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OPINION - Party-poopers out to spoil a wedding
The underdogs have done it. Granted, the Carlton/United merger has a long way to go before it becomes a reality (if it ever does). But for this week at least Messrs
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OPINION - Free to air Emily Bell
The merger of Carlton and United News & Media is a bit like Chris Evans and Geri Halliwell's romance: conceived out of a strategic desire to do something other than just
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - No news is good news?
It has been a bad year for local news on ITV. Peter Keighron asks if the network has turned its back on regional bulletins in the obsessive search for peaktime success.
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - Local colour
After a year of parliamentary devolution, Diane Freeman says the time is right for broadcasters to get serious about their commitments to spread production across the regions.
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DIGITAL RATINGS - The digital watch
The advent of digital TV is proving a headache for ratings board Barb - just how do you measure what the likes of Jim Royle are watching when there are more than 200 channels to choose from? Martin Jackson reports.
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INTERVIEW - Will's testament
With his retirement imminent, BBC Broadcast's long-serving chief executive Will Wyatt at last feels free to speak his mind. He looks back on the years of Birtist reform and outlines his vision of BBC distinctiveness.
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OFF THE RECORD - Vintage venue
Picking the right venue for a winter programme launch is a tricky business. Just where can you find a stylish venue that gives the right impression, with good acoustics and top-quality
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OFF THE RECORD - Picking Berry
Congratulations to Bafta boss Amanda Berry (below) who, instead of handing out gongs, was awarded one last week. La Berry has been named 'media boss of the year' in a new
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OFF THE RECORD - Mayfair set (up)
Off The Record was honoured to bump into none other than Sir John Birt himself at Broadcast's 40th Birthday at the luxurious Mayfair Club in, er, Mayfair. But the Birtster, arriving
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OFF THE RECORD - Fortress Beeb
Donal MacIntyre, the BBC's fearless star of current affairs series MacIntrye Undercover, has a reputation for getting into difficult places such as model agencies, care homes and rings of soccer hooligans.
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OFF THE RECORD - No tab from The Lab
The reality of digital television has hit home for LWT production unit The Lab - makers of On Digital's German footie show Don't Mention the Score, featuring live Bundesliga matches. Seems
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OFF THE RECORD - Miss World stonewalled
Channel 5's Miss World 2000 beauty contest has suffered a major setback - the UK's gay and lesbian internet site rainbownetwork.com has refused to advertise the show. OTR can't understand it
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Sambrook becomes BBC News deputy
BBC News head of newsgathering Richard Sambrook has been named the directorate's new deputy chief executive, replacing Richard Ayre who retires this month, writes Tara Conlan.BBC News chief executive Tony Hall
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TWI convergence venture launched
TWI is preparing to launch what sources claim is the world's first fully converged broadcast and broadband service.The venture, backed by a multi-million dollar investment by Pacific Century Group (PCG), whose
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ICG to get caretaker chief before Xmas
The BBC will appoint a caretaker chief at the Independent Commissioning Group (ICG) before Christmas to oversee the department until its expected restructure next year, writes Tim Dams.ICG head of factual
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Government prepares digital windfall for broadcasters
Broadcasters and independent producers could benefit from a wave of government contracts for digital television initiatives following a Cabinet Office initiative to use DTV to deliver government services, writes Lucy Rouse.In
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Elliott stars in Archer libel drama
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott came out from behind the camera this week to take centre stage in the Jeffrey Archer libel saga, writes Jason Deans.It emerged on Tuesday (7
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CHANNEL X TO MAKE DAVE SAINT SHOW FOR UK PLAY
UK Play, the UKTV music and comedy channel, has commissioned Channel X to produce The Dave Saint Show, a new 13 x 30-minute series starring John Thomson (The Fast Show, Cold