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Talk sport settles with BBC
Talk Sport has reached an out-of-court settlement with the BBC which allows it to continue broadcasting commentary of major sporting events from TV coverage, even if the BBC has rights to
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BBC head of religion retires
The BBC's head of religion and ethics, Ernest Rea, is taking early retirement from the corporation at the end of January 2001 after 22 years service.Rea has led the BBC's religious
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BBC and Bectu both claim strike victory
Both sides claimed victory after last Saturday's 24-hour BBC strike as a spokeswoman said the action had 'no effect on the audience enjoyment of programmes', while Bectu claimed the action resulted
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BBC structure - Dyke's 'One BBC' hierarchy
Have the bureaucrats really had their day, even though Greg Dyke has nominally ended the broadcast/production split, with a new 17-division structure and the inevitable fudging to fit it all together. Georgina Lipscomb reports.
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Ratings - ITV puts the boot in with Beckham
ITV'S 'Wonder Wednesday' did the business for the network this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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Farrar hired to beef Play UK team up
UKTV, THE joint-venture between BBC and Flextech Television, has bolstered the programming team of rebranded comedy and music channel Play UK with the appointment of Jon Farrar as deputy channel editor, writes Simon Ellery.
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UBC hires Beerling for Classic Gold
UBC Media Group has appointed the former controller of BBC Radio 1 network Johnny Beerling to manage the Classic Gold digital network. Beerling will work alongside Classic Gold's senior managers Colin
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Terrestrial - Benson takes factual role
BBC controller of specialist factual Glenwyn Benson has this week taken up the role of acting joint director of factual and learning, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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On the box - A train of thought
C5 director of broadcasting Ashley Hill thought that C4's Great Train Robbery stole the show but that Barbara deserved burying.
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BT broadcast head
BT has appointed Mark Smith to head its broadcast services division, replacing general managers Tony Fowler and Tony Rybacki who left last week. Smith moves across from being director of BT
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RTL draws together Euro Broadcasting
The RTL Group is bringing together its technical broadcasting services throughout Europe in a bid to develop itself as a pan-European media company.It is integrating the activities of Luxembourg-based Broadcasting Centre
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OFT to investigate BSkyB
The Office of Fair Trading has launched a fresh investigation into BSkyB tough new rules focusing on its supply of wholesale film and sport channels.The move comes after rival On Digital
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MS buys Chyron stake
Software giant Microsoft is paying around£6m to take a minority stake in US-based broadcast-to-streaming company Chyron. As part of the deal the two companies will work together to integrate Microsoft's
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Greene leaves Carlton Food Network
Carlton Food Network magazine show Food Network Daily presenter Sarah Greene has decided to leave the outfit. She has been working for CFN, which is to be re-branded Taste Network and
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Carlton profits rise
Carlton Communications has lifted pre-tax profits by 8 per cent to£342m, following an increase in turnover of 7 per cent to£2.1bn from£1.9bn, for the year ending 30 September
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OFF THE RECORD - Carlton TV in last minute cover-up
Carlton staff got terribly flustered when organising a comedy night for its homelessness campaign. One of the acts lined up was Puppetry of the Penis. Call us old-fashioned, but surely there
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Chello/Excite deal off
Cable company UPC's plans for broadband internet in Europe have suffered a setback following the collapse of Chello's proposed joint-venture with AT&T-controlled Excite@Home. After five months of discussions over how to
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On Digital nets interactivity chief
Digital TV platform On Digital has promoted director of sales and business development Matthew Seaman to the newly created post of director of interactivity.Seaman will report to chief operating officer Rob
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John McVay chosen to head Pact
Producers' Alliance Pact has chosen a new chief executive to replace Shaun Williams who leaves in February, writes Ashley Davies.
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Closer regional ties vital
Closer co-operation between broadcasters and other media companies operating outside London is vital if the industry is to thrive, according to delegates at the Television from the Nations & Regions conference