14 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and Capita have won the 500m BBC licence-fee marketing...The BBC invited bids from the commercial sector in April after it sacked the incumbent Envision -- a consortium comprising WPP Group, Consignia and Bull Information Systems -- after the group failed to meet targets to increase the amount of licence-fee money it collected.
The AMV-owned companies ...
14 Dec 2001
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BBC in new channel 3 bid...Jowell: rejected BBC's original plans The BBC has submitted radically revised plans for its BBC3 youth channel to Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell. She rejected the BBC's original ...
programmes and 50 hours of new music and arts programmes. The BBC is promising more online and interactive ...
14 Dec 2001
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FA Cup: Dr Sheringham, I presume The BBC is to launch a digital interactive ...
Cup games on BBC1 with added highlights, alternative sound and commentary. The BBC has garnered ...
. BBC's head of iTV Scott Gronmark said: "The FA Cup is the UK's most famous football competition ...
14 Dec 2001
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held high appeal among 16 to 34-year-olds, netting an impressive 48% share. BBC2 didn't perform so ...
, watched Robbie Co wax lyrical about the show. BBC1's Saturday night movie - The Jackal , starring ...
. Last Sunday at 8pm, BBC Sports Personality of the Year netted 7.1 million, a 28.2% share. ITV1's ...
14 Dec 2001
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as Saturday evening's substitute for the BBC's Match of the Day performed disastrously in peak time ...
, Mark Thompson, the BBC's director of television, has a challenging job ahead. This year ...
director of programmes, to join him at C5. To replace Lygo, C4 poached BBC's head of entertainment ...
14 Dec 2001
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despite hanging onto The Big Breakfast too long. The bigger point - and I write as the BBC's Mark ...
to worry about, Channel 4, like Channel 5, should have more room to manoeuvre than the BBC. The first ...
. After all, the BBC3 proposal aimed at the same youth market is now substantially reworked as a serious ...
14 Dec 2001
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Prebble: oversaw ONdigital's rebranding As the BBC triumphed in the ratings, back at ITV Stuart Prebble announced O n digital would be rebranded to ITV Digital. The rebranding ...
involving ITV, Sky and the BBC to create a coalition to save the DTTV platform had been in progress ...
14 Dec 2001
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's substitute for the BBC's Match of the Day performed disastrously in peak time, netting an average 4 ...
to become president and chief executive of USA Entertainment Group. His replacement, Mark Thompson, the BBC ...
. To replace Lygo, C4 poached BBC's head of entertainment Danielle Lux. C4 also snatched more BAFTA awards ...
14 Dec 2001
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boss Kelvin MacKenzie launched a series of verbal attacks on the BBC for vices that ranged from anti ...
14 Dec 2001
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or the BBC's Wimbledon coverage. But no, we're not going to radically change our TV viewing habits just ...