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    Go Racing rights announcement imminent

    2001-04-30T10:48:00Z

    Consortium expected to announce completion of broadcasting rights deal following main shareholder Arena Leisure's suspension of shares

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    BBC banks on Vaughan

    2001-04-30T10:06:00Z

    TV talent inflation leaps to new levels as former Big Breakfast front man signs deal worth up to£5m ending nine years at Channel 4

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    RA releases additional FM spectrum

    2001-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Oxfordshire frequency powerful enough to extend across West Midlands

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    BSkyB's new media arm braced for cuts

    2001-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Siginificant number of 200-strong workforce understood to have been earmarked for redundancies

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    UK Gold exodus looms

    2001-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Second senior executive leaves within two month period

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    Revenues up but losses widen at TWG

    2001-04-27T11:40:00Z

    Chief executive MacKenzie says 'confident of future performance' after radio group sees 22 per cent rise in Q1 revenues

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    GWR chief calls for greater radio self-regulation

    2001-04-27T09:24:00Z

    Bernard says Radio Authority should have been 'more proactive' on the issue

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    As If secures second run

    2001-04-27T08:39:00Z

    Carnival Films teen series gets nod for further series of 19 episodes which will be split between E4 and main channel

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    Leading suppliers claim Channel 4 has lost plot

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Key Channel 4 programme suppliers have accused the broadcaster of losing its way, attacking its obsessions with youth and ratings and slating its bland, 'soft-furnishings' schedule.Groups of independents have been meeting

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    ITV boss says Labour is failing public over BBC

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The Government is failing the electorate by insisting that the BBC remain outside the control of a new single communications regulator, Ofcom, according to ITV director of channels David Liddiment, writes Lucy Rouse.

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    Network Primetime beckons for Ant & Dec

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    SM:TV Live presenters Ant and Dec are to front a Saturday primetime ITV show next month, writes Leigh Holmwood. Slap Bang, which kicks off on 12 May, has been likened to

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    Annual Policy Statements: Key Points - Channel 4 pledges to boost factual

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is beefing up its factual output across the schedule, according to its programme promises for 2001/2002 published this week, writes Penny Hughes.

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    ITV franchises unveil policy

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The majority of the ITV regional franchises set the bar low in their statements on programme policy for 2001, writes Steve Aston.

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    C5 reaffirms commitment to PSB

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 welcomed the Independent Television Commission's new 'lighter touch' regulation policy and has used its statement of intent to reaffirm its commitment to public service broadcasting, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ITV and On Digital merger - ITV rejig kills On Digital brand

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    ITV's main shareholders Carlton and Granada this week unveiled the most radical overhaul of ITV in its 46-year history after merging its entire portfolio with struggling pay-TV platform On Digital.The move,

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    Bernard: self-regulation key

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    GWR chief executive Ralph Bernard this week called for greater self-regulation in the radio industry as he launched the group's first listeners' scrutiny panel, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Mackie heads BBC serials

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has revamped its drama department and appointed executive producer Laura Mackie as head of serials, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 DOUBLES AS IF ORDER

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned Carnival Films to make a further 38 x 30-minute episodes of its popular teen drama As If (right), writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Broadcasting bill promised in the summer

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The prospect of a single ITV gathered pace this week with the announcement that the government will publish a draft broadcasting bill in the summer if Labour is re-elected on 7 June, writes David Rose.

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    Sky plans cuts in online staff

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB's new media division is bracing itself for a rash of cutbacks on the back of the expected departure of director of new media John Swingewood, writes David Wood.