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    ITV 1 says Auf Wiedersehen to Sunday night dominance

    2002-04-29T13:13:00Z

    BBC 1 stops the rot as Dennis, Neville, Moxey, Barry and Bomber return with 11.6 million

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    BBC 1's crime programming fails to ignite audience interest

    2002-04-26T14:25:00Z

    ITV 1 capitalises from a lack of interest in BBC 1's real-life crime investigations

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    ITV Digital sale puts switch-off in doubt.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The collapse of ITV Digital, Carlton and Granada's ill-fated digital terrestrial television venture that was this week put up for sale, could jeopardise the government's planned analogue switch-off target, according to

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    NUJ points the finger at BBC over bullying.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is not doing enough to clamp down on bullying in its newsrooms and the procedures it has in place to deal with the issue are failing, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has claimed, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    TV is boring, claims report.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Programme-makers are turning audiences off TV by making shows that bore viewers stiff, according to new research from one of the UK's most influential strategic consultancies, writes David Wood

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    Rise's new approach to breakfast.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Rise, the Sky/Princess Productions Big Breakfast replacement that launches on Channel 4 on Monday (29 April), will be a sofa-free, hi-tech zone with no opening or closing credits to reflect the fact that viewers will dip in and out of the show, writes Pen

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    Treasury makes S&L concession.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Programme-makers who have completed projects before the government's 17 April cut-off date for sale and leaseback concessions could still be eligible for tax breaks whether they have approached the Department for

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    BBC to strengthen Birmingham team.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    A new senior management team is to be installed at BBC Birmingham following the appointment of creative director of documentaries Tessa Finch as its first head of programmes, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    OUTPUT DEAL WILL BRING SHREK TO BBC 1.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The Oscar-winning animated movie Shrek is to get its first terrestrial screening on BBC 1 as part of the corporation's rights output deal with Hollywood studio DreamWorks SKG, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    C4 invests in regional research.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Ten regional indies will share #163;250,000 of funding under the Channel 4-backed researcher development programme, writes Penny Hughes

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    Celador launches radio drive.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Celador Productions, the maker of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, is attempting to expand its influence as a radio producer by appointing its first head of radio, writes Steve Aston

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    Willis to leave UK for Boston.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    John Willis, the ex-Granada high-flier who fled the ITV giant last November after it bored him out of a job, has resurfaced as the latest UK media figure to up sticks

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    Peters ends brief spell at September.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    September films head of documentaries Carole Peters has been forced out of the company after just 10 months in the job, writes Steve Aston

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    Big Brother exec lands at Thames.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Former Big Brother executive producer Ruth Wrigley has been lured away from Endemol UK by Thames Television, Fremantle Media's production arm and creator of hit series Pop Idol, writes Penny Hughes

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    Gaunt unveils Kelly follow-up.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Film-maker Marilyn Gaunt is to follow up her award-winning ITV documentary Kelly and Her Sisters with a project documenting the inner city deprivation and violence faced by children living on a south London council estate, writes David Wood

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    GRANADA AXES STUDIO.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada is to axe its Meridian West studio in Newbury with the loss of eight jobs. The broadcaster put its proposals to the Independent Television Commission in November causing uproar among

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    WATSON'S NEW INDIE.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has set up his own indie, Priory Pictures, following his departure from Granada earlier this year. Two Channel 4 projects are already in the pipeline as part

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    LEE EXPANDS BRIEF.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee is adding the duties of outgoing C4 commissioning editor, religion Elizabeth Clough to her brief. She will report to head of history, arts and

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    BSC REPRIMANDS ^R1.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has rapped BBC Radio 1 over bad language and sexual content in an interview with Ali G on the Sara Cox Breakfast Show. The BSC found

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    THIS MORNING TALKS.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada is holding talks with ITV over the future of its daytime strand This Morning. The show's run comes to an end in July and ITV will then have make a