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    Nickelodeon poised to pull out of NTL Eire.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Nickelodeon is set to pull its service from NTL's Irish platform with the loss of 400,000 viewers after the cable giant demanded 'unfair terms' for a new deal, according to executives, writes Paul Revoir

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    EMAP IN EIRE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Emap Performance TV has bolstered its international presence by signing a deal with NTL Digital to broadcast all six of its music channels across the Republic of Ireland, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    UPC EARNING GROWTH.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Europe's largest cable TV group, UPC, has reported a strong growth in earnings for the second

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    Football League set for ITV deal.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The Football League is poised to hand over its highlights package to ITV, despite its bitter row and courtroom battle with Carlton and Granada over the ITV Digital fiasco, writes Paul Revoir

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    ITC to consult on DTT transmission.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The Independent Television Commission has launched a consultation on plans by the BBC and Crown Castle to change the transmission model of digital terrestrial television (DTT), writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Comedy spotlights TV folk.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    ITV is close to securing the rights for a new version of a comedy drama from Working Title TV which casts a satirical eye over the world of TV production, writes Jon Rogers

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    Local indies hit by ITV cash jam.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Scores of small regional indies could be forced out of business if ITV does not give

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    TV-LOONLAND BUYS STAKE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Animation company TV-Loonland has bought a majority stake in British home entertainment company Metrodome in a

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    BBC 'pirate' radio station tunes in.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC's new digital radio station 1Xtra, billed as 'the BBC's pirate radio station', launches this Friday with a nationwide party being simulcast on BBC Radio 1, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Granada Wild steals BBC wildlife veteran.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Granada has appointed the producer behind BBC 2's award-winning Congo series as head of Granada Wild, its Bristol-based wildlife arm, writes Steve Aston

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    CBBC fights back at poor viewing share.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC's digital children's channel CBBC is to be given a shake-up in a bid to

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    MORE ADS FOR BBC.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    BBC centres across the country could be turned into ads for the corporation after an initiative

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    Slump costs indies£600m.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The UK's richest independent producers have had more than half a billion pounds sliced off their fortunes during the past year, according to Broadcast's third annual Rich List of the top 100 broadcasting millionaires, writes Katy Elliott

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    Ancient combat to inspire C5 history series.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Channel 5 is launching a major new history series that hopes to do for the middle ages what Channel 4's 1900 House series did for Victorian times, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    ITV drops ads for 9/11 programme.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    ITV has for the first time decided to axe commercial breaks in a peaktime programme. The move will come during its planned headline documentary on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC 1 plans docs strand.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC is to launch its first new documentary strand since it axed Modern Times two

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    E4 NABS SECOND SIX FEET UNDER.

    2002-08-16T07:45:55Z

    Six Feet Under, the darkly comic Californian drama which has become the surprise hit of the summer, will get its second series UK debut on E4 next month, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC 3 delay hits DTT plan.

    2002-08-16T07:45:55Z

    The BBC's digital plans were dealt a hammer blow this week following confirmation that the Department

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    Broadcast 2002 Rich List in full

    2002-08-15T14:53:03Z

    This year the fattest cats are purring less contentedly. While the combined wealth of our 100 TV and radio multimillionaires has risen, few have weathered the media recession and stock market fall without losses

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    Emap in Eire

    2002-08-15T11:08:04Z

    Emap Performance TV has bolstered its international presence by signing a deal with NTL Digital to broadcast all six of its music channels across the Republic of Ireland, writes Georgina Lipscomb