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BBC/Granada consortium wins£42m education contract
Broadcasters join forces for government funded six-subject digital GCSE channel
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Kinninmont quits Independent Image
Joint managing director leaves to set up new indie Panache & Brio
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Anderson slams BBC current affairs re-jig
ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts accuses corporation of 'dumping' news and current affairs without consultation
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S4C will avoid privatisation says Hague
Conservative leader says plans to privatise Horseferry Road would not extend to S4C
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Lux orders first raft of commissions
Baby Cow animated series I am Not an Animal and Lenny Henry in Pieces among highlights of 14 show package
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Archer to act in TV version of stage play.
Disgraced former politician Jeffrey Archer will appear in his first TV acting role when a version of his interactive stage play The Accused airs on the small screen, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Endemol buys out Brighter for£10m.
Endemol Entertainment has bought entertainment indie Brighter Pictures outright, in a deal thought to be worth£10m.The deal was signed after a year of discussions between the two companies and means
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RDF buys stake in drama launch Touch Paper.
RDF Media has taken 30 per cent of a new populist drama indie Touch Paper, launched this week by Carlton Productions executive producer Rob Pursey, writes Katy Elliott. In a double
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BBC dismisses Gavin rumour.
The BBC has dismissed speculation that BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin is quitting the corporation, write Simon Ellery and Colin Robertson.
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Kinninmont leaves Independent Image.
Former Kilroy producer Independent Image has lost one of its joint managing directors, Tom Kinninmont, who left last week to set up independent production company Panache & Brio with his wife and Women in Film & TV chair Kate Kinninmont, writes Penny Hugh
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C4'S New face.
Channel 4 is developing a youth show fronted by a virtual TV presenter called The Head, writes Penny Hughes. A 30-minute pilot is poised to go into production through the Comedy
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beeb Ventures profits in the face of the dotcom downturn.
The BBC has said its ISP beeb.net has entered the black for the first time since launch in September 1999, although it has refused to name revenue figures, writes David Wood.
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BBC shows what's in pipeline.
BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux has announced her first raft of commissions, ordering 14 shows from in-house and independent producers, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Pearson faces Pop Idol legal wrangle.
Pearson Television and independent 19 TV could face legal action over their forthcoming Pop Idol ITV series, following accusations from Australian production outfit Screentime that the show contravenes copyright of its worldwide hit Popstars, writes Colin
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Hague in S4C safety pledge.
Opposition leader William Hague has pledged that Welsh channel S4C would survive Tory plans to sell off Channel 4 if the Conservatives confound pollsters and win the general election, writes David Rose.
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Granada on wildlife trail.
Granada has dumped its inherited United Wildlife brand and is overhauling the division as a major supplier of 'blue chip' films shot on video tape under the new name of Granada Wild, writes Colin Robertson.
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Corley returns to ITV as GMTV MD.
Former Border TV chief executive Paul Corley has been appointed as the new managing director of GMTV.Corley left his position at Border in July last year shortly after it was taken
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Government plans switch-off review.
Media secretary Chris Smith has confirmed the government will review a proposed switch-off date for analogue radio in autumn 2003, but has again refused to commit to a target, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Pressure put on Smith.
Tony Blair's decision to delay the general election until at least 7 June has put pressure on media secretary Chris Smith to respond to MPs' demands to curtail the powers of BBC governors, writes David Rose.
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OFT SKY ONE RULING.
The Office of Fair Trading has decided Sky One is no longer in a position to dominate the cable and satellite market as it relaxed conditions on the way the channel