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    CARLTON IN INDIE TIE-UP.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    Carlton's format arm Action Time has signed a first-look deal with indie CHX Productions for the

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    BOB WILSON RETIRES.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    ITV Sport presenter Bob Wilson is to retire at the end of August after eight years

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    New broom sweeps BBCi.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to rejig his management team in a bid to make the department more transparent and accountable, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    NO SELL-OFFS AT BBC.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has said none of the BBC's commercial subsidiaries will be sold, despite

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    BBC NAMES SCOTS SOAP.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    The name of the new Scottish soap set in urban Glasgow has been revealed by its

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    THE QUEEN HONOURS BBC.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    The Queen has awarded honours to six BBC staff who helped cover her golden jubilee celebrations

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    Tiger Apect in major reshuffle.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    Tiger Aspect has restructured to reduce management costs and bolster production while taking a long-term view

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    GWR PAYS OFF£47M.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    GWR has wiped£47m of debt by selling its 25 per cent stake in an Australian

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    ITV 2 focuses on new talent.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    ITV 2 is refocusing on its former goal of becoming a breeding ground for new talent with a 10-part order featuring gags from up-and-coming comedians and members of the public, writes Steve Aston

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    KISS 100 EXPANSION.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    Kiss 100, Emap Performance's London-based radio station, is to launch across GWR's local digital radio multiplex

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    ITV revives Loose Women.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    ITV is to resurrect its popular daytime discussion show Loose Women two years after it was unceremoniously dumped by former daytime controller Maureen Duffy, writes Steve Aston

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    Pabulum ties up with Flashback.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Pabulum Productions, the indie run by TV chef Nigella Lawson, has consolidated its relationship with Flashback TV by setting up a joint-venture development deal, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Rajar rules out digital survey for now.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    At least 100,000 digital radio receivers will need to be sold before radio measurement board Rajar will even consider launching research into digital radio listening, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    COOK TO RETURN TO ITV.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Roger Cook, once the scourge of British criminals, is set to return to ITV after a break of two years, following Carlton's libel victory against the News of the World last week, writes Steve Aston

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    US WILL WITNESS MESSIAH'S SECOND COMING.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Paramount Pictures, the US production company that co-produced hit BBC 1 thriller Messiah, plans to take the drama to the US, where it believes it could match the ratings and critical acclaim of Prime Suspect, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    CNN enhances online service.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    CNN is to upgrade its online news services across Europe with a 'revolutionary' broadband application, writes David Wood

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    Pressure grows on ITV chiefs to quit.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Pressure is mounting on Granada and Carlton to placate City investors with senior management sacrifices in

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    Dead Ringers takes to both TV and radio.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    BBC impression show Dead Ringers has been commissioned for new radio and television series - one of the first times the same show has been concurrently ordered across the two mediums, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC loves up daytime with films.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    TV movies - the traditional genre of schmaltzy tales of triumph over tragedy from the American mid-West - are to be given a UK spin as part of a new BBC drive to bring stories of 'love and self-fulfilment' to its daytime schedule, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Anger at Jowell's festival no-show.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell has snubbed the broadcasting industry once again by refusing to attend the