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    PROGRAMMING - C5's unique talent show.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    4 Learning heads into global waters.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Channel 4's schools outfit 4 Learning has signed a 10-year cross-platform deal with Pearson that will take its content into the global marketplace for the first time, writes Penny Hughes

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    12 Yard gets first C5 order with quiz.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    12 Yard Productions has bagged its first commission for Channel 5 with a long-running quiz format, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Lion focuses on entertainment.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Lion TV has appointed its first head of entertainment, hiring former Endemol controller of entertainment, international Adam Wood, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Entertainment DTT option hit.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Complicated rights and carriage deals could scupper plans to launch a new entertainment channel on the BBC/Crown Castle digital terrestrial platform, writes Paul Revoir

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    ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston

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    Extra Doctors 'will keep ITV on its toes'.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    In her first major move since becoming BBC daytime controller in March, Alison Sharman has ordered a number of 60-minute specials of lunchtime soap Doctors as part of a wider strategy to 'keep ITV on its toes', writes Leigh Holmwood

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    COUNTDOWN SECURE.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed the future of its daily quizshow Countdown by giving it a permanent

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    ITN WINS CONTRACT.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    ITN has landed the contract to produce Channel 4's news for a further five years. The

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    Cartoon Network ready to grow up.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Cartoon Network is understood to be hatching plans to launch a grown-up version of its main channel, writes Steve Aston

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    POPBEACH CALLED OFF.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Channel 4 event Popbeach, a live showcase of pop music scheduled to be held on Brighton

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    GWR moves to buy up station.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    GWR is looking to take full control of London News Radio (LNR) in the wake of

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    Wild boss quits for Discovery US.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Granada Wild head Phil Fairclough is quitting the broadcaster to become vice-president of production at the

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    Choice gives drama a boost.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC news site gears up to finally go live.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    The much-anticipated BBC news website for international markets will finally launch next week after several months of delays, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    YTV turns back on indie outfit.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Yorkshire Television (YTV) has terminated another of its indie offshoots after severing ties with YAP, its joint-venture with Canadian production company Ace Pictures, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC TO CELEBRATE LIFE OF ATTENBOROUGH.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    The BBC is to screen a special programme marking the golden anniversary of David Attenborough's television career as part of a raft of new specialist factual programmes paid for by a doubling in investment in the genre over the next three years, writes Le

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    On the Record stays on air.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC 1's heavyweight Sunday political discussion show, On the Record, will not be axed and will continue to play an important role as a 'serious political' programme in the BBC schedule, according to the head of the BBC's political review Sian Kevill, writ

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    Ex-ITV Digital staff launch tribunal actions.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    More than 150 former ITV Digital employees will this week launch employment tribunal cases against the administrator of the defunct DTT broadcaster in a bid to secure pay-off cash of around #1.5m, writes Paul Revoir

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    MONCK FILLS C5 ROLE.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    5 News managing editor Adrian Monck has been appointed as Channel 5 News deputy editor. He