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BBC/CBS ARCHIVE DEAL.
BBC Worldwide has struck a major deal with CBS News to commercially exploit the US broadcaster's archive. The footage will be marketed alongside that of the BBC through the library sales
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BARB ADMITS DECLINE.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has claimed that television audiences have fallen by an average of 5 per cent but added it was still evaluating its new data. Research has
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C5 BUYS LIVE UEFA RIGHTS.
Channel 5 has bought exclusive live rights to show the football Uefa Cup fourth round tie between Leeds United and PSV Eindhoven on 21 February.
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JOHN BROMLEY DIES.
Former ITV Sport head John Bromley has died of cancer. He was 68. His last role at ITV was as head of sport at LWT. In his 25-year television career he
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BBC 1 LOTTERY TO STAY.
The National Lottery draws will continue to be screened on BBC 1 at least until June, after the corporation secured an extension to its broadcasting rights contract with Camelot. Both parties
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Bidders line up for east midlands radio.
The race to win the hotly contested east midlands analogue radio licence gathered pace this week as 15 bidders lodged applications to the Radio Authority.Proposals were submitted to the regulator by
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MTV to offer interactivity.
MTV is to become the first entertainment channel to launch 24-hour interactivity as it continues to fend off competition from rival Emap Performance TV, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC 1 to drop cheesy celebs.
Mediocre TV turns will not get a look in on BBC 1, according to controller Lorraine Heggessey, who this week banned any celebrity who is not deemed 'credible' from fronting a programme, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BRITNEY OPENS DISNEY PARK.
Unique Television, the indie set up by Noel Edmonds, has secured a multimillion dollar deal with Disney to produce a pan-European 'entertainment spectacular' marking the 16 March opening of the new
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RATINGS - Quentin drama is hot-blooded winner for ITV.
ITV 1's Caroline Quentin-fronted drama, Blood Strangers pulled in a solid crowd this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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INTERACTIVE FOOTIE OFF.
An innovative new Channel 4 interactive TV series, in which football fans would have picked the side to play for Nationwide Conference League side Stevenage Borough, has been pulled just days
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SAYER GETS EDITOR POST.
Granada has promoted David Sayer to be the new editor of LWT's current affairs programme Jonathan Dimbleby. Sayer was previously the show's deputy editor. He has also produced The Trial of
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EINSTEIN.TV UPS HOURS.
Science and technology service Einstein.tv extended its transmission hours from six a day to 24 this week after ramping up its original production slate. Einstein.tv editor Toby Murcott said the move
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ESPN SPORT NAMES MD.
New European channel ESPN Classic Sport has appointed Roch Pellerin as the network's managing director. Most recently, Pellerin served as chief financial officer of leading French pay-television operators Canal+ Distribution and
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BBC LAUNCHES SMS GAME.
The BBC has created a game based on its Walking with Beasts series to be played on mobile phones. Vodafone subscribers will be able to battle the pre-historic beasts using text
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SKYTEXT REVAMPED.
BSkyB is poised to unveil a faster and improved text service that will allow viewers to watch TV while accessing around 2,000 pages of information. The revamped SkyText will launch next
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BRITISH TOON AWARDS.
The British Animation Awards has announced the finalists for its fourth biennial awards. In the best children's series, Cartoon Network's The Cramp Twins is up against Cosgrove Hall's Albie and their
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MERCURY/SAMURA DEAL.
Mercury Media International has struck a deal to represent the award-winning documentaries produced by Insight News TV and Sorious Samura. The trilogy of films, examining the recent civil war in Sierra
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BBC WORLD REACH GROWS.
The BBC commercial international news channel BBC World has hit a record global reach, with 200 million homes now able to receive the channel - a rise of 16 per cent
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RADIO SPEAKERS CHOSEN.
Emap Performance managing director dance Mark Story will give the keynote speech at the Music Radio 2002 conference. EMI group chairman Eric Nicoli will give the record industry keynote. The event