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    Bennett appointed BBC director of television

    2002-02-04T16:53:00Z

    Executive vice president of The Learning Channel to take up one of the BBC's top jobs

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    Bennett appointed as BBC director of television

    2002-02-04T15:57:00Z

    The Learning Channel general manager to fill one of BBC's top jobs left vacant by Mark Thompson

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    ITV 1 dominated weekend viewing for third time in a row

    2002-02-04T14:18:00Z

    The penultimate edition of Pop Idol gained 10m viewers clearly outstripping the BBC 1's opposition

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    More viewers find Clocking Off a turn-off

    2002-02-01T16:41:00Z

    BBC 1 drama's audience falls again for second series running but 5.6 million is enough to see off ITV1 opposition

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    Barb hits back at Carat research

    2002-02-01T11:45:00Z

    Ratings body says its method of measurement is far more accurate than 'a one-off question asked by telephone'

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    Pact and C4 join row over indies' status.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Producers' alliance Pact and Channel 4 have joined Endemol UK and Cafe Productions to heap further pressure on the government to readdress the rules affecting independent producers owned by foreign companies.Pact

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    Repeats to bolster ITV's output.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Almost a third of ITV's output could be made up of repeats over the next 12 months as the network attempts to eke out a programming budget identical to last year's #750m, writes Steve Aston.

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    AND THE WINNERS ARE ...

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's controversial Brass Eye Special (right), the show that targeted the media's coverage of paedophilia, picked up the award for best comedy at Broadcast's annual awards on Wednesday night (30

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    Disney plans radio offensive.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Disney is stepping up its long-term ambition to enter the UK radio market and is understood to be poised to sign a joint-venture with Capital Radio to launch a Disney-branded digital radio station, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Prebble calls for 2006 switch-off.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has attacked media secretary Tessa Jowell for dragging her feet over plans to switch the UK over to digital television.Speaking at the Commons media select committee

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    BBC creates key position for Birmingham factual.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is to create a new post to oversee all general factual programming in Birmingham in an attempt to bring more focus to the troubled regional centre, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Tiger Aspect brings Bodily Harm to C4.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of drama Tessa Ross has commissioned a new drama from the writer of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Tony Grounds, writes Steve Aston.

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    SPECIAL: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING CONFERENCE - ITV head calls BBC arts 'pathetic'.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has come under renewed attack over the state of its arts programming as ITV chairman Leslie Hill accused it of having a 'pathetic' approach to the genre.Hill, speaking at

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    MPs in call for 'toddler TV' ad ban.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is facing a demand to ban TV advertising during programmes targeted at under-fives, writes David Rose.

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    C5 public service pledge.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of factual Dan Chambers has pledged to boost the amount of public service programming on C5 as the broadcaster continues to drive upmarket, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    RA's Hooper wants new rule.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Radio Authority chairman Richard Hooper is lobbying for a new cross-media ownership rule which could lead to a national newspaper being allowed to own a national terrestrial TV channel, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC looks at online options for indies.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is exploring the creation of minimum output guarantees for indies across its online operations, similar to those that already exist for television and radio, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Thompson does about face on BBC 3.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has launched a bitter attack on the BBC's revised plans for new youth channel BBC 3 with a strategy that is understood to have been greenlit by former BBC director of TV and incoming C4 chief executive Mark Thompson, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    NTL pulls Eurosport off air in Ireland.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    NTL has stopped broadcasting Eurosport in Ireland after failing to agree terms for digital carriage, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BARB UNDER FIRE AGAIN.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasters' Audi-ence Research Board (Barb) has come in for renewed criticism following research from media buying agency Carat that suggests the new Barb system is inaccurate. The research claimed the