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    Commercial rivals unaffected by CBBC and Cbeebies

    2002-02-26T15:41:00Z

    Despite pre-launch fears and BBC's multi-million pound marketing budget Nickelodeon, Fox et al maintain audience share

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    3.7 million see return of Room 101

    2002-02-26T15:28:00Z

    Paul Merton and Johnny Vegas ensure BBC 2's Monday night comedy strand continues to impress

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    Record number of delegates attend BBC Showcase

    2002-02-26T14:27:00Z

    BBC Worldwide director of programming and operations Colin Jarvis says success of Weakest Link is responsible for attendance figures being up 20 per cent on last year

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    BT announces new broadband rates

    2002-02-26T12:52:00Z

    Wholesale line rental to be slashed from£25-a-month to£14.75 as of April 1

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    RTS Awards snub for Coronation Street and Emmerdale

    2002-02-26T12:05:00Z

    Granada outraged as its two major soaps fail to register nominations in new category at Royal Television Society Awards

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    ITV 1's Sunday night line-up makes light work of the Baftas

    2002-02-25T15:11:00Z

    Millionaire? Heartbeat and The Jury condemn BBC 1 to another overwhelming Sunday night peaktime defeat

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    Pop Idol bandwagon rolls on

    2002-02-25T14:41:00Z

    Pop Idol winner Will Young saw off Del Boy and Rodney on Saturday night with a one-off special but otherwise it was a pleasing night for BBC 1

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    Two Thousand Acres of Sky gets third run

    2002-02-25T13:02:00Z

    Michelle Collins and Paul Kaye to star again as BBC Scotland asks Zenith Entertainment for another series of the drama despite unspectacular ratings

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    Younger viewers flock to PPV events

    2002-02-25T12:29:00Z

    Continental Research report says 15-34 year olds regard buying one-off pay-per-view broadcasts as a 'normal occurrence'

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    Channel 5 draws the crowds

    2002-02-22T12:41:00Z

    Broadcaster puts in a very strong peaktime performance with its two favourite 'f' words

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    Emap Performance head quits

    2002-02-22T12:07:00Z

    Managing director of pop Trevor Dann leaves to set up his own development and production company

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    John Thaw dies of cancer at 60

    2002-02-22T12:07:00Z

    Inspector Morse star bows out at home with his family

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    Report shows viewing slump.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The average daily hours of viewing for all television have fallen by the biggest year-on-year margin for six years, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising's (IPA) latest Trends in Television Report, writes Luke Satchell.

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    OFF THE RECORD - More tea, vicar?

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    And finally, a mention for Soho's drinking, sorry, post community. The omnipresent 'Chopper' Harris of Root 6 fame is on the wagon again this month and is insisting that his staff

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    SKILLSET PATRONS MEET.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Patrons of Skillset met on Friday (15 February) to discuss issues that face the training body after it was awarded its new status as a Sector Skills Council last month. The

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    OFF THE RECORD - Leaving politics.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Ever since the government realised that most young viewers would rather stick pins in their eyes than watch a politics show, it has been leaning on broadcasters to shake up their

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    Thumbs-up for Manx LW launch.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    A new national #12m longwave station based at one of the former sites of Radio Caroline has been given the final go-ahead by the Isle of Man Communications Commission.The Manx government

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    STOLEN KIT WEBSITE.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Cheff, the trade body set up by UK facilities' chief engineers, has set up a webpage with details of stolen equipment to help recover and prevent the resale of the kit.

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    POINT OF VIEW ON WEATHER AND ISLAND LIFE.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    New indie Point of View (POV) has received its first commissions, securing an order from Carlton Westcountry for series on weather forecasting and life on the Isles of Scilly. POV's husband

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    TV politics 'must infotain'.

    2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasters should not shy away from dumbing down political programmes and experimenting with 'tabloid formats' to bring in new audiences to the genre, according to a major report published this week.The