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    Tranter seeks funding for plays.

    2002-12-09T09:50:01Z

    BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter is lobbying BBC director of television Jana Bennett for extra cash for a series of one-off dramas for BBC 4, writes Colin Robertson

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    TV NAMES FOR CHRYSALIS.

    2002-12-09T09:50:01Z

    Chrysalis Radio has signed newsreader Katie Derham to present the Sunday brunch show for LBC when

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    BECTU DEFERS BALLOT.

    2002-12-09T09:50:01Z

    Granada is still facing the prospect of industrial action after broadcasting union Bectu deferred a ballot

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    VIRGIN REJIGS AM SLOT.

    2002-12-09T09:50:01Z

    Virgin Radio is poised to shake up its breakfast show for the fourth time in 18

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    C4 orders The Regency House.

    2002-12-09T09:50:01Z

    The flamboyant era of Byron, Nelson and Lady Hamilton is to be recreated in the latest instalment of Channel 4's successful ... House franchise, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    £1M BBC ARTS STRAND.

    2002-12-09T09:50:01Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has pledged to pump£1m into a new 12-part arts strand,

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    ITC report fuels raft of training schemes.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    The UK's key broadcast training bodies have reacted swiftly to calls in last week's Independent Television

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Littleford to head Action Time production.

    2002-12-09T09:50:00Z

    Action time has backtracked on its plans to operate as a format-only business and has hired former Play UK channel editor Matthew Littleford to head a new UK-based production team, writes Steve Aston

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    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

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    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

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    Lords take viewers' side.

    2002-12-09T09:49:59Z

    A number of prominent peers this week warned that the House of Lords was prepared to

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    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