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Hall scraps plans for bi-media news
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall has scrapped plans to make the production of flagship BBC 1 news shows bi-media, writes John Plunkett.
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Broadcasters lobby Home Office over new Bill
UK broadcasters have banded together to lobby the Home Office over proposed new laws that they claim could hamper news and current affairs reports, writes Nicola Methven.
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Sky Man United bid hit by ITC concern
BSkyB's bid to buy Manchester United suffered a blow last week after reports suggested that Independent Television Commission chief executive Peter Rogers had recommended the deal be blocked.The ITC issued a
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Heralded as 'a landmark in the computerised rendering of the human form', Ghostcatching is an eight-minute, large-screen collaboration between new media production company Riverbed and respected moder
Heralded as 'a landmark in the computerised rendering of the human form', Ghostcatching is an eight-minute, large-screen collaboration between new media production company Riverbed and respected modern dancer Bill T Jones.
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GRANADA AND BECTU CLASH
Granada Television and broadcasting union Bectu appear to have reached a stalemate over talks concerning staff pay and job security. Bectu claims Granada is refusing to meet for talks at Acas,
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EC seeks opinion on BBC/Flextech
The European Commission (EC) is seeking industry comment on possible anti-competition issues arising from the BBC/Flextech pay-TV joint-venture, writes Nigel Tutt.
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ITV snubs BBC offer of chat show talks
ITV has spurned a rare offer of collaboration from the BBC to devise a joint strategy to prevent bogus guests appearing on daytime chat shows.BBC Broadcast head of daytime Jane Lush
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Sour note for BBC as Organ joins RDF
Independent RDF Television has poached the deputy head of BBC Production's Bristol-based features department, Sam Organ, to launch a production arm in the city.As well as heading RDF Bristol, which will
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MAHONEY JOINS BBC SIX
Denise Mahoney has been appointed consumer affairs correspondent for the Six O'Clock News with a brief covering food, shopping, housing and transport.Mahoney, 31, joined the BBC in 1990 as a news
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Younge joins multicultural exodus from BBC
Channel 4 has poached Black Britain editor Pat Younge from the BBC to fill the new role of deputy commissioning editor in the multicultural department, writes Tim Dams.Younge, 35, will report
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BBC should rethink on confessional TV
As the BBC begins its inquiry into how bogus guests were allowed to take centre stage on Vanessa, there is an even bigger question the corporation now needs to ask itself.
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO BAN HOME TAPING
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a ban on all forms of private copying of electronically transmitted audiovisual material, in the first reading of a proposed directive on copyright
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ITV BAGS FOOTBALL DEAL
ITV has renewed its rights to the Uefa Champions' League, signing a four-year contract for live and exclusive UK rights. The deal, estimated to have cost around£240 million, runs until
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JENKS NAMED AS NEW COO AT AVID
Avid Technology has appointed former excecutive vice-president Clifford A Jenks as its new chief operating officer. Avid chairman and chief executive Bill Miller said Jenks had been 'instrumental in Avid's comeback
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SEAGRAM KEEPS GRIP ON PFE INTERNATIONAL ASSETS
Seagram, the Canadian parent company of Universal Studios, is to keep the international assets of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE), following the collapse of talks with potential PFE buyer, Saudi prince Muhammad
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MacKenzie asks Smith to back bid
Talk Radio has appealed to Media Secretary Chris Smith to help its offensive against the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and support its bid for live radio rights to Euro 2000, writes John Plunkett.
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GENRE AUDIT - High-brows raised in arts TV
Are serious arts programmes in danger of being squeezed out by a more populist, 'docu-soap' approach to the genre? Jane Marlow reports on a cultural revolution on screen.
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For arts' sake
Channel 4's Janey Walker argues that it is still up to mainstream channels to keep arts programming alive, despite the proliferation of cable and satellite stations.
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Arts - The Business Page - Arts and graft
The worldwide explosion in cable and satellite channels may offset losses suffered as traditional buyers of arts programming, such as the BBC and Channel 4, have seen their budgets cut back. Jane Marlow reports.
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Arab service overhauled
Broadcasting unions Bectu and the NUJ have reacted 'with dismay' to the closure of the BBC World Service's German-language section, with the loss of 29 jobs.Job losses are also expected in