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    Forsyte Saga loses 2.3 million

    2002-04-16T13:06:00Z

    BBC 1's the Secret hinders period drama's progress

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    ITV Digital given one more week

    2002-04-15T15:06:00Z

    Administrator Deloitte and Touche wins reprieve for stricken digital platform insisting a deal can be struck with the Football League

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    BBC wins Saturday night share as figures fall

    2002-04-15T13:36:00Z

    Corporation comes out on top as going out becomes the new staying in

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    Employee blows the whistle on NDS

    2002-04-12T12:02:00Z

    Software security consultant Oliver Kommerling says company did order the publication of Canal Plus smart-card codes on the internet

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    Ted and Alice sheds a million

    2002-04-12T12:02:00Z

    New BBC 1 comedy drama fails to hang on to its audience

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    Thompson tackles Dyke over C4 taunt.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    In his first public statement since joining Channel 4, new chief executive Mark Thompson has intensified the war of words with his former boss BBC director general Greg Dyke, claiming the

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    Liquidation on the cards for ITV Digital.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Carlton and Granada are expected to start winding down their ill-fated ITV Digital platform on Monday (15 April), after failing to strike a crucial deal with the Football League, writes Simon Ellery

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    Big Brother to run until 2005.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Reality show Big Brother is set for an enduring presence on Channel 4, following a deal with producer Endemol UK that will see the show spun out for a further three runs, writes Penny Hughes

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    Footballers' Wives to make return to ITV1

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Shed Productions' sex and silky shorts drama Footballers' Wives is to return to ITV after securing a second series from controller of drama Nick Elliott.The next series, the length of which

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    BBC asks for ideas for politics format.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The BBC hopes to have a series of pilot shows ready for its new politics format for under 45-year-olds - the key plank of its politics review - by the summer, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    UK Online goes interactive.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The government has unveiled a digital TV version of its UK Online public information service, offering a range of information from health advice to World Cup football travel news, writes Simon Ellery

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    1,000 miles of cable: Britain's biggest ever OB.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    It was all hands on deck on Wednesday (10 April) as broadcasters began clearing up after one of the biggest outside broadcast operations in history - the live broadcast of the Queen Mother's funeral, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Unions call for BBC to clarify cuts.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The National Union of Journalists has called on the BBC to end the uncertainty over potential compulsory redundancies in its factual and learning department as the corporation once again delayed its decision, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Duncanson takes MD role at Chrysalis.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Entertainment has called off the search for a new managing director, handing responsibility for the division to Chrysalis Television managing director Neil Duncanson, writes Steve Aston

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    Former LWT head joins Celador team.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Former LWT comedy head Humphrey Barclay is taking a sidestep out of retirement to join Celador Productions on a consultancy basis overseeing comedy output, writes Meg Carter

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    Glitches hamper global BBC site.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The launch of the BBC's website for non-UK residents is suffering severe delays because of a number of unanticipated technical challenges, the corporation has admitted, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Life of St Paul gets BBC 1 slot.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is to bring the life of Saint Paul to the small screen using computer-generated effects as part of a trio of high-profile religious programmes featuring major biblical figures, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Zeal plots management buyout from Sportsworld.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Zeal Television is poised to undergo a management buyout as its owner Sportsworld Media Group goes to the wall, writes Penny Hughes

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    DUFFY TO ENDEMOL.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Maureen Duffy, who left her role as head of ITV daytime after just 18 months in the post in January, has resurfaced in a low-profile role as a consultant at Endemol

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    ITV 1 DAYTIME SLUMP.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    ITV 1 is believed to have reached its lowest ever daytime ratings with an audience of just 300,000 for the end of its coverage of British ice hockey and the start