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RATINGS: 2001 ROUND-UP - Is digital television just a phantom menace?
Another week without Barb's gold standard data - so another opportunity to cast a retrospective glance at 2001, concentrating this time on the performance of multichannel television with a top 60
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OFF THE RECORD - Beeb exec pigs out in Cornwall.
Ever wondered what execs get up to once they leave the Beeb? Well, although it doesn't keep us awake at night, we do. So we thought we'd check up on former
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OFF THE RECORD - Perfect mismatch.
How's this for the perfect mismatch - Graham Norton and Kelvin MacKenzie. Unfortunately for the world at large, these two ego worlds are about to collide. At the beginning of February
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OFF THE RECORD - In the Penk. Not Time for commiserations.
The DJ Off the Record loves to hate, Steve 'Penky' Penk, has unfortunately been relieved of his duties on the Virgin Radio breakfast show, meaning we can't take the piss out
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OFF THE RECORD - The dregs of fame.
A German radio station seems to have been left with the dregs, so to speak, when it comes to self-promotion. According to the Daily Star, DJs from the Elins Live radio
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Dyke Towers - The occasional diary of a BBC Director General.
MONDAYYippee-kay-ay. Can you Adam and Eve it?! Bruce Willis is gonna be working for me. Bloody hell. I know I told Thommo down at BBC films to ditch any arty bollocks
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AND FINALLY ...
Peter Good, Channel 4 head of enhanced TV, on what not to say in interviews for jobs in banks.
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Granada kids chief asks public for ideas
Kids director of programmes Steven Andrew advertises for 'fresh and distinctive' pre-school ideas in national press
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BBC ups radio share
Corporation extends lead over commercial sector with Radio 2, Radio 4 and Radio Five Live all returning record figures
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Report says ITV1 will bounce back
Channel set to win back daytime ratings as BBC 1 is warned against becoming 'less varied and predictable'
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Digital target may be too low
NCC says governments target of 95 per cent coverage could leave 1 million homes unable to receive a signal after switch off
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Industry weighs up media plans
PACT calls for Code of Practice on Broadcasters' Commissioning of Content while broadcasters agree ownership rules should be relaxed
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Home & Leisure focuses on men
Discovery Home & Leisure has ordered 130 hours of programming to help shore up its position in the men's lifestyle market, writes Simon Ellery.Commissioned by Discovery Home & Leisure director of
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BBC NI lines up Catholic drama
BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert Cooper has ordered a controversial film for BBC 1 examining the attitude of the Catholic Church towards unwanted pregnancies during the 1960s, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Sky to offer interactive F1
Sky Sports is to challenge ITV's dominance of Formula One by offering live interactive pay-per-view Grand Prix weekends, writes Simon Ellery.From the beginning of the new F1 season in March, Sky
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BBC claims 40% of digital viewers have used BBCi
8.1 million people alleged to have accessed the service last year
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Richard Harris to explore Arthur myth
The team behind the BBC's award-winning Son of Godseries are to turn their attention to King Arthur and his legendary court of Camelot, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Snoopy rights deal
Cartoon Network has secured rights to air The Charlie Brown Show and Peanuts for its classics service Boomerang, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the 18 x 30-minute series of
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UK horizons to make illegal boxing doc
UK Horizons has commissioned Flame TV to make 15 x 30-minute boxing series Born to Fight. Described as a 'gritty, real-life documentary', the series is fronted by model and boxing enthusiast
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Disney TV to go on after lights out
Playhouse Disney Channel extends broadcasting hours to 23:00