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Police voice concerns about investigations.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has voiced concerns that current affairs programmes are increasingly encroaching on police territory, writes Rebecca Evans.
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BBC 2 sheds viewers as BBC 1 and ITV wage peaktime war.
BBC 2 has emerged as the victim of the autumn ratings war between ITV and BBC 1, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Hewlett gains dual role after Carlton rejigs.
Carlton Communications has pared down the job specifications for its planned chief executive of content role after handing responsibility for Carlton Productions to director of programmes Steve Hewlett, writes Colin Robertson.
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UBM to sell Rapture TV.
Rapture TV is preparing itself for imminent sale by its owner, United Business Media (UBM), with an announcement expected within weeks, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Big Brother heart girl to get documentary.
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary about Jo Harris, the girl to whom Big Brother winner Craig Phillips gave his prize money, writes Ashley Davies.
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News Corp ownership of Fox threatens Nick.
Nickelodeon UK joint-venture partners BSkyB and Viacom look set to clash over kids channels when BSkyB's majority shareholder, News Corp, takes control of rival Fox Kids Europe this year.Sources in the
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NEWS WAR DECLARED.
ITV will finally bring back its News at Ten bulletin from Monday 22 January, after months of wrangling with the ITC, writes Colin Robertson.
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DfEE FAVOURS C4.
Channel 4 and its partners Oracle and Intuitive Media have beaten off competition from the BBC and Granada Television to produce a£6m mixed media education service for 7 to 11
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YOUNG TO HAT TRICK.
BBC head of light entertainment David Young is setting up a new entertainment outfit with his former employer Hat Trick Productions. As predicted in Broadcast (8.12.00), Young, 32, will leave the
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LIVE AND KICKING.
The BBC has denied reports that Saturday morning children's show Live and Kicking is about to be axed. Despite poor ratings, a BBC spokesman said that no decision on the future
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ZENITH SALE EXPECTED.
The buyer of Zenith Entertainment is expected to be announced within the next fortnight, after a long auction process. Zenith Entertainment formally offered the company for sale by auction in September
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EASTENDERS IS TOP.
An edition of EastEnders which aired on 28 December was the most watched programme of 2000, with a consolidated audience of 20.89 million for the episode and its repeat on 31
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Laughs run out for C4's Dotcomedy.
Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has axed Princess Productions' Friday night internet series Dotcomedy, but the indie has sold the format to five different countries, writes Ashley Davies.
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Partridge director quits to make films.
Partridge Films director of programmes Michael Rosenberg has left the company he founded over a quarter of a century ago in order to return to his roots as a filmmaker.Rosenberg, who
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Front runners emerge for Bergg's job.
Hallmark Entertainment Network UK managing director Jeff Henry and multimedia outfit Worldpop's chief operating officer, Liam Hamilton, are being tipped as leading contenders for the vacant Sky One general manager role, writes Simon Ellery.
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Granada rejected by NHS.
Granada Media is the only one of three bidders not to be awarded money from the first tranche of the£5m NHS fund for digital TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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Ideal World lures Holby City producer.
Ideal World has hired two new staff to spearhead its drive into television drama and comedy and entertainment, writes Ashley Davies.
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RATINGS - Number One Singles gives C4 record ratings.
Channel 4's The 100 Greatest Number One Singles went straight to the top of the charts, making all other channels one-hit wonders writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC BREAKFAST HIRING.
BBC One O'Clock News editor Jay Hunt is understood to be leading the field to replace BBC Breakfast editor Andrew Thompson who has just taken up the new post of BBC
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LWT promotes Graham
Tim Graham, head of development for LWT's multi-skilled digital unit The Lab, has been promoted to deputy managing director. Graham, whose credits include Gordon Ramsay: Beyond Boiling Point and The Borough