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Robbie the Reindeer scores at BAAs
BBC series scoops three top spots at this year's British Animation Awards ceremony
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OFF THE RECORD - Is Vic there?
ARTV, producer of CNN's weekly esoteric shows The Artclub and Hotspots, has moved. To 24 Goodge Place, London W1P 1FN, which they would like everyone to know, including mates of Victor
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TRADE TALK - The persuader
C4's new deputy commissioning editor for independent film and video, Jess Search, has a reputation for getting her way.
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OMNIVISION NOW TRADING
Chris Morris who recently resigned from Sky News has set up a new indie, Omnivision, with former BSkyB colleague Steve Rowsell.Omnivision plans to produce programmes for terrestrial and satellite TV and
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OFF THE RECORD - I can throw for Moyles
The most important guests at this year's Brits were the five cheeky-looking Glasgow chaps who won a BBC Radio 1 contest for tickets to the show and to have dinner with
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OPINION - Is quality losing out to quantity?
The commercialisation of broadcasting - like the commercialisation of newspapers - causes a few furrowed brows in the industry. Some argue that viewers aren't getting the quality TV and radio programmes
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OFF THE RECORD - Jailhouse Jock
Eagle-eyed viewers may notice something strangely familiar about Channel 4's eagerly awaited adaptation of the hit movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. No, not the cast members, silly (none of
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Martin Jackson
On the post-News at Ten promise of innovation and ratings success that has proved to be a mirage.
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Producers react to ITV Oz soap loss
Producers have acted swiftly to find a replacement for ITV's flagship teen soap, Home and Away, with a number of companies already understood to be preparing pitches for homegrown teen dramas,
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ITN NAMES ITV'S ROYAL REPLACEMENT FOR OWEN
ITN has announced that its Sydney correspondent Libby Weiner will take over as the royal correspondent for ITV bulletins from Nicholas Owen.Owen has been given a new role as special correspondent
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OFF THE RECORD - Never mind the hillocks
OTR's favourite channel controller Jane Root has been at it again. No, she's not been creating more 'zones' (of which BBC 2 now has more than the London Underground); she's been
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Wall to Wall scoops top Indie gong
Wall to Wall Television scooped the coveted Indie award for The 1900 House at the Indie Awards ceremony on Wednesday (8 March), writes Colin Robertson.The award for the best independent production
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NTL eyes interactive lottery show
NTL has signed up as a partner with both Camelot and The People's Lottery - the two main contenders for the new national lottery licence, writes Tim Dams.NTL is talking to
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Fox Kids plans growth as Euro revenues rise
Fox Kids Europe is planning acquisitions and a boost to its online presence, after public trading results showed revenue increasing by 50 per cent year on year, writes Lucy Rouse.Fox Kids
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EVENT TARGETS ETHNIC MINORITIES AND THE MEDIA
London Guildhall University is collaborating with the Black Media Institute and Tower Hamlets College to host an event for black, Asian and ethnic minority women about working in the media. The
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FRENCH POLITICAL SATIRIST ESCAPES THE GUILLOTINE
Spitting Image-style show Guignols returned in its usual 23.00 slot on Monday night (6 March) following a weekend of speculation in France about whether Canal+ had really axed the feature from
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ITV TO OFFER E-FOOTBALL
ITV is set to launch a dedicated football website and has put out a tender to internet companies for the contract. ITV-football.co.uk will feature general football content as well as special
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UNIQUE ID AND EDIFIS LAUNCH SPIKE AT PRODUCTION SHOW
The Production Show at Olympia saw Unique ID and Edifis link up to launch SpikE, a new video clip selection and autoconforming system. SpikE combines a special version of Unique ID's
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DIGITAL TELEVISION - In the shadow of Sky
Regarded as playing second fiddle to its satellite rival Sky, tardy with pay-per-view and email services and threatened by the launch of digital cable, can terrestrial service On Digital fight on?
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EBU MOVES TO DEVELOP ELECTRONIC WATERMARKING
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has called for companies to develop new technology to protect the copyright of digital broadcasts. Concern about how easy it is to make pirate copies of