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    BBC digital put on hold as Jowell withdraws from Edinburgh

    2001-08-21T10:36:00Z

    Family bereavement means Jowell will not give her decision on BBC's proposed new digital services until September RTS convention at the earlie

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    Jackson backs BBC's digital agenda?at a price

    2001-08-21T10:30:00Z

    Outgoing Channel 4 chief says government should 'OK' BBC plans but says 'key issue' is regulation and that BBC should come under Ofcom's remit

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    BBC digital go-ahead postponed

    2001-08-21T08:32:00Z

    Culture secretary Tessa Jowell understood to have postponed Edinburgh Television Festival announcement on corporation's planned£300m new digital services. More follows...

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    Root unveils£96m autumn line-up

    2001-08-20T14:55:00Z

    Largely high-brow schedule targets a 'grown-up audience' with 'sophisticated programmes'

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    Granada International programme chief joins Nickelodeon

    2001-08-20T14:33:00Z

    Jules Borkent re-joins kids' broadcaster in new role as senior director programming

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    BBC eyes January for Broadcast and Presentation spin-off

    2001-08-20T10:48:00Z

    Corporation's creative arm to be incorporated as stand- alone business unit as Dyke looks for ways to raise further cash

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    Premiership struggles to score

    2001-08-20T09:02:00Z

    ITV's new primetime football highlights show beaten by 'reality' Weakest Link

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    Twiggy and Coleen Nolan join This Morning

    2001-08-17T11:18:00Z

    Ex-pop-star and former supermodel to join Fern Britten and John Leslie as new presenters of cult daytime show

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    London News Network to shed jobs

    2001-08-17T10:59:00Z

    Producers of the Alistair Stewart-fronted London Tonight to cut 11 per cent of workforce after news restructure

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    Broadcast millionaires lose£200m in wealth

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The combined wealth of the UK's 100 richest TV and radio executives has dropped by£200m in the last year following the dotcom crash, slump in advertising revenues and subsequent cascade

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    Lygo raids C4 for top team at C5

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has poached E4 director of programmes Andrew Newman as controller of entertainment and sources have said C5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has an 'uncertain future' at the channel, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC prepares to axe documentary posts

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The majority of the creative directors in the BBC's documentaries group are expected to lose their jobs when more than 100 posts are axed next month, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Soap Specials

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is planning to screen a number of one-off EastEnders specials, just weeks after the popular soap went four days a week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 satire row draws CPS

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering a case for prosecuting Channel 4 and Talkback, producer of the controversial Brass Eye satire, under the Protection of Children Act, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Jowell should rethink BBC channels BBC

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is being urged to consider the plight of the entire commercial sector where ad revenues are falling as she decides whether to approve the BBC's digital TV and radio plans, writes Katy Elliott.

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    Teletubbies embark on tour

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The Teletubbies could be the next BBC act to embark on a money-making UK tour after it was revealed they will hit the road in the US next year, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Trailing the Dinosaurs' tracks

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Walking with Beasts: the BBC has released the first picture of the follow-up to Walking with Dinosaurs, produced by BBC science, Discovery, TV Asahi and co-produced with ProSieben with graphics by

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    Kirch invited to talk by ITV

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    ITV has challenged Germany's Kirch Group to quit complaining and start talking after Kirch accused ITV and the BBC of acting as a cartel in negotiations over next year's World Cup, writes David Rose.

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    Carlton set to freeze pay rises

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Carlton has responded to the toughening TV market by freezing staff pay across the company from this autumn, writes Steve Aston.

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    C4 to 'iron out' orders policy

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam this week said plans would be put in place to iron out problems with the channel's commissioning process.Some C4 suppliers have called for the