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BRITNEY'S TOTP SPECIAL.
American pop princess Britney Spears will be the first singer to appear in a series of 10 x 40-minute Top of the Pops specials planned for BBC 1 this year, which will concentrate solely on one artist, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ON THE BOX - Murders most foul.
Accomplice Television joint managing director David Collins was haunted by Crime and Punishment but not by the Wests.
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CBBC ORDERS NET DRAMA AND BOGEYMAN.
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a new comedy drama about a teenager hoping to make a fortune from the internet. Rude Boy will air later this year. Meanwhile, Raymond Briggs'
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Trade talk - A big ideas man.
Capital 95.8 FM looks set for a burst of creativity now that Ric Blaxill, creator of TOTP2 and SM:TV, has been made deputy programme controller.
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BETHELL JOINS CAPITAL.
Capital Radio has appointed former Ministry of Sound head of media operations James Bethell as a strategy consultant. Bethell, who left Ministry in October, is joining the radio group to advise
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Bennett to rejig commissioning.
BBC director general Greg Dyke has conceded the commissioning system in the general factual department is failing and has charged new director of television Jana Bennett with reviewing it as soon as she joins in April, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC governors face pre-Ofcom revamp.
BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies is attempting to reform the corporation's board of governors in a bid to head off calls for the BBC to be regulated by Ofcom.The corporation is considering
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BBC LAUNCHES TALENT SEARCH.
The BBC is launching its third Talent initiative next month with an extra six categories, writes Barbara Marshall.
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CLOSURE SET FOR SECOND RUN ON BBC CHOICE.
BBC Choice entertainment series Closure, in which people get the chance to say sorry for things they have done in the past, has been recommissioned for a second series by channel
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Leader - Time to forget Barb's troubles.
As the dust settles on the first six weeks of the year, one group of people in the industry is sighing with relief. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or Barb, has
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BANNISTER TO FRONT FIVE LIVE NEWS SHOW.
Former BBC Radio 1 controller Matthew Bannister is to present a new weekend two-hour news programme on BBC Radio 5 Live along with presenter Caroline Feraday. The Weekend News, ordered by
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BAFTA TO GO GLOBAL.
The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2002 is to be distributed worldwide by Endemol UK after previously only being broadcast in the UK. The awards have already been bought by a
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AXA TO SPONSOR BBC GIG.
The BBC is to stage a concert in Cardiff the night before the FA Cup final in the first deal from its new sponsorship unit. The event, which will feature stars
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ITV's Pop Idol hit machine blows away competition.
The weekly audience data for the week ending 27 January brings the regular analysis back in line with the publication schedule we used to operate in the good old days before
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August launch for Network Z.
BBC radio is expected to launch its spoken-word digital radio channel, Network Z, at the end of August, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - A falling market.
According to BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, the end is nigh for know-nothing celebrities - is it now the turn of 'credible' presenters, such as Robert Winston and Simon Schama or even Sam Neill, to be in the ascendant?
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Radio body to consult over future of AM.
The Radio Authority has launched a consultation on the future of the AM (medium wave) frequency in a move expected to change the way stations are regulated and licensed, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Barb allays new data fears.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) this week moved to calm fears that the new system for TV audience measurement was wildly under-reporting key demographic groups, writes Lucy Rouse.
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TX - A man for all seasons.
Special effects in a gardening programme? Now there's a blooming good idea. Time-lapse photography and composite shots take centre stage in How to be a Gardener. They're accompanied by funky music
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Free to air - Execs who want to be idols.
Apart from the obvious disappointment of simpering middle class Will and his annoying Jamiroquai-a-like crooning winning, Pop Idol was about as close to a perfect piece of light entertainment television as