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    September Films bags first BBC series order.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    September Films has expanded its trademark programming on the world of showbiz, bagging its first series for the BBC, writes Steve Aston

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    Airey takes on festival role.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Two of the broadcasting industry's most high profile bodies have appointed new chairs, with Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey taking the helm at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival and Granada managing director of content Simon Sha

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    Parties gear up for licence fee squabble.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    The future of the BBC's licence fee could hang on the outcome of the next general election after the Conservatives threatened to cut it if they regain power, writes David Rose

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    NGC NAMES NEW MD.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    National Geographic Channel has named George Jeffrey as its new managing director in continental Europe and

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    NEW LOOK NEWSNIGHT.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    BBC 2's flagship news programme Newsnight is to get a new set, graphics and title sequence

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    ITC LOOKS AT GIGOLOS.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    The Independent Television Commission is to start an inquiry following weekend newspaper allegations that the C4

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    TV BODS GET HONOURS.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Carlton's diversity adviser Parminder Vir and Skillset chief executive Dinah Caine have been awarded OBEs in

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    BBC REGIONAL MOVE.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    BBC east head of regional and local programmes David Holdsworth has moved to the same position

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    BBC 3 verdict expected before recess.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is expected to announce her long-awaited decision on the BBC's proposed new digital youth channel, BBC 3, next month, ending almost a year of tense politicking, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Sky One hires chief buyer.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Sky one has appointed a former Channel 4 film buyer to be its new head of acquisitions - one of the channel's key executive roles, writes Paul Revoir

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    Industry slams spectrum tax.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Broadcasters have warned parliament they will have to cut back on original programmes if the government

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    DAN BACK ON TV.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Channel 5 has picked up the rights to the first terrestrial broadcast of the new #15m Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future series, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC opposes US investment.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    The BBC has added its voice to concern over the government's plans to allow US investment in ITV, claiming that the new rule should be iced until the Bush administration in the US grants the same concessions to UK broadcasters, writes David Rose

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    BECTU HOLDS PAY RESULT.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    Broadcast union Bectu has postponed the result of its BBC pay ballot in order to release

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    PENK BACK AT CAPITAL.

    2002-06-20T14:30:54Z

    DJ Steve Penk is returning to 95.8 Capital FM to front a new late night show

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    Row brews over DTT bids.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    A row has broken out between the BBC and ITV after the corporation threatened to withhold support for digital terrestrial television if ITV's bid to take over the former ITV Digital multiplexes succeeded, writes Paul Revoir

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    Radio Authority may relax local news rule.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    The Radio Authority is considering dropping rules that force local radio stations to produce and broadcast news from within their catchment areas in order to allow news operations to consolidate, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    CRCA U-turns on changes.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    The commercial radio companies are set for a head-on collision with their regulator, the Radio Authority, when they appear before the joint committee examining the communications bill on Monday (24 June), writes Lucy Rouse

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    PRESS GANG REUNITED.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    Press Gang, the Bafta-winning cult kids show that launched the careers of Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, could soon return to screens as a special one-off epilogue, writes Colin Robertson

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    Cosgrove Hall up for grabs.

    2002-06-20T14:30:53Z

    Granada is seeking international investors for animation house Cosgrove Hall in a bid to water down