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ITC decision endangers ITN contract
Channel 3 News Consortium poised to give ITN serious competition in bid for ITV news contract
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ITC's rule change may slow down single ITV
Advertising houses of Carlton and Granada cannot merge for at least three years
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BBC strikes new OU deal
BBC 2 to double Open University slots in new arrangement which will also see OU programming broadcast on BBC 4
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Flextech links up with BBC for new comedy show
Co-production to be fronted by Richard Blackwoood and aired on BBC Choice before moving to BBC 2 and Trouble
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Storm to launch radio The Spirit
Storm Radio has unveiled plans for a new internet radio channel called The Spirit.Running alongside Storm Live, the automated service will target up-and-coming talent and feature new, unsigned
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OFT receives multiple BSkyB complaints
Brewing giant is latest of at least 20 major organisations to add voice to ongoing probe
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Big Brother creator to give Edinburgh Worldview Address
Big Brother creator and president of Endemol Entertainment Jon de Mol has signed up to give this year's Worldview Address at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August, writes Luke SatchellDe
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BBC mulls OU joint venture
Corporation plans first commercial exploitation of production department with joint venture which would produce educational programming for third parties
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Big Brother goes live
Greater functionality including games and 'seamless cross platform delivery promoised as Big Brother II site launches
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BASIL'S BACK
Children's classic Basil Brush is set to return to the BBC next year for the first time in over a decade, writes Penny Hughes.
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Producers dismayed by TOTP revamp plans
BBC producers are up in arms over a proposal to turn BBC 1 flagship music show Top of the Pops into a variety show when it returns to BBC Television Centre in the autumn, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Indie aims to bring 3DTV to our screens
As producers find ever more ingenious ways for viewers to interact with programmes, indie Principal Media Group has come forward with an ambitious plan to revive 3D television, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 WINS BACK THE ARC
Channel 4 has wrestled back the rights to France's Arc horse racing weekend from the BBC with a one-year deal for the UK terrestrial rights to French horse racing, writes Penny Hughes.
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Sky complaints pour into OFT
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has received at least 20 complaints from major organisations as part of its ongoing probe into BSkyB, writes Simon Ellery.
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OU wins access to primetime
The BBC and Open University (OU) have thrashed out a new agreement which will see BBC 2 almost double the number of its OU programme slots, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C5 to air Bruckheimer crime drama
Channel 5 director of acquisitions Jeff Ford has bought the UK rights to the first two series of the latest American crime drama, CSI - Crime Scene Investigation, from movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writes Jon Rogers.
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Wark merges with Monogram
Scottish Indie Wark Clements this week signed a£2m merger with London-based drama indie Monogram, creating the largest independent in Scotland.Under the terms of the deal, Monogram managing director Eileen Quinn
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Blair to decide media rules
Prime minister Tony Blair is set to bypass his media and trade departments and will himself decide whether current cross-media ownership rules should be relaxed in the next communications bill, writes David Rose.
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C4 raids City for 4Ventures chief
Channel 4 has ended its three-month search for a managing director of commercial arm 4Ventures, appointing Rob Woodward from international bankers UBS Warburg, writes Penny Hughes.
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Kids boss jumps ship at Carlton
One of Carlton Television's longest standing programme executives, controller of children's Michael Forte, has quit the ITV broadcaster with no job to go to, writes Colin Robertson.