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    Sunset + Vine wins C4 cricket recommission

    2001-12-03T14:32:00Z

    Channel 4 rewards producer of its award-winning coverage with a four-year extension

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    Cat sees off Ant & Dec

    2001-12-03T12:02:00Z

    Day after final SM:tv Live appearance popular geordie duo are beaten to best presenter award at the Children's BAFTAs by co-presenter Deeley

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    Vegas to front British Comedy Awards preview

    2001-12-03T10:59:00Z

    Face of ITV Digital to interview top TV comics and give run-down on this year's nominees for ITV2

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    Peak extends lead over weakening Beasts

    2001-11-30T12:08:00Z

    ITV1's rural medical drama, Peak Practice ups audience as yet more viewers desert animated natural history series

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    Storyland wins first commission

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    New Scottish indie Storyland has won its first commission, a one-off Christmas animation for CITV featuring the voice of comedian Rory Bremner, writes Simon ElleryCommissioned by ITV controller of children's and

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    Green Inc Productions bags trio

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment

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    C4 orders pop-star show from Chrysalis

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star, writes Steve AstonHow to Have a Number One

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    BBC orders trio of Spring dramas

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a trio of new dramas for the spring, including a two-part programme from indie RDF.RDF has been commissioned by BBC head of independent drama Gareth Neame to

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    BBC to take another look at Tourette's

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    The BBC is to revisit the subject of its 1989 QED documentary on Tourette's syndrome to discover how the condition is now perceived, as part of a slate of factual commissions,

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    Einstein signs space deal

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon ElleryEuronauts will follow the prospective astronauts through their training, as well

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    Prime Ent sells Portman Entertainment for£1.2m

    2001-11-30T09:54:00Z

    TV and media company offloads subsidiary following management buyout

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    BBC bids to stem regional brain drain

    2001-11-30T09:54:00Z

    Corporation to put£160,000 into new scheme designed to keep creative talent in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast

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    Granada to cut 430 jobs as ad sales fall

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Granada is to axe a further 430 jobs from its workforce as the media recession continues to strangle its advertising income.The cuts will take the number of jobs lost since the

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    Prebble pledges regional spend targets

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has offered an olive branch to critics who claim the network's commissioning process is too 'metro-centric' by pledging to spend almost half of ITV's production budget outside London, writes Steve Aston.

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    Tories could privatise Radios 1 and 2

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radios 1 and 2 could be privatised under a future Conservative government, shadow media secretary Tim Yeo claimed this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC plans scheme to boost nations

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is launching a major new initiative to try and stem the brain drain of creative talent from the nations to production centres in London, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Cash bonanza for C4 indies

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has announced plans to shore up its commitment to the regions with a series of cash handouts to indies.The channel is to inject over£100,000 of programme development funding

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    Greenlight award goes to homelessness film

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    A documentary maker who was the first to be given access to a major centre for the homeless in London has been awarded a BBC Talent Greenlight award, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ANIMATORS WIN C4 GRANTS

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 and the Museum of the Moving Image have awarded four grants to young animators as part of their animator in residence scheme, writes Penny Hughes.

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    iTV must be easier to use, says Hodgson

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV is more difficult to use than a PC and only slightly easier than flying an aeroplane, riding a motorbike or using a sewing machine, according to research commissioned by the Independent Television Commission (ITC), writes Lucy Rouse.