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PREMIERSHIP TO HIT PRIMETIME
ITV is set to screen its main premiership football highlights programme in an early evening slot, hauling it out of the BBC's late evening tradition, writes Steve Aston.
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Shortlist reached for access radio
THE RADIO Authority has shortlisted 15 contenders for its access radio pilot scheme, after receiving more than 200 letters of intent, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada poaches Carlton boss
Carlton Communications commercial director Tom Betts has been poached by ITV partner Granada to strengthen its business development department, writes Simon Ellery.
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Readers to play a part in selections
The Broadcast Awards 2002 launched this week with a call for entries in each of the 16 categories and the inclusion of a brand new readers' vote. For the first time,
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Discovery trawls net
US Broadcaster Discovery Communications has turned to a TV commissioning website to ask UK indies for ideas for its Discovery Health channel, writes David Wood.
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Horizons raids BBC for editor
UKTV has poached BBC 2 head of scheduling and planning Liam Keelan to become editor of its factual channel, UK Horizons, writes Simon Ellery.
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Rugby in£200m deal
The BBC and Sky Sports have bought rights to international and club rugby in a£200m deal with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premier Rugby that doubles the value of the previous settlement, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC still leads in daytime
ITV is still losing the battle for daytime viewers to the BBC, writes Steve Aston.
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CHELSEA GOES INTO TV
Chelsea Football Club is to follow its bigger rival, Manchester United, by launching a television channel on Monday (13 August). The club has hired London-based production outfit Input Productions to handle
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TOP GEAR UNDER REVIEW
BBC 2 motoring strand Top Gear is to be 'reviewed' when its current series ends in October, although it will not be axed, the corporation has said. The programme, fronted by
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WEB RADIO STATION FLOPS
Internet radio station Net FM has closed just four months from launch after financial backers pulled the plug on second-round funding. The station, launched by former Talk Radio programmer Richard Jacobs
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AFRICAN FOOTBALL PLAN
The BBC is considering covering the biennial African Cup of Nations as part of a plan to beef up its football coverage. The corporation says the tournament, which takes place in
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WALL JOINS TRAVEL SHOP
United Business Media chief operating officer Malcolm Wall is to join satellite and cable channel TV Travel Shop as non-executive chairman. Wall, who is also a non-executive director of Channel 5,
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Flextech in Icebox deal
Flextech Television has struck a multimillion pound deal with US animator Icebox for a series of animated shorts as well as a number of new co-productions, writes Simon Ellery.
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DBC funds gap forces closure
Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), owner of film and sport pay-per-view outfit u>direct, has gone into liquidation after shareholders withdrew funding, writes Simon Ellery.
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YTV talent show dumped by ITV2
ITV2 director of programmes David Bergg has cancelled the digital channel's biggest original commission to date as part of a move to refocus its output.Starmaker, a talent show ordered from Yorkshire
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BBC staff urged to shun review
The National Union of Journalists and Bectu have called on BBC staff to boycott their annual appraisal interviews as part of the continuing dispute over the corporation's pay and reward structure, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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PEAK FLY-BY TO GO ON THE WEB
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams' attempt to fly over Mount Everest in a hot air balloon is to be webcast live by broadband service BT Openworld next month, writes David Wood. The
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RATINGS - C5 gains comic victory over C4's Hood hunt
Channel 5 film Six Days and Seven Nights gained a higher peaktime share than Channel 4 this week, writes Jon Rogers.
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TELEWEST EARNINGS UP
Telewest Communications has returned record quarterly earnings of£74m before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Content division Flextech returned revenues of£95m for the six months to 30 June, up 13