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    Blair prepares to name Hewitt new media secretary

    2001-06-07T10:25:00Z

    E-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt expected to take post amid rumours that DCMS may survive past Friday after all

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    ITN proposes 'third way' for BBC regulation

    2001-06-07T10:25:00Z

    News outfit set to lobby new government with joint Ofcom BBC board of governors

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    Blair to name Hewitt new media secretary

    2001-06-07T10:39:00Z

    E-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt expected to take post amid rumours that DCMS may survive past Friday after all

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    BBC1 scores with qualifyer

    2001-06-07T11:58:00Z

    England's win against Greece helps channel to its best Wednesday night ratings for two years as 10m tune in

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    BBC1 scores with qualifier

    2001-06-07T12:21:00Z

    England's win against Greece helps channel to its best Wednesday night ratings for two years as 10m tune in

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    Davis plans return of silent movie

    2001-06-07T12:52:00Z

    Comedian produces Harold Loyd style slapstick in first speechless TV production since the 70s

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    Sci-Fi transmission loss set scene for Molinare disposal

    2001-06-07T13:17:00Z

    TV Corp's strategy to become 'a major international content producer and brand developer' moves one step further as facility is put up for sale

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    GVG eyes flotation with£25m equity finance deal

    2001-06-07T13:17:00Z

    Grass Valley Group (GVG) has raised $36m (£25m) in an equity finance deal led by investment bank Lazards.The money will enable the group to maintain its 'high level' of investment in

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    Reilly quits VTR

    2001-06-07T13:17:00Z

    Inferno operator Crawford Reilly has quit VTR after only six months to join Glassworks.Reilly will be reunited with former Rushes colleague Ludo Fealy who moved to Glassworks at the same

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    Carry On team to get one-hour documentary

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Glasgow-based indie Black Watch has completed a film about the legacy of the Carry On team for Channel 4.The 60-minute documentary, Can We Carry On Girls?, ordered by C4 head

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    Choice offers fans Glastonbury alternative

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    BBC Choice is creating a 'virtual Glastonbury Festival' to run at the end of the month following the cancellation of this year's event in Somerset.Using archive footage filmed by festival

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    Twenty Twenty lands double doc order from C4

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, multicultural Pat Younge has ordered two 50-minute documentaries from indie Twenty Twenty, writes Penny HughesSecrets of Shepton Market (working title) looks at the treatment of black American

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    ITV2 orders travel gameshow

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has commissioned First Circle films to produce a travel gameshow, writes Steve AstonThe Race , a 15 x 60-minute series, will follow four two-strong teams as

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    C4 orders morality stories for children

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools and programmes John Richmond has ordered five-part series The Beaconsfrom Cardiff-based indie Wild Dream Films.The 15-minute morality tales, which aim to further

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    Radio 4 gives Catherine Bailey drama orders

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Radio indie Catherine Bailey productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to produce a 2 x 60-minute drama piece, Mother and Son.Based on the novel by Ivy

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    Rapture has it live in Ibiza

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Clubbing channel Rapture Television is gearing up to broadcast what it claims is the UK's first live broadcast from nightlife hotspot Ibiza as part of its third season from the Balearic

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    twofourtwo to make Newquay doc for C5

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Indie twofourtv has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a documentary looking at life in Britain's surf capital, Newquay, writes Georgina LipscombOrdered by C5 controller of children's and religious programmes

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    C5's Attwell orders doc about porn king

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Airborne TV has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a 60-minute documentary about pornography company Private.Commissioned by C5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell, Private - The Reluctant King of Porn

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    SMG kicks off Nardini thriller for ITV

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    SMG has gone into production on its two-part thriller, Sirens, for ITV.The 2 x 90-minute episodes, which feature This Lifestar Danielle Nardini as a police

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    BBC strikes second PVR agreement

    2001-06-07T13:46:00Z

    Deal with German technology group comes in addition to existing deal with TiVo for BBC highlights package