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    Dyke slams ITV's slur

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC Director general Greg Dyke has sent a letter of rebuke to ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble following his public criticism of the BBC's interactive services, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    CBBC wants first tenders

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's children's department CBBC is to open up its commissioning process to competitive tenders for the first time as it searches to find a follow-up to its pre-school hits Teletubbies

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    Govt fast-tracks Ofcom bill

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt are set to surprise MPs by publishing the short bill to establish Ofcom next month, writes David Rose.

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    Spanswick leaves Switchdigital

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Switchdigital Multiplex director Simon Spanswick has left the company on the eve of its launch into Scotland and is set to take a new role at national multiplex operator Digital One, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC bolsters news teams for expansion

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC News is to create 50 new posts as it expands its services across the BBC networks and creates specialist teams to produce news summaries, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Big Brother looks ahead to third run

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is already working on plans for Big Brother 3, despite the fact the existing house in Bow will be torn down in three months' time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C4 Ideas Lab hangs in limbo

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The future of Channel 4's Ideas Lab hung in the balance this week following the expected departure of its head Liz Warner, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.

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    MELLOR FACES CAMERA

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Writer Kay Mellor is to step in front of the camera for one-off ITV comedy drama A Good Thief, writes Steve Aston.

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    BBC REPORT LIMITED

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The findings of the delayed BBC Worldwide review - to be announced in a fortnight's time - will not be published in full. The review's recommendations will be publicised, although insiders

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    DANDO CASE ROLLS ON

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The jury was still out on the murder trial of the late BBC presenter Jill Dando as Broadcast went to press. The judge of the trial, Mr Justice Gage, delivered his

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    RADIO FESTIVAL PLANS

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Final details of The Radio Festival schedule were unveiled this week. The festival will be opened on 9 July by BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden and Commercial Radio Companies Association

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    VIRGIN TO LOSE EVANS

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    A source suggested Virgin Radio presenter Chris Evans would definitely leave the station, as Broadcast went to press. Evans has not been on air since last Wednesday and Virgin Radio bosses

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    NHS DIGITAL LAUNCH

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Flextech expected to launch the pilot NHS health channel Living Health this week with over 11,000 pages of NHS information and the facility to book a GP appointment through the television.

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    ITV partners clash over ownership rule

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Serious cracks in the ITV partnership between Carlton and Granada emerged this week following a bitter public clash between the two companies over government plans for media ownership reform.The row erupted

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    PrimeEnt grows Welsh TV interests

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Media outfit PrimeEnt is planning to beef up its TV output with the launch of two restricted service licence (RSL) services in Wales, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Capital poaches Chrysalis chief

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio has poached rival Chrysalis Radio's online content director, Kevin Palmer, to help spearhead its drive into digital, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    EASTENDERS' SECRET FILMING

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has started production on the long-awaited fourth episode of EastEnders, which is expected to go out on a Friday evening from 10 August, writes Leigh Holmwood. A source close

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    RATINGS - Panorama's Sunday night plight worsens

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The fortunes of BBC 1's Panorama continued to decline, as the show recorded its lowest ever rating since moving to Sunday, writes Mark Banham.

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    KINGSTON ON-DEMAND

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Kingston Communications has assembled a four-strong content team to thrash out a strategy for the group's TV and video on-demand offering, KIT. Andrew Forcett has been named content service development manager

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    SKY FOOTBALL DEAL

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The Footballers' Football Channel, which last weekend produced the British Leg of the Kronenbourg Cup European Beach Soccer League featuring Eric Cantona, has closed a carriage deal to launch on Sky