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    RTS Awards snub for Coronation Street and Emmerdale

    2002-02-26T12:05:00Z

    Granada outraged as its two major soaps fail to register nominations in new category at Royal Television Society Awards

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    ITV 1's Sunday night line-up makes light work of the Baftas

    2002-02-25T15:11:00Z

    Millionaire? Heartbeat and The Jury condemn BBC 1 to another overwhelming Sunday night peaktime defeat

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    Pop Idol bandwagon rolls on

    2002-02-25T14:41:00Z

    Pop Idol winner Will Young saw off Del Boy and Rodney on Saturday night with a one-off special but otherwise it was a pleasing night for BBC 1

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    Two Thousand Acres of Sky gets third run

    2002-02-25T13:02:00Z

    Michelle Collins and Paul Kaye to star again as BBC Scotland asks Zenith Entertainment for another series of the drama despite unspectacular ratings

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    Younger viewers flock to PPV events

    2002-02-25T12:29:00Z

    Continental Research report says 15-34 year olds regard buying one-off pay-per-view broadcasts as a 'normal occurrence'

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    Channel 5 draws the crowds

    2002-02-22T12:41:00Z

    Broadcaster puts in a very strong peaktime performance with its two favourite 'f' words

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    John Thaw dies of cancer at 60

    2002-02-22T12:07:00Z

    Inspector Morse star bows out at home with his family

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    Emap Performance head quits

    2002-02-22T12:07:00Z

    Managing director of pop Trevor Dann leaves to set up his own development and production company

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    Pact to attack BBC over trade 'abuses'.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Producers' alliance Pact is poised to fight a 'bloody' battle with the BBC after charging the corporation with a catalogue of abuses over its terms of trade.The action follows a flood

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    Whitehall still buying analogue TV sets.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Whitehall departments are still buying analogue television sets despite the government's intention of switching off the analogue signal from as early as 2006, writes David Rose.

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    Daily Mail plans Metro FM radio.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Metro, the free weekday newspaper given away in cities such as London and Birmingham, could be handed a companion radio service under plans being explored by its owner the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Juniper sets up science and history subsidiary.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Juniper Communications is setting up a new science and history division in Cambridge, in a bid to tap into the city's academic resources, writes Penny Hughes.

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    UKTV new media head leaves for start-up.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    UKTV head of new media Neil Morris has quit the BBC Flextech joint-venture to set up his own broadband and interactive TV consultancy MomoMedia, writes David Wood.

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    C5 TO AIR PRIVATE RYAN.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford has bought the rights to the second world war epic Saving Private Ryan, which is expected to get its first terrestrial airing later this

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    Britons to make Giuliani biopic.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    THE LIFE OF former New York mayor Rudolf Giuliani will be documented for US viewers by UK companies following a $4m (#2.8m) deal between London-based Jam Pictures, Carlton America and USA Network, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    TV politics 'must infotain'.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasters should not shy away from dumbing down political programmes and experimenting with 'tabloid formats' to bring in new audiences to the genre, according to a major report published this week.The

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    BBC angles for prime EPG location for BBC 4.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    THE BBC IS still in negotiations with BSkyB over the position of new digital culture channel BBC 4 on the electronic programme guide (EPG), just days before its launch, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC moves to quell 'Delia effect' panic.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Manufacturers of gardening equipment have held talks with the BBC over concerns that the so-called 'Delia effect' - where retailers were swamped with requests for specific products after the celebrity chef used them on her show - could happen to them, wri

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    Ginger to revive Lads.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Ginger Productions has scored its first commission for ITV 1 with a remake of classic sitcom The Likely Lads, which is set to star kids presenters Ant and Dec, writes Steve Aston.

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    Ex-BBC staffer urges reform.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    COLIN SHAW, a former BBC secretary and director of the Broadcasting Standards Council, has added his weight to the call for reform of the BBC board of governors, suggesting governors should