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    Peres: 'cameras as bad as guns'.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    ISRAELI FOREIGN minister Shimon Peres has claimed TV cameras can be more dangerous than guns, writes Steve Aston.

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    Party in the Park goes back to ITV.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    ITV and ITV2 have snatched back the exclusive television rights to radio station Capital FM's Party in the Park event from Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Zenith axes sale plans.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Zenith Entertainment, which has been touting for buyers for the past year, has scrapped plans for a sale after failing to find a buyer, writes Steve Aston.

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    LIVE AND KICKING AXED.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 Saturday morning show Live and Kicking has been axed by BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard after an eight-year run. It will be replaced by a new live show

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    BBC cleans up at RTS awards.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC took the lion's share of awards at the Royal Television Society (RTS) programme awards, with the corporation winning a total of 14 accolades in the event's 25 different categories

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Granada chief executive Steve Morrison and Aardman's Nick Park have been awarded fellowships of the National Film & Television School (NFTS). The two former NFTS graduates were given the awards at

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BBC SPORT SIGNS RADIO AND TV ATHLETICS DEAL.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC Sport has secured a new two-year deal for the Inter-national Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Golden League Athletics. The deal includes full coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live and a highlights

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BBC NEWS ONLINE GETS ARTS AND SHOWBIZ BBC.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    News Online is launching a new section for arts, entertainment and showbiz news. The new offshoot will work in close collaboration with BBC television and radio programmes. The new section launches

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Inactive service.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Ashley Highfield's demand for interactive proposals means ill-equipped producers must shake off inertia and address their iTV skills shortages. But do costs and right issues complications make this an impossible target?

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - The teatime TV viewing tussle.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Since ITV axed soap Home and Away, it has failed to replace it with another ratings puller and now faces a tough battle with the other terrestrials, especially as C5 plans to put the Oz drama back on the air.

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    Murdoch bags Hamann and Alli for new venture.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Former Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch has signed up former BBC head of documentaries Paul Hamann and former Carlton production head Waheed Alli to join her new production company.Hamann will

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    RATINGS - Viewers gave their all to BBC's Comic Relief.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Viewers said pants to all other channels last Friday as they flocked to BBC 1's charity fundraising evening, writes Jon Rogers.

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    EastEnders' bloody night kills off all contenders.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    EastEnders' big storyline on Thursday night attracted an enormous bloodthirsty audience topping the table with an average 18.01 million, only slightly lower than the biggest audience of last year when the

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    FREE TO AIR - A blow for the switch-off.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    That slot-squatter Prof Stephen Barnett wrote a rather intriguing piece in last Sunday's Observer, which attempted, very successfully, to demonstrate that there was a link between the shooting of EastEnders' Phil

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    Sports heads unite against Kirch

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    ITV head of sport Brian Barwick and BBC head of sport Peter Salmon have launched a united attack on German media group Kirch's handling of the sale of rights to the World Cup 2002, writes Simon Ellery.

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    IN MY VIEW - The DCMS should consult Ofcom before using 'back-stop powers' against the BBC.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    One of the fiercest criticisms of the communications white paper has been its failure to give Ofcom much of a say over the BBC. This criticism has not just come from

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    Sky One and Movies to add interactivity.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BSKYB is ramping up its interactive TV activity and plans to launch a number of new services for its key channel brands by the end of the year, writes David Wood.

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    Liquid brand to roll out across Choice.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy is planning to roll out the channel's high-profile Liquid News brand with the launch of Liquid Business and Liquid Sport, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - ONE IN 7 STREAM ON NET.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    One in seven UK internet users used streaming media in January, according to internet monitoring company NetValue. Ongoing research on streaming media - where audio or video files such as videos,

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - PICKARD PLANNING S CLUB 7 IN NEW YORK.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard is concluding talks with pop group S Club 7 to make a follow-up series to Miami 7 and S Club 7 in LA for BBC