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    Allen should've kept quiet

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Sitting beside the Camel - river not ship of desert - word reaches me of a bizarre happening. Apparently, and it is hard to believe, Granada has written to the prime

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    BBC CHOICE TO AIR WEAKEST LINK THEME NIGHT

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC Choice is to screen a theme night dedicated to quiz show The Weakest Link. The six-hour event, which will go out on 1 July from 19.00, will feature the first

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    Big Brother looks ahead to third run

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is already working on plans for Big Brother 3, despite the fact the existing house in Bow will be torn down in three months' time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    S&M AND LOLA IN BT AD

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) has teamed with Lola on the visual effects for BT's new flagship TV commercial called Stadium. Directed by RSA Films' Jake Scott for advertising agency St Luke's,

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    S CLUB 7 TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD FOR THIRD SERIES

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Pop group S Club 7 have been signed up to appear in their third BBC television series, Hollywood 7. The popstars will fly out to Los Angeles to begin filming the

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    RADIO 5 LIVE TO UNVEIL ONLINE NEWS SERVICE

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live's website is launching a new feature News Extra Online on Monday (2 July). The online audio service will provide listeners with a 15-minute daily summary of news

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    C4 Ideas Lab hangs in limbo

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The future of Channel 4's Ideas Lab hung in the balance this week following the expected departure of its head Liz Warner, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C4 launches health and lifestyle portal

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is extending its commitment to educational services with the roll-out of a health and lifestyle portal.Health House, which will be a cross-media project overseen by 4 Learning and aimed

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    VFG shaken by share fall to 3p

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Shares from the beleaguered film and video equipment group VFG have fallen to 3p following the release of the group's interim results that showed pre-tax losses of£3.3m in the six

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    PVR homes to surge by 2010

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The market for personal video recorder (PVR) technology is set to mushroom to half a billion homes worldwide by 2010, according to a report out this week, writes David Wood.

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    TV FORUM EUROPE GEARS UP FOR 2002 LAUNCH

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    A new television market, TV Forum Europe, is to launch early next year. The new market, to be held in Barcelona from 18 to 21 February, is being overseen by the

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    Job cuts to hit 20 at 3sixtymedia

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Manchester-based 'super' facility 3sixtymedia, the company formed from the merger of BBC and Granada Resources, is to cut around 20 jobs, writes Will Strauss.

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    TLS invests£2m in upgrade

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The London Studios (TLS) has put£2m into new facilities to meet ITV's increase in sports programming next season, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    AND FINALLY ... Mark Story, md of Kiss 100 and Magic 105.4 - just don't ask him for Madonna tickets

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    What's the biggest lie you've ever told?I was arrested for running a pirate station when I was 14 but lied in court that I was 16 so I could be tried

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    BBC 1 unveils celeb format

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has greenlit a new celebrity chat show-cum-reality format that will see famous people moving into the homes of their fans, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC 1 strengthens popular factual slate

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have commissioned a number of new primetime factual programmes, including two reality documentaries and a series fronted by Saturday

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    ITV ratings get squeezed between C4 and BBC 1

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    For weeks on end, the seven-day spreadsheet showing the daily primetime share for each channel shows that ITV claims almost every evening. Not this week. BBC 1 took Tuesday, Wednesday and

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    Murdoch facing initial $2.4 billion deficit on DirecTV-Sky Global deal

    2001-06-28T12:43:00Z

    Investment bank report says News Corp facing 'significant near-term negative' on deal, but long term benefits 'far outweigh this very near term assesment'

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    Toon First for Network

    2001-06-28T11:49:00Z

    The Cartoon Network produces it first home grown show

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    Cornish moves on to own show

    2001-06-28T11:43:00Z

    Adam and Jo star to front weekly talkshow