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  • News

    Five International to close.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    Five is to shut down its international distribution arm next year after only three years in operation, writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    BBC faces criticism over indie champion.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    The BBC was put on the defensive this week as independent producers voiced fears that its 'indie champion' was little more than a token gesture, writes Jane Marlow

  • News

    Emap signs Park in Magic deal.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    Former Capital Radio group programme director Richard Park is joining Emap Radio as a consultant for its London-based station Magic 105.4, writes Georgina Lipscomb

  • News

    Granada rejig claims exec.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    One of Granada's most senior production executives is to leave as a result of the company's ongoing restructure into genre-driven departments, writes Steve Aston

  • News

    4Learning to study workings of mother ship.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    4Learning has ordered a fly-on-the-wall series exploring the internal workings of Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes

  • News

    CHINESE ROBOT WARS.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    China is set to get its own version of Robot Wars after a dubbed version of

  • News

    GRANADA'S ITALIAN JOB.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    Granada has struck a production deal with Italian producer Einstein Multimedia Group to develop three new

  • News

    OZZY WIFE IN C4 XMAS.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    Sharon Osbourne, the wife of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, is to present Channel 4's Alternative Christmas

  • News

    BBC CONTRACT PLEDGE.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    The BBC has pledged to cut the number of people working on fixed-term contracts from 20

  • News

    C4 JOURNALISTS HELD.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    The two journalists arrested in Bangladesh while filming for the Mentorn Midlands-produced Channel 4 strand Unreported

  • News

    Carlton Cinema to be closed in March.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Carlton Cinema will close down in March with the loss of up to 35 jobs after

  • News

    Liquid News editor moves to Celebdaq.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Chris Wilson, editor of BBC Choice flagship show Liquid News, is to take a six-month break from the weekday programme to executive produce new BBC 3 interactive share trading format Celebdaq, writes Leigh Holmwood

  • News

    DCMS rebuffs S4C cash call.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster S4C is being forced to slash a million pounds off its programming budget by next year after the government refused to give the broadcaster an extra #3.5m to cover the additional costs of digital transmission, writes Penny Hughes

  • News

    ITV UNVEILS BIG BUDGET DRAMA.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    ITV is continuing its fightback for ratings by filling its winter 2003 schedule with big budget drama, writes Steve Aston

  • Ratings

    RATINGS - Growing weary of power, corruption and lies.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    BBC 1's fantastical life story of disgraced peer Jeffrey Archer failed to interest viewers as the satirical drama lost nearly 1 million viewers within five minutes of it starting, writes Jon Rogers

  • News

    UKTV'S BRIGHT IDEA.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    UKTV's new lifestyle offering for digital terrestrial platform Freeview has been given its third and final

  • News

    KUMARS GO GLOBAL.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Hat Trick International has concluded a raft of sales of BBC 2's The Kumars At No

  • News

    GALAXY LAUNCHES ON SKY.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Chrysalis Radio-owned Galaxy brand will begin broadcasting across the UK and Ireland via Sky Digital from

  • News

    OLIVER SHOW TICKED OFF.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Producers of Jamie's Kitchen have been reprimanded by the Independent Television Commission after the regulator received

  • News

    SKY SIGNS CRICKET DEAL.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Sky has been given the greenlight by the Independent Television Commission to broadcast live and exclusive