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    DIGITAL TV CONSULTATION.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    The Department for Culture, Media & Sport and the Department of Trade & Industry have launched

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    Clear Channel still eyeing UK market.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    Lowry Mays, chief executive and chairman of the world's largest radio outfit, Clear Channel, claimed his company will become a major player in the UK radio market despite recently selling Jazz FM - its only UK radio interest, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    DEVELOPMENT BOOST.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett has announced a #5m boost in development money across all

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    SPECIAL: CAMBRIDGE RADIO FESTIVAL - BBC: 'we'll sack rule breakers'.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has sent a warning to BBC staff that they should be fired if they are found to have breached programming codes

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    TAYLOR BACK IN COURT.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    Former BBC Worldwide director of global marketing and brand development Jeff Taylor is to appear in

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    BBC reporters vote against pay offer.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    Journalists at the BBC could be balloted over a strike which would paralyse the corporation's news operation, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Oscar-winner to make C4 co-production.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    Kevin MacDonald, the director of the Oscar-winning documentary One Day in September, has unveiled his latest project - a film based on Joe Simpson's mountaineering novel Touching the Void, writes Penny Hughes

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    Rabbatts ends order freeze at 4 Learning.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    4 Learning managing director Heather Rabbatts has moved to end the nine-month programming gridlock at the Channel 4 education division by finally lifting the freeze on commissioning schools programmes, writes Penny Hughes

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    New comedy drama for C4.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a rare extended drama series, with a 10-part comedy from the team behind its hit series Teachers, writes Penny Hughes

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    S4C IN #3M DEFICIT.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    S4C's spend has exceeded its revenue for the second year running with a deficit of #3.3m

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    ITC bolsters case for BBC 3.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    The BBC said this week it was hopeful media secretary Tessa Jowell would soon approve digital youth channel BBC 3 after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) declared its impact on commercial rivals would be far less than previously thought, writes

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    This Morning to get #1m boost.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    Granada is giving a #1m revamp to embattled daytime show This Morning to try to reinvent

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    ARTS STRAND FOR BBC 1.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    BBC 1 is to get a new arts strand as part of the BBC's renewed commitment

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    RATINGS - Game, set and match to BBC 1 in peaktime.

    2002-07-08T07:23:17Z

    BBC 1 scored a double victory with its live coverage of both Wimbledon and the World Cup final this week, writes Jon Rogers

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    Grace buoyed by CITV revamp.

    2002-07-08T07:23:16Z

    ITV is attempting to reinvigorate its children's output following a restructure of the department by controller Janie Grace, writes Steve Aston

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    Broadband to get government cash.

    2002-07-08T07:23:16Z

    Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce cash boosts for broadband services in his public spending review later this month, write David Rose and David Wood

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    Pact in tax break 'victory'.

    2002-07-08T07:23:16Z

    Producers' Alliance Pact is claiming a major victory after the government this week succumbed to industry

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    Call-handling dispute may disrupt BBC shows.

    2002-07-08T07:23:16Z

    Crimewatch, the flagship BBC programme which relies on viewers' phone tip-offs to catch criminals, could be seriously undermined after call-handling staff threatened strike action, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    WARNER OPENS MUSIC ARCHIVES.

    2002-07-08T07:23:16Z

    UK broadcasters are to be given unprecedented access to the catalogues of Warner Music, which includes performances from artists such as REM, Madonna and The Corrs, as part of a new licensing initiative from the music giant, writes Paul Revoir

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    C4 to opt for factual split.

    2002-07-08T07:23:16Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is set to import one of the BBC's commissioning initiatives into Horseferry Road, splitting factual commissioning into two units - specialist and contemporary, writes Penny Hughes