking out at his Asian arch rival, Richard Li, for failing to build a real global media company and casting doubt on TWI-backed venture Ne
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DISCREET APPOINTS TRIMEDIA BROADCAST AS RESELLER
Trimedia Broadcast has been appointed a Discreet reseller, adding Combustion and Edit 6 to the range of products it supplies. Already reseller for Matrox, Ice and Play, the year-old company is
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BBC ENTERTAINMENT TO MAKE MORE DJ ANTHEMS
UKTV channel UK Play has commissioned BBC entertainment to make a second series of DJ Anthems and is looking for new programme proposals. The 40 x 30-minute series showcases four different
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CORONATION STREET ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL TO GO OUT LIVE
Granada Television will celebrate 40 years of its ITV soap Coronation Street this autumn with a special live episode to be screened in the run-up to the show's anniversary on 9
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Tell-Tale to launch animation studio
Tweenies producer Tell-Tale Productions is preparing to make its first move into animation with the launch of a new dedicated arm based at Pinewood Studios.The independent producer is using the same
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Substance or spin?
Greg Dyke grabbed the headlines with his MacTaggart lecture, but do his plans - and his sums - for the BBC's future add up? Steve Clarke tracks down some dissenting voices in the industry.
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - Freudian analysis
Calculate the similarities between the industry's own top number cruncher David Graham and politician-turned-all-round-great-Radio 4 chap Clement Freud. While one is a master of his medium working for the common good,
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ITC APPOINTS ALAN STEWART AS INCOMING SCOTTISH CHIEF
The Independent Television Commission has appointed its new Scottish chief to replace Brian Marjoribanks, who is retiring after 17 years. Alan Stewart, currently deputy head of the regulator's Glasgow office, takes
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Cintel and ITK agree to end dispute
Cintel and Innovation TK have settled out of court, ending the recent dispute over telecine-related patents, writes Barbara Marshall.