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EBU HITS OUT AT FAILURE OF ADS VIRTUAL SELF REGULATION
The self regulation of virtual advertising by broadcasters has failed according to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The EBU said last week that although it drew up a code of conduct
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NewsWallace and Gromit return to BBC1
Aardman have revealed details of their new Wallace and Gromit show, Trouble At’ Mill which revolves around the duos new bakery business.
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DMGT ARM BUYS SYDNEY'S FIFTH FM RADIO LICENCE
GD Ventures, a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has bought a new FM radio licence in Sydney, Australia for a price of£61 million, to be paid in
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OZ LIBRARY DEAL FIRST OF NEW WAVE FOR BBC WORLDWIDE
BBC Worldwide is launching a new initiative to sell other broadcasters' libraries, beginning with a deal to distribute the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television archive in Europe. The non-exclusive deal means BBC
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SWISS CABLE OUTFIT OFFERS CARRIAGE TO UPCTV CHANNELS
Dutch cable and satellite broadcaster UPCtv is to break into Switzerland for the first time having signed a deal to roll-out seven of its channels with Geneva-based cable operator Telegeneve. The
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EXTREME SELLS 100 HOURS TO ITALIAN STREAM
Italian cable operator Stream has licensed 100 hours of content from Extreme International, with a view to testing the Italian market's appetite for extreme sports programming. If the output proves successful,
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BRISTOL'S SAT-7 BREAKS INTO AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
Bristol-based Christian broadcaster Sat-7 has launched a new digital service in North Africa and the Middle East. From 18 May Sat-7, which offers a dedicated Arabic language service to the regions,
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Postcard from ... Lucy Rouse in Atlanta
Atlanta is a weird place. Appearing from the 80-degree heat haze that hangs over Route 75 leading into Coca-Cola's hometown, it looks for all the world like Gotham City - appropriate,
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Dotty about TV
Liam Hamilton has traded LWT for new media. Georgina Lipscomb follows his journey from trainee journalist to dotcom supremo.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Staying public spirited
BBC director general Greg Dyke is coming up with big ideas for the corporation's future. But if they are too commercial they could compromise the corporation's PSB obligations. Peter Keighron reports.
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OPINION - Stand up to new media wrongs
In the 1990s, broadcasters and independent producers were at loggerheads over programme rights. Indies complained that broadcasters routinely insisted on all international rights to shows and then failed to exploit them.Plus
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INDIE BUSINESS - What price an independent?
With huge rounds of consolidation making even the smallest independent prey to merger, how exactly do you put a value on that company? Peter Keighron finds out how and offers dos and don'ts about going to market.
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NewsC4 Radio ties up one-year deal with John Peel's son
Channel 4 Radio has signed John Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft in an exclusive, one-year, talent agreement, which will see him working closely with the broadcaster to develop new programming and format ideas.
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INTERVIEW - Greg goes large
Tiger Aspect drama head Greg Brenman, who is about to co-produce his second film as well as execing a range of eclectic TV projects, is filling the indie's ranks with some of the industry's key drama talent.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - The diversity deal
The ITC released ITV from its 22.00 shackles on condition that it increased the diversity of its peak time programming. Has the channel's compliance served the viewers' interests?
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OFF THE RECORD - Facing the music
Greg Dyke may have told the increasingly leaky ranks of BBC staff to put up or shut up, but unfortunately the message doesn't seem to have filtered through to everybody's favourite
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OFF THE RECORD - Falling stars
Hot news just in from OTR's favourite Plymouth-based ITV outfit Westcountry Television. The broadcaster has appointed a new deputy chairman. Obviously bosses were not looking for a dull corporate type with
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OFF THE RECORD - Scanty cladding
Radio listening may have been on the up in the latest Rajars but not on Kelvin MacKenzie's revamped station talkSPORT. Big Mac put a brave face on the station's depressing drop
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OFF THE RECORD - Online corpsing
Talking of online stiffs, OTR though it must have been 1 April when it clapped eyes on the latest internet launch to grace our intray - burymeright.com - billed as 'a
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OFF THE RECORD - Diplomatic withdrawal
Newsgatherer APTN's eleventh hour withdrawal from the bids for Foreign & Commonwealth Office contracts British Satellite News and London Radio Service continues to provoke controversy. Stateside head honchos from owners Associated