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More viewers find Clocking Off a turn-off
BBC 1 drama's audience falls again for second series running but 5.6 million is enough to see off ITV1 opposition
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Barb hits back at Carat research
Ratings body says its method of measurement is far more accurate than 'a one-off question asked by telephone'
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AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
Channel 4's controversial Brass Eye Special (right), the show that targeted the media's coverage of paedophilia, picked up the award for best comedy at Broadcast's annual awards on Wednesday night (30
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PLUG AND PLAY TRIAL.
Cable companies NTL and Telewest are starting trials of new technology from set-top box maker Pace MicroTechnology that will allow wireless broadband connection throughout the home. The new technology dubbed 'plug
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TX - Nightmare scenario.
Surprisingly, BBC 2's Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon, a starkly realistic docu-drama examining the likely consequences of a major bio-terrorism attack in the US, was made before 11 September 2001.'It seemed ironic
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NEWS VIEWERS STUDY.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has teamed up with the Broadcasting Standards Commission to launch a new initiative on news and current affairs to determine what coverage viewers want. University of
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OFF THE RECORD - Perfect mismatch.
How's this for the perfect mismatch - Graham Norton and Kelvin MacKenzie. Unfortunately for the world at large, these two ego worlds are about to collide. At the beginning of February
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MCCALL IN TARRANT SLOT.
TV presenter Davina McCall is to stand in for Capital 95.8 FM DJ Chris Tarrant for a week while he is on holiday. McCall, host of Channel 4's Big Brother, will
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SKY NEWS TO MAKE QUEEN'S JUBILEE SPECIAL.
Sky News is to screen a special 30-minute documentary featuring rare access to the Queen as part of its Golden Jubilee coverage which starts on 5 February. Commissioned by head of
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INTERVIEW - Mixing it at Virgin.
It was a case of plus ca change at Virgin Radio last week as the station grabbed the headlines yet again, but for all the wrong reasons.On Friday DJ Steve Penk
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INTERACTIVE PANORAMA.
BBC 1 current affairs strand Panorama is to launch its first live interactive TV debate when its new series starts on Sunday (3 February). Digital satellite viewers will be able to
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Industry weighs up media plans.
Producers' alliance Pact has called on the government to establish a code of practice to balance the competing interests of broadcasters and independent producers.Pact claimed such a code - which it
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RA's Hooper wants new rule.
Radio Authority chairman Richard Hooper is lobbying for a new cross-media ownership rule which could lead to a national newspaper being allowed to own a national terrestrial TV channel, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NETWORK X HIRES.
BBC news has announced its first two senior appointments for digital radio Network X's news bulletins. BBC Radio 1 news editor Rod McKenzie has been appointed as news editor, a position
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ZHIVAGO GREENLIGHT.
Granada has secured E-vision (Epsilon TV Productions) and WGBH Boston as co-producers for its forthcoming ITV epic Doctor Zhivago, which begins filming in the Czech Republic next month. The film will
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Scottish TV jobs go at SMG.
SMG IS asking 18 staff from its Scottish TV business to take voluntary redundancy in a move it hopes will be the last job-cutting exercise at the station, writes Steve Aston.
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Home & Leisure focuses on men.
Discovery Home & Leisure has ordered 130 hours of programming to help shore up its position in the men's lifestyle market.Commissioned by Discovery Home & Leisure director of programmes Katy Thorogood,
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POPSTARS PRODUCER HIT BY FIRST HALF LOSSES.
Sportsworld, which co-owns the rights to Popstars, has seen its shares plummet after issuing a profits warning. The inter-national producer, which relies heavily on sponsorship of its television programmes and sports
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AND FINALLY ...
Peter Good, Channel 4 head of enhanced TV, on what not to say in interviews for jobs in banks.
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LEADER - Fair trading must rule the roost.
One fact of life in the world of regulation is that industry responses to government proposals always seem to be more about the immediate competitive pressures that face individual organisations, rather