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    BBC mounts bid for live Premier games

    2003-02-20T09:56:23Z

    The BBC is mounting a campaign to win back live rights to Premier League matches on the back of European Commission (EC) moves to end Sky's television monopoly on live games, write Leigh Holmwood & Paul Revoir

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    Voice of dissent

    2003-02-20T09:29:33Z

    Peter Donaldson, Radio 4's chief announcer, has been called sad and grumpy by a senior BBC executive for refusing t...

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    BBC pays out

    2003-02-20T09:29:10Z

    The BBC paid 'substantial' libel damages to the guitarist Bert Weedon after wrongly calling him a criminal ...

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    Libel payout for guitarist

    2003-02-20T09:28:31Z

    Guitarist Bert Weedon, 82, yesterday received an apology and substantial but undisclosed libel damages over BBC cla...

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    World Service sacks due accused of malice

    2003-02-20T09:27:56Z

    The BBC took the unprecedented step yesterday of sacking two World Service journalists who were accused of making '...

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    BBC sacks pair who contested 17 tribunals

    2003-02-20T09:27:24Z

    The BBC sacked two long-serving World Service producers yesterday who had contested 17 employment tribunals and cos...

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    How Cherie's friend cottons on to conman Foster but has door to No 10 slammed shut

    2003-02-20T09:26:54Z

    , a BBC1 film about Cherie Blair's health guru and her partner, Peter Foster, has uncanny echoes of Martin Bashir's...

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    BBC to defend governors over criticism of News 24

    2003-02-20T09:26:15Z

    The BBC will today defend its board of governors against criticisms in a government-commissioned report into the Ne...

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    Woolwich loses bully case

    2003-02-20T09:22:49Z

    The issue of bullying in the broadcast industry was put under the spotlight this week after current affairs producer Paul Woolwich was branded a 'bully' by a high court judge after losing his battle against indie Twenty Twenty for unfair dismissal, writes Penny Hughes

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    ITV1 plans Colditz epic

    2003-02-20T08:56:44Z

    Thirty years after the classic BBC drama Colditz, ITV1 has commissioned Granada to make a£5m romantic epic based around the infamous German prison camp, writes John Plunkett

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    Conley will front ITV1 reality show

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Endemol UK has been commissioned by ITV1 to produce a new Saturday night entertainment format presented by Brian Conley, writes John Plunkett.

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    BBC1 plots another crime drama

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered yet another police drama - this time featuring a group of former officers brought out of retirement to crack a complicated murder case, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Geldof gets own show on Radio 2

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Bob Geldof will make his BBC Radio 2 presenting debut with a series made by his own production company about the most influential songs in rock history, writes John Plunkett.

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    3D Excalibur Hails a ride

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Birmingham-based PS Creative has completed a 3D CGI TV/cinema spot to promote a new ride at Drayton Manor theme park. 'Excalibur' is due to launch in April, promising to immerse the passenger in 'legend, myth and mystery' Directed by Ralph Tittley, the ad features three hapless knights and a dragon-catching ...

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    C4 goes to Ibiza with Maverick

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television, has bagged£3m worth of Channel 4 commissions including a documentary about Christian ravers, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Channel 4 appoints Ahmed to run religion department

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has appointed its first ever non-Christian to look after religion, following a year-long search to find a suitable candidate, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Advanced awareness

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    The growing importance of 'interoperability' will be the talking point at an event taking place in London next week. The AAF Technology Awareness Event is run to promote the development and adoption of the Advanced Authoring Format, a multimedia file format which enables content creators to exchange digital media and ...

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    B+ scouts for new young TV making talent

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    The B+ Young Talent Awards, the only awards ceremony in the UK designed specifically to celebrate young television makers, has been expanded to include graphic designers and online editors for 2003.

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    Clear wins BBC deal

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Post house Clear has won 10 weeks' work from the BBC on three promos for its DTT platform, Freeview, after posting the first 'mask changing' films. Directed by Tim Pope, the next three promos will have people 'taking their faces off' in different environments. Clear has also appointed a new ...

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    New BBC indie champion to face stiff test

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is on the verge of appointing its much-vaunted 'indie champion' just days after it emerged the corporation would miss its independent quota for the second year running, writes John Plunkett.