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    Big Brother website producer goes it alone

    2001-06-11T11:02:00Z

    Baynes sets up own business after restructure at Victoria Real sees 20% of staff laid off

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    TWG sells Scot FM for£25.5m

    2001-06-11T10:02:00Z

    Mackenzie negotiates sale of Scottish radio station at a valuation of 13 times historic turnover

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    BBC claims landslide victory

    2001-06-08T14:13:00Z

    ITV suffers big election night defeat with viewers as BBC romps home with more than 5 million viewers and even Channel 4's Big Brother attracts higher ratings

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    Rolling news channels fail to return

    2001-06-08T13:30:00Z

    Less than 250,000 tune in to Sky News, News 24 and ITN News Channel as BBC1 romps home with viewers

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    Chrysalis appoints ex-Emap man to top Heart post

    2001-06-08T09:28:00Z

    Francis Currie to be new programme director amid rumours that Capital's Clive Dickens had first refusal

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    NUJ and Bectu call lobby for Sky employees

    2001-06-08T09:28:00Z

    Unions call for better terms for 36 Sky News employees facing redundancy after radical restructure

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    Parfitt departure rumours denied

    2001-06-08T08:54:00Z

    A BBC spokesman has denied growing speculation that controller Andy Parfitt is understood to be leaving his post at BBC Radio 1.According to radio industry sources, Parfitt, who has held

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    BBC Factual staff face crunch meeting next week

    2001-06-08T08:54:00Z

    Wednesday showdown to precede major re-evaluation of up to 200 staff though BBC denies massive job cuts on the agenda

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    C4's Younge poached for key BBC sports role

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC sport staff were this week reeling from the news that one of the department's most senior programming jobs has been handed to someone with hardly any sports TV experience -

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    TMMY, THE DIGITAL STAR

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The company behind virtual newscaster Ananova is launching yet another digital star, popstar-come-presenter Tmmy, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Silent film revived by TV's Kiss of Life

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    A NEW London-based independent has produced what it claims is the first silent movie ever made for television, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ITN speaks out on regulation

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    ITN IS poised to lobby the government with what it considers to be a 'third way' approach to regulation of the BBC, writes Steve Aston.

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    Granada splashes out on women's TV

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Granada is set to pour unprecedented funds into its Granada Breeze women's proposition in a move which is being seen as a 'last throw of the dice' for the channel, writes Simon Ellery.

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    NTL in second raid on ad world

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    NTL HAS raided the advertising world for the second time to bolster its senior management team, poaching J Walter Thompson internet boss Jeremy Davies, writes Simon Ellery.

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    WESTBROOK DOC AT GRANADA

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Granada has lined up a one-off documentary on former EastEnders star Daniella Westbrook for Channel 4, which is set to be made by the company's entertainment department, writes Steve Aston. The

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    BBC plans Saturday offensive

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has issued a desperate clarion call to producers in a bid to assemble an arsenal of programming for Saturday nights to fend off ITV's forthcoming football-focused autumn schedule.On top

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    Hit founder Orton steps down

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Hit Entertainment founder and chief executive Peter Orton has stepped down from the company's day-to-day management to be replaced by Lyrick Group chief executive Rob Lawes, writes Katy Elliott.

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    Tarrant tops watch list

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Chris Tarrant has overtaken Richard and Judy as the 'most watched' presenter on TV, writes Jane Marlow.

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    Unions seek deal at Sky

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    THE NUJ and Bectu are lobbying BSkyB to try to improve redundancy terms for 36 Sky News employees, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Smash Hits launch knocks MTV share

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    MTV's grip on the UK music TV market appeared to slip this week, following reports from Emap Performance that the launch of its Smash Hits Television channel helped clock up a combined 50 per cent music audience share for the division in Sky Digital homes