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BSC clears Robinson insult to Welsh
Anne Robinson's anti-Welsh outburst on BBC 2's Room 101 programme generated 427 complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), yet the commission did not uphold any of them. The BSC found
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NBC orders more weakest link shows
US network NBC has licensed a further 13 instalments of BBC entertainment show The Weakest Link. The order follows an original deal for 13 x 60-minute editions of the award-winning show,
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BBC appoints Shah to senior India role
BBC Worldwide territory manager for south Asia Monisha Shah has been appointed director of BBC Worldwide India Private Limited. As a member of the board, she will be charged with formulating
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Eurosport strikes cricket portal deal
Eurosport has struck a deal with the 365 Corporation cricket service cricketline.com to create a dedicated Eurosport cricket portal. The agreement means that eurosport.co.uk will receive the latest cricket news, including
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NTL in AOL Time Warner broadband talks
NTL is in talks with AOL Time Warner to launch a broadband tie-up following AOL's mounting frustration with BT over broadband access. The deal could see AOL customers accessing high-speed internet
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Ghosh sees off strong Emma Competition
ITN home affairs correspondent Shiulie Ghosh has been named Best Television News Journalist at this year's Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (Emmas). Ghosh, who has been nominated for Best TV journalist at
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Celador bags Queen's award for top show
Celador Productions has picked up the Queen's Award for Enterprise for exporting its hit format Who Wants to be a Millionaire? around the world.Since the first edition of the quiz went
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Zone vision to distribute adult channel
London-based channel distributor Zone Vision has signed a deal for a second Private-branded men's channel, Private Girls, on Sky Digital. Programming will be sourced from the US and Europe featuring feature
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BBC radio boosted by 23 Sony awards
The BBC swept the board at this year's Sony Radio Awards, with BBC Radio 2 winning UK station of the year.The BBC won 23 of the 30 awards at last Monday's
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BBC fills key new media jobs
The BBC has moved closer towards a radical overhaul of its new media division - tipped to be renamed BBCi - after filling five key executive roles, writes Penny Hughes.
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Odds shorten for Hewitt becoming media secretary
E-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt's chances of becoming the next media secretary improved this week, following reports that Chris Smith is expected to be moved from the role in a post-election reshuffle, writes David Rose.
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C3 news awaits ITC bid approval
Channel Three News Limited, the consortium which plans to bid for the ITV news contract, will find out whether it has won nominated news provider status by the end of this month, writes Steve Aston.
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It's a cook-out
Food channel Taste CFN is launching a Popstars-style hunt to find Britain's next culinary superstar, writes Simon Ellery.
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Flextech plans content boost
Telewest content division Flextech is boosting the amount of original content on its wholly owned channels Trouble, Living, Challenge and Bravo from 10 per cent in 2000 to 25 per cent
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C5 to air Falklands war doc
Channel 5 has lined up an arsenal of heavyweight documentary series covering subjects from the Falklands war to a US police homicide squad, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV puts back daytime soap launch date
The launch of ITV daytime soap Trafalgar Road has been postponed until the autumn, when it will appear three times a week under its new name, Night and Day, writes Colin Robertson.
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More late night poker on the way
Cardiff-based independent Presentable has netted a string of commissions from Channel 4 and BBC Wales, including a further two series of cult C4 night-time show Late Night Poker, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4'S Britney Spears day
Channel 4 has commissioned At It Productions to produce a 60-minute documentary special on Britney Spears as part of its planned tribute to the teen pop star, writes Simon Ellery. Ordered
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C4 commissions doc on women gladiators
Channel 4 commissioning editor of science Dan Chambers has ordered a 90-minute Secrets of the Dead special that pieces together new evidence of female gladiators. The as-yet-untitled Yorkshire Associated Producers (YAP)
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Carlton to film family living on the edge
ITV has ordered a 60-minute documentary from Carlton exploring the life of a family living on state benefits in a condemned house on a Birmingham council estate. Kelly and Her Sisters,