Word: dykes
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...would anyone risk it--above all, conservative CBS, where the preserved head of Dick Van Dyke will be solving murders into the 22nd century? Because these programs garnered a third to half of the total audience in Europe. "You can't argue with that kind of success," says Moonves, who hopes they'll hit big in summer, as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire...
...Dyke seems just the man to knock a new sensibility into the sprawling bureaucracy. He comes from a commercial TV background--he was chairman and chief executive of Pearson Television from 1995 to 1999 after leaving London Weekend Television, where he was group chief executive from 1990 to 1994--and is, according to Jonathan Davis, media expert at the London Economics consultancy, "the hardest-nosed businessman in the British-TV industry." Dyke prefers to stress his high aspirations for the Beeb, telling his staff last month, "Our aim is to be a place where people work collaboratively, enjoy their...
...which always has to juggle the need for ratings with its public-service role, has found it hugely expensive to launch digital channels, start Internet sites and cope with the spiraling costs of technology, talent and rights to broadcast such things as sporting events. Although sport is one of Dyke's priorities, he has already ruled out paying the vast sums being demanded to broadcast England's top Premier League football games live--the price is expected to be more than double the $1.18 billion broadcasters paid in 1996. "We cannot just collect money from license payers to give...
...Dyke thinks he can boost revenues by further developing the BBC's filmmaking potential, among other things. The BBC has already successfully released Mrs. Brown, which starred Judi Dench as Queen Victoria. The film earned her an Oscar nomination and the BBC $15 million worldwide. There are plans to seek joint ventures for other films, probably with U.S. studios and distributors...
...billion a year is spent on making TV programs that in turn earn some $700 million in export revenues. Says media expert Davis: "In the BBC, Britain probably has one of the most powerful, dynamic and aggressive public-sector businesses anywhere in Europe and maybe in the world." Dyke plans to make the venerable institution leaner, meaner and much more dynamic...