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BBC barred from Sri Lankan cricket
Future of 'news' reporting from sports events under threat as rights holders World Sports Group demand access fee before BBC team allowed in to grounds
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Dyke and Gavin battle over Worldwide future.
BBC Director General Greg Dyke and BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin are understood to be at loggerheads over the future of BBC Worldwide. The two chiefs have allegedly failed to come
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C5 awaits go-ahead to change news for soap.
Channel 5 could this week get the go-ahead from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to move its main evening news bulletin out of peak time in order to make way for its acquired soap Home and Away, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Big Brother 2 Website.
Victoria Real has won the contract for designing and building the website for Channel 4's Big Brother 2, beating off competition from the producers of C4's new media offshoot e4.com, writes Jon Rogers.
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Former radio head resigns.
Former BBC digital radio head Glyn Jones, who was effectively sidelined in a departmental reshuffle last year, has resigned from the corporation, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITN expands into digital news service.
ITN is to provide news for the new ITV digital TV interactive service, Text+, in a move that consolidates the news provider's relationship with the broadcaster, writes Penny Hughes.
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Rivals hit out again at BBC digital plan.
The alliance of satellite and cable broadcasters objecting to the BBC's new digital channels is expected to attack the suggestion that the services will drive digital take-up, as it submits comments
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Principal plots Dome ram raid.
London-based Principal Pictures is developing a£6.9m comedy drama, Ram Raiders, after gaining exclusive access to information about the events leading up to to the botched£90m Millennium Dome diamond raid, writes Penny Hughes.
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R5 needs own identity.
BBC Radio Five Live controller Bob Shennan has vowed to create a standalone identity for the station with its own front door like the corporation's other four stations, writes Katy Elliott.
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C4's Durrance follows boss' exit.
Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor, night-time Zizi Durrance is moving to another role within the channel, a week after her boss, Darren Bender, admitted similar plans, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC events boss opens new indie.
Former BBC head of millennium events Avril MacRory has set up a multimedia production company following her departure from the corporation last October (Broadcast, 15.9.00), writes Barbara Marshall.
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Squires hotly tipped for GMTV post.
Carlton Central managing director Ian Squires has emerged as the frontrunner for the soon-to-be-vacant GMTV managing director job, writes Colin Robertson.
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Smash Hits TV goes live.
Emap Performance Network (EPN) is ramping up its television activities with the launch of a Smash Hits-branded TV channel this summer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Edmonds backs BBC Ofcom link.
Oftel director general David Edmonds this week added his weight to mounting calls for the BBC board of governors to report to Ofcom, claiming the corporation was missing a trick by
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Talent hunt starts at BBC.
The BBC is launching its second Talent initiative next week with the help of an animated promotional campaign, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC COURTS WRIGLEY.
Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is understood to have been offered the post of BBC controller of light entertainment to replace David Young who is leaving at the
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BBC SETS UP THIRD CO.
The BBC has been given the go-ahead by secretary of state for culture, media and sport Chris Smith to set up its third wholly owned subsidiary, BBC Technology Ltd. The corporation
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NEW ITC CODE.
The Independent Television Commission has called for greater sensitivity on the content of daytime programmes during school holidays in its revised programme code published on Wednesday (21 February). The guidelines also
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WEB LIFE GUIDE AT BBC.
BBC Online is stepping up its support for the creation of online communities, with the addition of h2g2.com, the website developed by The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy creator Douglas Adams.
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ENDEMOL GOES WEST.
Endemol Entertainment UK is moving its London operation from Bloomsbury to Shepherd's Bush in July. The company, which employs around 350 people, said it had run out of space at its