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IMAGE INDUSTRY ALLIANCE RUNS VIDEO STREAMING SEMINAR
The Image Industry Alliance (i2a) engineering committee has organised a seminar on streaming video on the internet. Aimed at facility owners and chief engineers, the event will be held next Wednesday
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BBC Creative Services team has produced a trail to relate the BBC statement of promises to the public, writes Barbara Marshall. While aimed at all viewers, the campaign specifically targets the
BBC Creative Services team has produced a trail to relate the BBC statement of promises to the public, writes Barbara Marshall. While aimed at all viewers, the campaign specifically targets the
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FORMER BBC DG BIRT TO ADVISE BLAIR ON CRIME
Former BBC director general Lord Birt has been appointed by prime minister Tony Blair as an unpaid crime adviser. Birt will spend one day a week advising on the causes of
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Advantage BBC for Wimbledon coverage
The BBC served an ace last weekend with the Wimbledon singles finals bringing in champion audience figures, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to unofficial overnight figures, the Williams versus Davenport women's match on
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BBC COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES - The money programmes
BBC Worldwide is increasingly becoming the corporation's cash cow and it has been set even more ambitious targets in order to help fund digital services and the£1.1bn it needs to make in efficiency savings.
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ACTION TIME SHOWS SELL ACROSS EUROPE
Action Time has secured a number of European deals for its entertainment shows Alphabet Game, Chance of a Lifetime and Watercolour Challenge. Spanish producer Boca Television and broadcaster Antena 3 have
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SIX NATIONS RUGBY AND OPEN GOLF STAY ON RADIO 5
BBC Radio 5 Live has renewed its exclusive contract to broadcast the Six Nations Rugby Championship with a deal that extends an existing contract by two further seasons until the end
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Grimsdale back to run C4 Broadband
Channel 4 has finally succeeded in luring BBC ICG head Peter Grimsdale back on board as head of its soon-to-launch Broadband Lab.Grimsdale will leave the BBC at the end of July
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C4 cycling gets slating
Hundreds of angry viewers have complained to Channel 4 over its decision to relegate coverage of this year's Tour de France, writes Steve Clarke.
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RADIO 4 DRAMA FOR GOLDHAWK UNIVERSAL PRODUCTIONS
Radio indie Goldhawk Universal Productions is producing a 1 x 45-minute drama for BBC Radio 4, Inspector Bucket and the White Sepulchre. The humorous Victorian detective series, written by James Hendry,
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FULCRUM TO MAKE NEW SERIES OF 4 LATER SHOW PULP
Independent Fulcrum Production's Sheffield-based regional arm, Fulcrum North, has been commissioned to make a third series of Channel 4 late-night slot 4 Later book programme Pulp. Fulcrum's London office made the
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Rapido/C4 Lolo film
Rapido is making a documentary about the late, surgically enhanced Eurotrash star Lolo Ferrari and has licensed the film to Channel 4, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4 DROPS RACING CHANNEL
Channel 4 has shelved plans to launch a digital racing channel after withdrawing its£250m bid - with NTL subsidiary Premium TV and the BBC - for the exclusive rights to
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New C4 deaf series
Channel 4 education editor Richard McKerrow has commissioned a new series to replace C4's axed series for deaf viewers, The Vibe (Broadcast, 7.4.00), writes Ashley Davies.
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Ricochet 4 is behind the titles and stings for the new BBC children's series Clever Creatures. The history-based quiz features four teams of puppets shown racing to get to the start
Ricochet 4 is behind the titles and stings for the new BBC children's series Clever Creatures. The history-based quiz features four teams of puppets shown racing to get to the start
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Oscar-winning actor Ron Moody (left) heads HTV West's new regional drama line-up, starring in Steps, a new 30-minute piece about three soldiers lost in time on an island in the Bristol
Oscar-winning actor Ron Moody (left) heads HTV West's new regional drama line-up, starring in Steps, a new 30-minute piece about three soldiers lost in time on an island in the Bristol
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FOREVER RADIO PREPARES£25M FLOTATION
Radio company Forever Broadcasting is planning a stock market flotation to raise£1m, which will value the company at between£25m and£30m. The money will be used to market existing
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RTE KEEPS HOME AND AWAY UNTIL 2005 AND RESTRUCTURES
RTE Television has continued its rights agreement with distributor Southern Star for Australian soap Home & Away on its Network 2 channel until the end of 2005. The Irish broadcaster also
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LION DELVES INTO WORK PRACTICES WITH BBC 2 SERIES
Indie Lion Television has been commissioned by BBC 2 controller Jane Root to make an 8 x 30-minute series about work called Work Rules. The observational series will examine work hierarchies
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GRANADA BROADBAND TO BUILD ITV2'S WEBSITE
Granada Media's new media division, Granada Broadband, formed just a month ago, has won a contract to build the new ITV2 website. Set to launch next week, the deal was brokered