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    Health puts out raft of orders

    2001-06-28T11:21:00Z

    Discovery unveils over 100 hours of new programming

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    BBC1 strengthens popular factual slate

    2001-06-28T11:32:00Z

    Two Reality tv programmes and a chat show feature among channel's new commissions

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    ITV commissions two-part Quentin drama

    2001-06-28T11:40:00Z

    Men Behaving Badly actress to star in new thriller

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    Cornish moves on to own show

    2001-06-28T11:43:00Z

    Adam and Jo star to front weekly talkshow

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    Toon First for Network

    2001-06-28T11:49:00Z

    The Cartoon Network produces it first home grown show

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    Murdoch facing initial $2.4 billion deficit on DirecTV-Sky Global deal

    2001-06-28T12:43:00Z

    Investment bank report says News Corp facing 'significant near-term negative' on deal, but long term benefits 'far outweigh this very near term assesment'

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    Granada to create genre heads in production rejig

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Granada is gearing up to make sweeping changes to its production structure as part of a further attempt to streamline its internal management.Newly appointed Granada Content managing director Simon Shaps is

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    THE END NEARS FOR THE GANG

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC chairman Christopher Bland and director general Greg Dyke will break an on-off working relationship that has spanned more than 10 years when Bland steps down as chairman later this summer.

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    NATIONAL LOTTERY TO GIVE MILLIONS TO DIGITISE FOOTAGE

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Several UK media companies will next week receive lottery handouts of up to£1m to help digitise their archives, writes David Wood.

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    BBC 1 unveils celeb format

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has greenlit a new celebrity chat show-cum-reality format that will see famous people moving into the homes of their fans, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Bectu wins fight over holiday pay

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Rules Barring broadcast staff on short-term contracts from paid holiday are to be scrapped following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, write Simon Ellery and Leigh Holmwood.

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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