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    Extra Doctors 'will keep ITV on its toes'

    2002-07-18T10:43:15Z

    In her first major move since becoming BBC daytime controller in March, Alison Sharman has ordered a number of 60-minute specials of lunchtime soap Doctors as part of a wider strategy to 'keep ITV on its toes', writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC news site gears up to finally go live

    2002-07-18T10:41:12Z

    The much-anticipated BBC news website for international markets will finally launch next week after several months of delays, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Beeb fatcat row

    2002-07-18T10:37:14Z

    BBC chiefs last night defended paying out more than£1 million to bosses in fatcat bonuses. ...

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    Telly's Nick in cancer op

    2002-07-18T10:36:40Z

    Top telly newsman Nick Owen was recovering in hospital yesterday after having a kidney removed in a cancer operatio...

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    Six Nations rights lead BBC sport revival

    2002-07-18T10:36:12Z

    The BBC has inched further along the path to a resurgent sport department, snapping up exclusive broadcast rights to the Six Nations rugby union championship in a three-year deal worth around£70m, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Fat-cat pay defended by BBC's boss

    2002-07-18T10:35:51Z

    BBC chairman Gavyn Davies yesterday defended paying bonuses worth£900,000 to top executives. ...

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    Pensions surplus wipeout for BBC

    2002-07-18T10:35:20Z

    Plunging stock markets have all but wiped out a once-huge surplus in the BBC pension scheme, a grim indicator of th...

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    Radio 2 boss quits

    2002-07-18T10:34:51Z

    Radio 2 controller Jim Moir will leave his post at the end of the year, he said last night. ...

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    BBC's 10 o'clock news attacked? by the BBC

    2002-07-18T10:34:29Z

    The BBC got a public blasting from its own governors yesterday for a series of bluders and flops. ...

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    The chemistry set

    2002-07-18T10:34:05Z

    Sexual chemistry. What is it exactly? We know it when we don't see it, that's for sure. And we don't see it betwe...

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    YTV turns back on indie outfit

    2002-07-18T10:33:53Z

    Yorkshire Television (YTV) has terminated another of its indie offshoots after severing ties with YAP, its joint-venture with Canadian production company Ace Pictures, writes Steve Aston

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    Cancer op ordeal for ITN veteran

    2002-07-18T10:33:44Z

    ITN newsreader Nicholas Owen was in hospital last night after an operation for cancer. ...

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    Geri gets£1/2m to spice up Popstars II

    2002-07-18T10:33:19Z

    Geri Halliwell is about to join the Popstars bandwagon. The former Spice Girl is to sign a£550,000 contract to be...

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    'Greg Dyke wears tie' shock

    2002-07-18T10:32:55Z

    The news that their bosses were sharing£1million in bonuses while they suffered cutbacks had left BBC staff reelin...

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    Artsworld chief fears for TV arts

    2002-07-18T10:32:25Z

    BBC 4 will put all other arts channel operators out of business by the end of next year, according to John Hambley, the chief executive of Artsworld, which was founded by Jeremy Isaacs and last week announced it is to close, writes Paul Revoir

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    Internet radio royalties

    2002-07-18T10:27:43Z

    A group of radio stations is to appeal against last month's draconian decision to charge huge royalties for interne...

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    We earn it

    2002-07-18T10:27:17Z

    BBC chairman Gavyn Davies last night defiantly backed big bonuses for key executives. ...

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    TV's Nick Owen loses kidney in cancer op

    2002-07-18T10:26:29Z

    Newsreader Nicholas Owen has had a kidney removed in a cancer scare. ...

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    MP's grill executives over big bonuses

    2002-07-18T10:26:02Z

    The BBC was forced to defend the£1.2m paid in bonuses to senior executives yesterday, amid accusations of greed an...

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    Libel may cost BBC£10m

    2002-07-18T10:25:24Z

    The BBC has entered the final stages of a battle to avoid a crushing legal bill of up to£10m after finally admitti...