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    BBC REGIONS - Can BBC resolve to fully devolve?

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    One year after devolution became more than a dream the BBC has done little more than regionalise local news programmes. Steve Clarke and Tara Conlan talk to the regional controllers about the next phase.

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    Steven Barnett

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    On how seriously broadcasters in the commercial sector should take their public service obligations.

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    Backroom boy

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC eminence gris David Docherty has emerged from the shadows to head Telewest's broadband and internet services, reports Simon Ellery.

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    FIRST CALL FOR RORY PECK AWARDS ENTRIES

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The Rory Peck Awards 2000 has made its first call for entries for this year's event. The deadline for the competition, which recognise freelance cameramen and women, is 11 September. The

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    RADIO STATION AWARD FOR CARDIFF'S RED DRAGON FM

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Cardiff-based Red Dragon FM scooped the commercial radio station of the year award at the NTL Commercial Radio Awards presented by Chris Tarrant last Thursday (29 June). Radio City News &

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    Avid Symphony sales soar

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Sales of Avid Symphony ap- peared to be taking off this week as the company revealed almost 40 per cent of all sales have been made in the past two months, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Marquis launches software for Avid

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Marquis, the outfit founded by ex-Avid employees earlier this year, has launched its first product, new control software for Avid systems, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    ITV brings drama to autumn line-up

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    ITV director of programmes David Liddiment unveiled what he claimed was his strongest schedule yet on Monday (3 July), serving up a£250 million glut of star-studded new drama series, documentaries

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    AUTHORS' BODY HIRES DALZIEL AS GENERAL MANAGER

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society has appointed Laurence Dalziel, the founder of indie Bluebell Films, as its new general manager, business development and licensing. Dalziel will report to chief executive

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    Radio Authority in freer formats bid

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    National commercial radio should be freed from all non-statutory format regulations, according to Radio Authority chairman Richard Hooper.The proposal formed part of a wide-ranging speech by Hooper at the Radio Festival

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    SOCIAL AND ARTS SHOWS TOP DOCUMENTARY GENRE

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Social and arts programmes were the most sought-after documentary genres at the Sunny Side of the Doc festival in Marseille. According to the organisers, the results of a pre-festival survey suggested

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    BBC to open new commercial arm

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke is expected to announce the creation of a new commercial entity on Thursday (6 July), grouping together all the BBC's technical services in a bid to maximise revenue, write Barbara Marshall and Tara Conlan.

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    Unique appoints new managing director

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Radio indie Unique Broadcasting has drafted in a PR executive to take on the new role of managing director, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    GREEN INC APPOINTS FREELANCE AS HEAD OF FACTUAL

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Belfast-based indie Green Inc Productions has appointed freelance film-maker Alison Millar as its new head of factual. Millar, 32, will report to Green co-head Steven Stewart. Millar's most recent credit is

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    CLEAR APPOINTS HEAD OF MARKETING AND PR

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Former 8811 client liaison manager Lucy Clay is to join Clear as head of marketing and PR. Managing director Simon Fallon said of the appointment: 'We now have the key areas:

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    ENTERACTION APPOINTS FOUR NEW SENIOR STAFFERS

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    International broadband content and package provider Enteraction TV has appointed four senior staff, bringing the total headcount to 40. Ralph Pinel becomes head of graphics and has recently worked for Planet

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    COMPONENT MAKES TWO APPOINTMENTS

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Post-production facility Component has announced two appointments. Senior editor Daren Tiley joins from M2 and BSkyB where his credits included Blondes - The Diana Dors Story for BBC Arts, Total Request

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Rethinking the lottery

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Six years on from its debut, the audience appeal of the National Lottery has all but worn away. Will new media save it, or is it doomed to a gentle decline on terrestrial TV? Meg Carter reports.

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    BBC Resources Manchester has created the titles for the new series of Bare Necessities, a show that pits two teams against each other in a survival challenge. Joanna Ball is series

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources Manchester has created the titles for the new series of Bare Necessities, a show that pits two teams against each other in a survival challenge. Joanna Ball is series

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    MILL FILM CREATES NEW POST AFTER SETTING UP WAM!NET

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Mill Film has promoted Neil Hughes to the newly created position of facilities and operations manager. Reporting to managing director Antony Hunt, former production accountant Hughes will take on the day-to-day