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    C5 orders more late-night horror.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of drama Corinne Hollingworth has commissioned a second series of late-night horror drama Urban Gothic from indie Blackjack Productions, write Leigh Holmwood and Penny Hughes.The 13 x 30-minute

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    C4 to roll out indie scheme.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is set to roll out its regional independent research and development programme on a permanent basis and is pumping£500,000 into the scheme, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 converges TV and new media.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is expected to overhaul its new media strategy in a move that will see a much closer relationship between the company's broadband development and its commissioning process.Broadband Lab head

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    CHANNEL 4 EXTENDS SECRET RULERS RUN.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    World of Wonder has been asked to produce an extra edition of its forthcoming Channel 4 series The Secret Rulers of the World. The fifth 50-minute film examines the story of

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    SUMMER ON C4.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner has commissioned Jervis Entertainment Media to produce a one-hour special on the tennis-playing Williams sisters to be screened after this year's Wimbledon tournament, writes

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    BBC and C4 share Celeb Big Brother's triumph.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    This was a week of contrasting returns as the welcome and triumphant return of Big Brother in its celebrity guise on Friday on Channel 4 encountered the more dubious reincarnation of

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    HEAD OF SPEECH FOR R3.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 3 has appointed arts unit editor Abigail Appleton to the post of head of speech programming. Appleton, 35, who currently edits flagship programme Night Waves, will be responsible for

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    BBC 2 - Welcome to middle England.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Less than a year ago, BBC 2 seemed confused and quirky, but controller Jane Root's strategy of transforming it into a channel which appeals to Daily Telegraph readers is already paying dividends, reports Peter Keighron.

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    WEST 175 PURCHASE.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Media outfit West 175, which produces Master Chef in conjunction with joint-venture outfit Union 175, has bought the rights to European cookery event the World Cook Book Fair from Madrid-based Strategic

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    LINK SOLD FOR£15M.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Global brand management company Entertainment Rights has bought Link Licensing for£15m. The deal provides Entertainment Rights with 440 hours of programming.

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    TELEWEST UP 11 PER CENT.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Cable outfit Telewest has reported better than expected full-year results with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation up 11 per cent to£247m. News that revenues from the consumer division

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    Shine lands£10m+ Sky deal.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Elisabeth Murdoch has confirmed details of her new independent, Shine Entertainment, which has landed a two-year film and television output deal with BSkyB thought to be worth more than£10m, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Customer Relationship Management

    2001-03-29T16:39:00Z

    Paul Davies investigates how the second generation digital STBs will enable marketeers to stretch the boundaries of so-called permission marketing

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    Media Asset Management

    2001-03-29T16:39:00Z

    Richard Dean investigates the growing use of media search, retrieval and re-purposing tools

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    Communications regulators rehearse for Ofcom

    2001-03-29T15:57:00Z

    RA, ITC, BSC, RCA and office of Telecommunications move towards common policy objective

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    RTL and UBM Channel 5 share stand-off continues

    2001-03-29T15:57:00Z

    Bellens tells Hollick to sell stake elsewhere after companies fail to find common ground on price

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    GWR stays upbeat

    2001-03-29T15:56:00Z

    Radio group GWR, owner of national station Classic FM, has tried to calm nerves about the advertising downturn in the radio sector by forecasting continued growth.The group said it expected

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    SMG grows at home

    2001-03-29T15:56:00Z

    Virgin Radio-owner SMG has again upped its stake in Scottish Radio Holdings, owner of Radio Clyde and Radio Forth - by a further 0.5 per cent taking it to 28.5 per

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    ITV starts digital TV drive

    2001-03-29T15:56:00Z

    Commercial broadcaster roles out public information campaign

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    Premier League deal falls short of expectation

    2001-03-29T15:56:00Z

    Block deal worth£150m less than expected but League insists some things are more important than money