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    Programming - BBC Wales to find best 'biz'.

    2003-01-21T14:21:57Z

    A new business reality show in which viewers get the chance to vote for a start-up company they think has performed the best is being launched by BBC Wales, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Programming - Thames back inside for Channel 4 lifers update.

    2003-01-21T14:21:57Z

    Thames TV is making a two-part follow-up to its Channel 4 Lifers series, which charted the lives of a group of prisoners serving life sentences, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Programming - Talkback piles up C4 lifestyle shows.

    2003-01-21T14:21:57Z

    Channel 4 head of features group Ben Frow has ordered a brace of expert-driven lifestyle series from Talkback Productions, writes Penny Hughes.

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    PROGRAMMING - BIG BROTHER'S ADELE RETURNS WITH ATTITUDE.

    2003-01-21T14:21:57Z

    Former Big Brother 3 housemate Adele Roberts has been asked to front a second series of

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    PROGRAMMING - BRITISH EUROSPORT TAKES OVER ITALIAN FOOTIE.

    2003-01-21T14:21:57Z

    Italian football will be broadcast exclusively in the UK on British Eurosport from next month, following

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    Programming - Thomas takes on allies' guns.

    2003-01-21T14:21:56Z

    Mark Thomas, the self-styled scourge of the British establishment, is making a one-off special for Channel

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    PACT COUNCIL LIST.

    2003-01-21T14:21:47Z

    In a short piece on producers' alliance Pact's council members for 2003 last week we listed

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    Higher ITC fees anger channels.

    2003-01-21T14:21:47Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) faces a row with broadcasters after increasing the fees it charges

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    Rival backs BBC's digital curriculum.

    2003-01-21T14:21:47Z

    Educational publisher Pearson has broken ranks with other commercial companies and given its backing to the government's approval of the BBC's digital curriculum plans, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    PPBs to air on multichannel.

    2003-01-21T14:21:47Z

    Multichannel broadcasters should be forced to show party political broadcasts (PPBs), according to a review by the Electoral Commission, published this week, writes Paul Revoir.

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    GWR's Bernard slates referral of acquisition.

    2003-01-21T14:21:47Z

    GWR executive chairman Ralph Bernard has attacked the government's decision to refer his company's purchase of Galaxy 101 to the Competition Commission, claiming the decision casts serious doubts on the de-regulatory nature of the Communications Bill, wri

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    CREATIVE BRIEFS.

    2003-01-21T14:21:47Z

    Big Squid was behind the graphics for Killer Bees - Taming the Swarm, a Tigress documentary

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    OU gains first peaktime slot.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    The Open University (OU) has secured its first primetime slot on BBC 1 with a one-off special on the art deco movement, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Granada sells Touching Evil to Cheyenne.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    Granada is set for a cash windfall after selling its crime thriller Touching Evil to Bruce Willis' production company, Cheyenne Productions, writes Steve Aston.

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    NTL director of television quits.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    NTL director of television Rod Henwood has marked the company's emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

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    Talkback sheds drama execs.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    Talkback Productions has scaled back its drama department following the departure of two key executives, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 Toby Young movie revived.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    Journalist and author Toby Young has finally started work on a film version of his book How to Lose Friends and Alienate People after the project was moved from the defunct Film Four to Channel 4's new in-house film operation, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    FIVE REPLACES MOYLES.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    Five has axed DJ Chris Moyles from his Chris Evans-produced show after just four months. Live

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    NEW CHIEF FOR EMAP.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    Emap, publisher of Broadcast, has promoted chief operating officer Tom Moloney to the role of chief

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    BBC SCHEDULER TO MTV.

    2003-01-21T14:21:46Z

    MTV UK has poached the BBC's portfolio schedule manager, Rupert Morling, as its new director of