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    CHANNEL 4 NEWS GETS BIGGEST 16 TO 24 SHARE.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 News this week claimed it had the youngest profile of all broadcasters' news programmes. According to Barb figures based on 2001 weekly averages, 24 per cent of the audience

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BBC Broadcast division aims for #100m.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Pam Masters, managing director of the BBC's latest commercial division BBC Broadcast, has unveiled plans for the venture's new broadcast centre which could deliver around #100m to the BBC, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    RATINGS - ITV 1 has best ratings weekend in six months.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2's docu-drama about the Nazi planning of the 'final solution' in 1942 attracted twice the channel's normal audience share this week, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Sky to offer interactive F1.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Sky Sports is to challenge ITV's dominance of Formula One by offering live interactive pay-per-view Grand Prix weekends, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Granada kids chief asks public for ideas

    2002-01-31T16:23:00Z

    Kids director of programmes Steven Andrew advertises for 'fresh and distinctive' pre-school ideas in national press

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    BBC ups radio share

    2002-01-31T16:12:00Z

    Corporation extends lead over commercial sector with Radio 2, Radio 4 and Radio Five Live all returning record figures

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    Report says ITV1 will bounce back

    2002-01-31T16:03:00Z

    Channel set to win back daytime ratings as BBC 1 is warned against becoming 'less varied and predictable'

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    Digital target may be too low

    2002-01-31T15:52:00Z

    NCC says governments target of 95 per cent coverage could leave 1 million homes unable to receive a signal after switch off

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    Industry weighs up media plans

    2002-01-31T15:31:00Z

    PACT calls for Code of Practice on Broadcasters' Commissioning of Content while broadcasters agree ownership rules should be relaxed

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    Home & Leisure focuses on men

    2002-01-31T15:27:00Z

    Discovery Home & Leisure has ordered 130 hours of programming to help shore up its position in the men's lifestyle market, writes Simon Ellery.Commissioned by Discovery Home & Leisure director of

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    BBC NI lines up Catholic drama

    2002-01-31T15:22:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert Cooper has ordered a controversial film for BBC 1 examining the attitude of the Catholic Church towards unwanted pregnancies during the 1960s, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Sky to offer interactive F1

    2002-01-31T15:19:00Z

    Sky Sports is to challenge ITV's dominance of Formula One by offering live interactive pay-per-view Grand Prix weekends, writes Simon Ellery.From the beginning of the new F1 season in March, Sky

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    BBC claims 40% of digital viewers have used BBCi

    2002-01-31T15:16:00Z

    8.1 million people alleged to have accessed the service last year

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    Richard Harris to explore Arthur myth

    2002-01-31T15:15:00Z

    The team behind the BBC's award-winning Son of Godseries are to turn their attention to King Arthur and his legendary court of Camelot, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Snoopy rights deal

    2002-01-31T15:13:00Z

    Cartoon Network has secured rights to air The Charlie Brown Show and Peanuts for its classics service Boomerang, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the 18 x 30-minute series of

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    UK horizons to make illegal boxing doc

    2002-01-31T15:10:00Z

    UK Horizons has commissioned Flame TV to make 15 x 30-minute boxing series Born to Fight. Described as a 'gritty, real-life documentary', the series is fronted by model and boxing enthusiast

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    Disney TV to go on after lights out

    2002-01-31T15:05:00Z

    Playhouse Disney Channel extends broadcasting hours to 23:00

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    C5 to air wise and wonderful animal stories

    2002-01-31T15:05:00Z

    Pilgrim Productions Canterbury, co-producer of ITV series Ultimate Questions, has bagged a 13 x 10-minute children's animation series for Channel 5. Ordered by commissioner for daytime, arts and religion Kim Peat,

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    Pesky wins online children's commission

    2002-01-31T15:02:00Z

    Indie Pesky has been commissioned by CBBC controller Nigel Pickard to produce a 10 x 2.5-minute children's animation for the forthcoming digital channel CBBC and online. The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers, which

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    Endemol's Initial to film tenor Watson

    2002-01-31T14:49:00Z

    Endemol UK production arm Initial is to film the open-air concert performed by British tenor Russell Watson on 6 February in New Zealand for PBS in the US and TVNZ in