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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - Resources under pressure
BBC Worldwide and BBC Resources are expected to take centre stage in the BBC's drive to cut costs following the government's call for£1.1 billion of 'self-help' savings, writes John Plunkett.Despite
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - SMITH'S NEW DEAL IN FULL
FundingLicence fee to rise by£3 to£104 from April 2000 with similar rises of 1.5 per cent above RPI up to and until 2006/7 when the current BBC Charter ends.
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Smith plans mark BBC funding U-turn
Media secretary Chris Smith unexpectedly overturned his own policy and the previous government's policy when he unveiled a 'balanced package of measures' for the future funding of the BBC on Monday
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BBC nets CWC executive for interactive job
The BBC's controller of interactive TV and navigation Katherine Everett has appointed Helena Kania as managing editor, BBC Navigator in the the first in a series of new appointments to boost
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New BBC station to 'champion London'
The BBC has revealed details of its new London radio station, BBC London Live 94.9, which will replace struggling GLR on 27 March.The new station, which will recruit about a dozen
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BBC unveils new rules
The BBC has laid down clearer rules for factual and documentary programme-makers in its new Producers' Guidelines, published last week.Described by BBC Broadcast director of television Alan Yentob as a 'route
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OFF THE RECORD - BBC Radio Oxford returns
Hurrah for the BBC! Beeb bosses were naturally delighted to announce the return of BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Berkshire to the airwaves last week four years after they were
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Bannister to star in BBC's Blood on the Carpet
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister is to appear in a forthcoming episode of BBC 2 strand Blood on the Carpet, talking about his controversial overhaul of BBC Radio 1 in
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NEWS SPECIAL: THE BBC'S NEW FUNDING PACKAGE - UPPING THE AUNTIE
'We will, of course, have tough decisions to make on priorities and on self-help.'BBC director general Greg Dyke'This is a big win for the commercial boys. There's no digital levy, limited
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FILM FOUR'S KEELING TO HEAD AUCTION CHANNEL
FilmFour general manager John Keeling has been recruited by the Auction Channel to head its operations in Europe. Keeling, who becomes president, Europe of the channel owned by Brilliant Digital Entertainment,
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DISCOVERY'S BENNETT SIGNS NEW ATLANTIC SERIES
London-based indie Atlantic Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Communications Inc (DCI) senior vice-president Jana Bennett to make a 3 x 60-minutes series, The Conquistadors, using graphics devised by Atlantic's fledgling
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CYFLE TO ASSESS WELSH FUTURE TRAINING NEEDS
Welsh TV and film training outfit Cyfle, in association with Skillset NTO and Broadcast Training Wales, is sending questionnaires to 1,500 people in the industry and at colleges to begin judging
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TALK SPORT BAGS ASHES
Talk Sport has beaten BBC radio to the exclusive live radio rights to England's Ashes cricket tour of Australia in 2002/2003 in a deal believed to be worth almost£500,000. It
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Turning the tables
Public service programming could be the first casualty as the daily battle between the terrestrial channels for audience share hots up. David Price kicks off a new-look analysis.
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GREEN'S BLIND AMBITION STARTS PRODUCTION
Tyne Tees and Coastal Productions are poised to start production on Yorkshire Television's new Robson Green vehicle, Blind Ambition. The two-hour drama will begin filming on 28 February in Sydney, Australia.
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The Clinic created the new sequence to brand the Sci-Fi Channel's Altered States strand. Featuring an androgenous presenter whose features morph from male to female, it was produced by Mark Sherwood
The Clinic created the new sequence to brand the Sci-Fi Channel's Altered States strand. Featuring an androgenous presenter whose features morph from male to female, it was produced by Mark Sherwood.
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EBU LAUNCHES LATE NIGHT BROADCAST ALLIANCE
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has set up the Night Trade Alliance to encourage European broadcasters to air more of each other's original programmes in regular late slots. So far Germany's
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Air show moves to ITV
The BBC has lost the rights to the Farnborough International Air Show for the first time since 1953, writes Tara Conlan.Meridian Broadcasting has poached the rights to this year's event, after
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ITV AGREES SECOND SERIES OF MERIDIAN'S THAT'S ESTHER
ITV social-action programme That's Esther, produced by Meridian, is returning for a second series in the spring on Sundays at 12.00. The show, recommissioned by ITV controller of news, current affairs,
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CFN and Cinema add hours
Carlton has announced expanded carriage deals for its two remaining pay-TV channels, Carlton Cinema and Carlton Food Network (CFN), in the aftermath of the closure of Carlton Select, writes John Plunkett.CFN