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Debate - Back to the drawing board
With the TV industry undergoing a period of 'unparalleled revolution', seven seasoned players discuss whether programme-making is still a creative art. Forum chaired by Broadcast editor Lucy Rouse and features editor Katy Elliott
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SCIENCE PRODUCER WINS GLAXO WELLCOME AWARD
Science specialist Pioneer Productions has won a best science programme award for Universe, its four-part Channel 4 series exploring the frontiers of astronomy and cosmology. Pioneer's Nigel Henbest collected the Glaxo
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - my arse
Marvel at the resemblance between these two hairy-faced telly stunnas, ITV-to-BBC kids programming chief Nigel Pickard (pictured here in No 73) and The Royle Family dad Jim Royle, played by Ricky
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Cosgrove establishes digital arm
Animation producer Cosgrove Hall Films is gearing up to become a major supplier of content for new media applications with a new digital division, writes Colin Robertson.
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EVANSKY TO MANAGE APTN'S TECHNOLOGY AND ASSETS
Nick Evansky is the new APTN director of technology and asset management. Responsible for recommending and implementing the creative use of new technologies, Evansky will manage the APTN technical departments and
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RADIO GROUPS FORM ANOTHER BAND FOR DIGITAL
Leading radio players Capital Radio, Chrysalis Radio, Jazz FM and Guardian Media Group Radio (GMGR) have joined forces to form MXR, a radio consortium that will bid for English and Welsh
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LONDON EFFECTS AND ANIMATION AWARDS AWAITS ENTRIES
The London Effects and Animation Festival (LEAF) is now accepting entries for its seventh annual computer-generated animation and special effects competition. The deadline for entries is 15 September and entry forms
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News Analysis - Netting mister average
From September On Digital will offer internet access via television sets. But it may have made a mistake in thinking subscribers will be happy with a reduced internet service.
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Enteraction TV has designed the on-air look, including logo, for new Sky interactive recruitment channel TV Jobshop. The package includes idents, title sequences, virtual sets and all ancillary elemen
Enteraction TV has designed the on-air look, including logo, for new Sky interactive recruitment channel TV Jobshop. The package includes idents, title sequences, virtual sets and all ancillary elements. The jigsaw
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ALIAS WAVEFRONT ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT RESHUFFLE
Alias Wavefront has announced four key senior management changes. Doug Walker (right), previously vice-president of worldwide field operations and marketing, has been appointed president of the software company. Former president Warren
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EINSTEIN JOINS CHANNEL HEALTH FOR AIRTIME SALES
The Einstein Channel has agreed a deal with Channel Health to pool their air-time sales resources to increase revenue and market share. The channels intend to attract other new broadcasters to
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NEWS AGENCY WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY SKY NEWS
News agency APTN has won a three-year contract to supply its footage to Sky News, the first time the broadcaster has taken feeds from two agencies - Sky News also takes
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RA ADVERTISES LATEST DIGITAL REGIONAL MULTIPLEX
The Radio Authority has invited applications for a digital multiplex licence for the south Wales and Severn estuary region. The licence covers south Wales including Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, together with
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ETSI adopts DVB platform
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has formally adopted the Digital Video Broadcasting project multimedia home platform specification (DVB-MHP), writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC URGED TO DROP AD
BBC director general Greg Dyke is being called on to drop a 'crass and unfair' ad campaign that highlights particular streets in a town in which some residents have not paid
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FLORSTEIN STEPS UP AT OPEN ... AS ACKERMAN HEADS FOR US
BSkyB sales and marketing director Jon Florsheim (left) has been appointed managing director of interactive services platform Open ... He replaces James Ackerman, who leaves the company at the end of
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Sky digital uptake hits 80 per cent
BSkyB secured a total of 3.6 million digital subscribers by June 30, with almost 80 per cent of its 9 million customers now buying digital services, writes Ashley Davies.Announcing its annual
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BBC political editor Robin Oakley is joining CNN from September as CNN.com's European political editor, writes Tara Conlan. In addition to his work for CNN's new European web site, Oakley, 58,
BBC political editor Robin Oakley is joining CNN from September as CNN.com's European political editor, writes Tara Conlan. In addition to his work for CNN's new European web site, Oakley, 58,
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C5'S SHAW TO RUN MATADOR DOC FROM NEWSWATCH-TV
Channel 5 head of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw has commissioned indie Newswatch-tv to make its first documentary for the channel. The 30-minute, one-off El Ingles: The Manchester Matador
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C5 HIRES UDEN TO REVEAL RANKIN'S MALE NUDES
Uden Associates has been commissioned by Channel 5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell to produce a 1 x 50- minute documentary Rankin's Male Nudes. The documentary will follow famous