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BSKYB TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN WEST HAM'S WEBSITE
BSkyB has agreed a deal to design, develop and maintain West Ham United's website. The five-year deal takes effect at the start of the 2000-01 season and involves enhancing the content,
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Broadcast hotshots
NEWSBEATERS- MATTHEW PRICE, 28Price joined Newsround as a reporter in April 1999 and won the RTS Young Journalist of the Year Award a year later. His assignments have included covering the
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INTERVIEW - Outside of the box
Noel Edmonds has bounced back from his parting with the BBC to energetically front his business activities, including 'the world's best-kept secret', video broadcasting - a radical replacement for outside broadcasting.
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BOURNE TAKES SALES HELM AT TARGET DISTRIBUTION
Target Distribution managing director Alison Rayson has promoted deputy director of sales Kate Bourne (left) to the new role of head of sales. Bourne takes on day-to-day management of Target's sales
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UKTV boosts original factual output
UKTV factual channel editor Andrew Lowrey is gearing up to commission 120 hours of extra factual programming from indies and in-house producers and is also planning to reposition digital channel UK Horizons, writes Simon Ellery.
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Bids end for radio licence
The battle to win the prized new west Midlands analogue radio licence gathered speed this week as 12 bidders lodged their applications with the regulator, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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EDINBURGH - Beyond the George
We provide a brief taster of what promise to be the highlights of this year's television festival - among others Greg Dyke giving an unpredecented repeat MacTaggart lecture and yet another Murdoch taking the podium.
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - Saint Bernard and the Kazakhstani
Prostrate yourself at the mindblowing similarities between GWR overlord Ralph Bernard and Kazakhstani reporter Borat Karabzhanov. While one goes about taking pops at the establishment in a dodgy grey suit, the
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Bectu fights Pebble Mill studio closure
Bectu is meeting the BBC on Tuesday (29 August) to discuss the closure of the Pebble Mill studios.The union requested the meeting after it was revealed earlier this week that the
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BBC offers Tranter top drama position
BBC head of drama serials Jane Tranter has been offered the corporation's top drama commissioning job, but her acceptance depends on a rethink of the commissioning and production structure, according to
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BBC seeks recruits for new net outfit
BBC Worldwide is recruiting a chief executive and chief operations officer to run its new commercial internet subsidiary, Beeb Ventures Limited, launched this week to house its ecommerce business Beeb.com and
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BBC strikes Telewest deal
The BBC announced one of its most significant interactive deals to date this week, after reaching a five-year digital carriage agreement with Telewest, writes Simon Ellery.
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GMTV refit pre-empts BBC
GMTV is about to unveil a number of format changes and a new on-screen image to head off the launch of the BBC's new-look breakfast service in October, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC HIRES CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Steve East is to take on the role of BBC broadcasting and presentation creative director for commercial services. East (left) will lead the creative services team responsible for the on-air packaging
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BBC RESOURCES UPGRADES BELFAST DUBBING SUITE
BBC Resources has upgraded its dubbing suite in Belfast. Built around a Logic 3 sound desk and AMS Audiofile Spectra capable of storing 12 hours of material, the suite also includes
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ITV ORDERS UP FOURTH BATCH OF PLANET ROCK PROFILES
ITV has commissioned Ireland-based indie Monster Distributes to produce a fourth series of music programme Planet Rock Profiles for ITV's nighttime service. The new series will feature profiles of music artists
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DISCREET OFFERS LYPACZEWSKI MONTREAL BASE
Discreet has appointed Paul Lypaczewski to the role of executive vice-president. Based at the company's Montreal headquarters, Lypaczewski will manage all aspects of Discreet's worldwide businesses including research and development, sales,
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EC BACKS SPORTING CROWN JEWELS LIST
The European Commission this week backed the government's list of mandatory free-to-air sports fixtures on terrestrial TV. The move will ensure that a number of 'crown jewel' sports such as the
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Knowledge unveils autumn slate
BBC Knowledge unveiled its new autumn schedule last Friday (18 August), marking the latest stage of its repositioning as a niche factual documentary channel, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BARB DEVELOPS MORE EXACT AUDIENCE MEASUREMENTS
Barb has introduced a new audience measurement tool that it says will allow it to give subscribers more specific living patterns about groups defined by demographic and social characteristics. For example,