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  • News

    BBC Prime signs broadband deal

    2002-02-20T14:14:00Z

    International entertainment channel to be streamed 24 hours a day to Swedish broadband company B2 Bredband's 70,000 subscribers

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    BBC Prime signs Swedish broadband deal

    2002-02-20T14:36:00Z

    BBC Worldwide channel to stream BBC shows EastEnders, The Weakest Link and TOTP 24 hours a day to Swedish broadband subscribers.

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    Ginger to remake The Likely Lads

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    Ant and Dec set to star in indie's first commission for ITV 1

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    Broadcasters should dumb-down on politics, says report

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    Study from the Economic & Social Research Council says broadcasters need to popularise political programming and should not be afraid of using tabloid formats

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    Whitehall still buying analogue TV sets

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    Embarrassment for government as Conservative media secretary Tim Yeo forces admission that there is 'no central guidance on the purchase of televisions'

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    BBC and Sky continue talks on BBC 4 EPG position

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    Corporation strives for move from news and documentaries to general programmes section

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    Giuliani to get TV biopic treatment

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    London-based Jam Pictures, Carlton America and USA Network strike£2.8m deal to dramatise the life of New York's former mayor

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    Dail Mail plans Metro FM radio

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    Owner of free commuter newspaper mulls re-brand of LBC 1152 as LBC Metro

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    Pact attacks BBC over trade 'abuses'

    2002-02-21T09:16:00Z

    Producers' alliance says corporation is exploiting its dominant position in the market and bullying indies over rights

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    Carry On Up the Khyber to sell in India

    2002-02-21T10:55:00Z

    Carry On Up the Khyber, the classic comic film which lampoons British rule in colonial India and features a blacked up Kenneth Williams playing an Indian rajah, is set to be

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    Leader - Can the BBC aim to please us all?

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    A week on from the furore over the BBC's attitude to the death of the Queen Mother, bigger issues surrounding the future of public service broadcasting continue to be debated.Just as

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    Free To Air - A sad loss to the nation.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The inevitable passing of a much-loved figure in British public life has once again put the spotlight on how our broadcasters conduct themselves. Yes, the coverage of ITV Digital's collapse and

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    Trade Talk - Sharp operator.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Given his undoubted intellect and political nous, does it matter that new LWT boss Christy Swords has little experience of programme-making?

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    In My View - Simon Shaps.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    On how heritage TV drama could have more staying power internationally than formats

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    On The Box - Political intrigue.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Tor McLaren, Universal Studios Networks director of channels, is captivated by life on The West Wing but thinks 24 is drama by numbers

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    News Analysis - The going is slow.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Fair Trading's decision to give BSkyB extra time to defend itself against charges of anti-competitive behaviour looks like indecisiveness, though some suspect the OFT may be deliberately avoiding a row with Sky

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    Hot-House TV - Telly's test tube babies.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The growth of a new breed of 'ideas labs', designed to hot house new TV hits, shows that broadcasters are desperate for new ideas. Is the in-house approach working?

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    Interview - The matter of facts.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Brook Lapping Productions director Brian Lapping is a class act - churning out quality factual against the grain. But is time running out for the veteran documentary maker?

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    Ratings Analysis - BBC struggles to win youth vote.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Recent research shows the BBC is losing the battle to attract younger viewers to its slate of political programmes. Can it reverse the trend?

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    TX - Clubbing together.

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    'I don't think it's very funny actually,' comments writer/director Annie Griffin about her black comedy drama, The Book Group. Not the sort of thing you'd normally expect someone to say about