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    Sky Digital's Channel Health on course to go 24 hour

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    Channel Health is on track to become the UK's first 24-hour health channel after increasing its daily broadcast hours from eight to 18.Founded by former BSkyB programme executive Joanne Sawicki,

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    What they said

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    The movers and shakers of the industry were out in force at The Production Show last week - here's what they had to say

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    Party in the Park goes back to ITV

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    Three year deal kicks-off with 6 hours of Blaze Television-produced coeverage on 8 July

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    Pickard planning S Club 7 in New York

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    BBC controller of children's on verge of signing group to new 13-part series

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    C5 asks for further reduction in obligatory original drama hours

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    Broadcaster insists that budget will only stretch to one more soap if hours are not reduced

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    Capital denies Park junior link

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    Station says decision by regional directorof programmes to follow father in quitting channel 'just unfortunate timing'

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    C5 to air Prince Andrew profile

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    September Films commissioned to produce The Playboy Prince

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    ITV licence-fee reduction leads to major cash boost

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    Granada north-west franchise slashed from£11m to£4.1m in across-the-board reductions

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    Scottish TV chief warns on PPV

    2001-03-23T12:41:00Z

    Says highlights will be devalued if third weekly game goes to pay-per-view

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    BSkyB plans new interactive push

    2001-03-23T11:41:00Z

    Key channel brands including Sky Movies, Sky One and Sky Sports earmarked for range of interactive propositions

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    Murdoch bags Hamann and Alli for new venture.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Former Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch has signed up former BBC head of documentaries Paul Hamann and former Carlton production head Waheed Alli to join her new production company.Hamann will

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    Zenith axes sale plans.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Zenith Entertainment, which has been touting for buyers for the past year, has scrapped plans for a sale after failing to find a buyer, writes Steve Aston.

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    ROCK PROFILE TO BBC 2.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 has bought the rights to entertainment show Rock Profile from Play UK, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Sky One and Movies to add interactivity.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BSKYB is ramping up its interactive TV activity and plans to launch a number of new services for its key channel brands by the end of the year, writes David Wood.

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    SCARLET RETURNS.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has bought back the rights to Gerry Anderson's puppet animation classic Captain Scarlet from Carlton International, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC executive revamp.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has overhauled his executive committee less than a year after setting it up.The move comes in the week that one of the key figures behind the

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    ITV local news threatened.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Regional ITV franchises will be forced to dilute their local news output for millions of viewers once they begin broadcasting via digital satellite, writes Steve Aston.

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    Eyre rules out return to ITV.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    RTL GROUP director of strategy and content Richard Eyre, who resigned from the company this week, has ruled out a return to his previous role at ITV, despite confirming that he had been approached about a return, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    On Digital brand suffers setback.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Carlton and Granada are considering last-minute plans for On Digital's soon-to-launch premium sports channel to be branded as an ITV channel.The channel, which will be launched in August in time for

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    Ofcom vagueness criticised by MPs.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The influential all-party media group of MPs and peers has written to media secretary Chris Smith and trade secretary Stephen Byers to complain that the communications white paper is too vague about how Ofcom will operate, writes John Lewis.