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    MORE ADS FOR BBC.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    BBC centres across the country could be turned into ads for the corporation after an initiative

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    Slump costs indies£600m.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The UK's richest independent producers have had more than half a billion pounds sliced off their fortunes during the past year, according to Broadcast's third annual Rich List of the top 100 broadcasting millionaires, writes Katy Elliott

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    Ancient combat to inspire C5 history series.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Channel 5 is launching a major new history series that hopes to do for the middle ages what Channel 4's 1900 House series did for Victorian times, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    ITV drops ads for 9/11 programme.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    ITV has for the first time decided to axe commercial breaks in a peaktime programme. The move will come during its planned headline documentary on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC 1 plans docs strand.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC is to launch its first new documentary strand since it axed Modern Times two

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    E4 NABS SECOND SIX FEET UNDER.

    2002-08-16T07:45:55Z

    Six Feet Under, the darkly comic Californian drama which has become the surprise hit of the summer, will get its second series UK debut on E4 next month, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC 3 delay hits DTT plan.

    2002-08-16T07:45:55Z

    The BBC's digital plans were dealt a hammer blow this week following confirmation that the Department

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    Broadcast 2002 Rich List in full

    2002-08-15T14:53:00Z

    This year the fattest cats are purring less contentedly. While the combined wealth of our 100 TV and radio multimillionaires has risen, few have weathered the media recession and stock market fall without losses

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    Emap in Eire

    2002-08-15T11:08:04Z

    Emap Performance TV has bolstered its international presence by signing a deal with NTL Digital to broadcast all six of its music channels across the Republic of Ireland, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    CBBC fights back at poor viewing share

    2002-08-15T11:06:10Z

    The BBC's digital children's channel CBBC is to be given a shake-up in a bid to double its audience within two years, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Arts channels in another plot twist

    2002-08-15T11:02:14Z

    The last-minute rescue of Artsworld has dented preparations by its rival, the Performance channel, to push for Sky Digital carriage, write Paul Revoir and Leigh Holmwood

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    Granada Wild steals BBC wildlife veteran

    2002-08-15T11:00:52Z

    Granada has appointed the producer behind BBC 2's award-winning Congo series as head of Granada Wild, its Bristol-based wildlife arm, writes Steve Aston

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    ITV raises its PR game

    2002-08-15T10:59:35Z

    ITV is to begin marketing itself on other channels in a bid to win back viewers, writes Steve Aston

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    Virgin Radio set for wider reach

    2002-08-15T10:56:36Z

    SMG is planning to consolidate its presence in the radio sector by rolling out its Virgin Radio brand nationwide and bidding for new local licences in a move that quashes speculation that the Scottish-based media company wants to move out of the sector, writes Georgina ...

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    BBC staff told: Sign your own expenses

    2002-08-15T10:38:38Z

    Staff at the BBC are to get the ultimate perk ' signing their own expenses. ...

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    Cato's the new Compo

    2002-08-15T10:37:19Z

    Inspector Clouseau's manic manservant Cato is going from ah-so to 'ow-do for the new series of Last Of The Summer W...

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    This is Jeremy Bowen...in the BBC Morning Breakfast studio...without my socks on

    2002-08-15T10:35:40Z

    First they did away with black ies, now the socks have gone...what's happening to the Beeb's dress code? ...

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    Vivendi hit by massive cable TV writedowns

    2002-08-15T10:31:27Z

    Stricken French media to sewage conglomerate Vivendi plunged 25pc in Paris after it revealed a colossal£7.8bn firs...

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    BBC staff to sign own expenses

    2002-08-15T10:29:46Z

    BBC staff are to be allowed to sign their own expense claims without the authorisation of their bosses. ...

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    Customers lose faith in NTL branding

    2002-08-15T10:28:39Z

    Going into administration has harmed the brand name of NTL, Britain's largest cable TV company, which is finding it...