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Dyke admits BBC is 'too white'
Director general says BBC culture not 'inviting, attractive or relevant' to ethnic minorites
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Competition Commission sends out issues letters to Carlton and United
The Competition Commission has sent issues letters to the parties involved in the proposed merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media. The commission also said it was still receiving
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Trade Talk - Simons saved
After tough times at Talk and LNR, John Simons has landed a top job at GMG Radio with an old friend. Naomi Marks reports on his latest venture.
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Rapture TV in web tie-up
Rapture Television has begun work on what is the first fully convergent, 24-hour travelling-based show, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OK! seeks new TV partner
Northern & Shell chairman Richard Desmond is seeking a new production partner for the next series of celebrity magazine show OK!TV after a row with Carlton Television over production fees for the first series, writes Colin Robertson.
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Political Lobbying - Lurking in the shadows
Over the past decade lobbyists have had an immense impact on television. Steve Clarke examines how these political insiders practise their dark arts, while below, Mike Shallcross lifts the lid on the lobbyists with the best contacts.
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International News - New slates unveiled for Mip-TV
Hit Wildlife is teaming up with multi-millionaire adventure-writer Clive Cussler for a 19-hour factual project called Sea Hunters that will be presented at next week's Mip-TV, writes Andy Fry.
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International News - London market moves
The London Programme Market is to move from its traditional November slot in the TV calendar to run between 5-7 December this year, writes Lucy Rouse.
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HOLD OVER TO NEXT WEEK
BBC Resources has won the rushes work for HBO's new 11 hour mini series Band of Brothers, a story based on Stephen Ambrose's non fiction best seller about a World war
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Harvey to script soap pilot for YTV
Yorkshire Television has drafted in Gimme, Gimme, Gimme writer Jonathan Harvey to script a one-off soap pilot for ITV, writes Colin Robertson.
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GRANADA'S TAYLOR TO STUDY
Granada Media Production commercial director Paul Taylor is leaving the company and the industry in June to return to university to study art and design. Taylor is expected to retain a
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GRANADA GRAPHICS MAN TO HEAD UP THE LAB
LWT's The Lab has appointed Ken Higgins as head of design. He was previously graphics manager at Granada Media, where he designed multimedia presentations and worked on corporate identity projects. Higgins
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International News - Granada US wins orders
Granada Entertainment USA (GEUSA) has secured an order for a second series of Beggars and Choosers from Showtime and is producing two new pilots for TNT and Warner Brothers, writes Colin Robertson.
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International News - Sky goes to investors to pay for Kirch stake
BSkyB last week confirmed that in order to raise money to buy a 24 per cent stake in German KirchPayTV it would go to investors for a£340 million share placing.
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GMGR hires Simons for radio push
Guardian Media Group Radio (GMGR) managing director John Myers has drafted in ex-LNR programme director John Simons to become his director of radio, writes Colin Robertson.
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Interview - Singer gives it large
A big man himself, the self-styled godfather of multichannel television, Adam Singer, is convinced that size matters in this business - which suggests that growth is behind the merger of Flextech and Telewest.
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Off the Record - A load of garb-age
And so to the UK's most cutting-edge broadcaster Channel 4 (well, that's what they keep telling us, Ed). Apparently the station's style police have been on the warpath, desperate to preserve