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Anna to get own TV show
Former Hollywood Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith is to follow in the footsteps of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and star in a reality TV docu-soap.
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Welcome back, Bet
This is the moment Coronation Street favourite Bet Lynch returns to the Rovers after seven years away.Mirror, page 21
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Biggest Brother
Big Brother 3 is pulling in millions more fans than the two previous shows, it was revealed last night.
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NewsOzzy and family get second series
MTV has revealed that cult-television show 'The Osbournes', which follows the domestic trials and tribulations of bat-munching rocker Ozzy Osbourne, will return for a second season of 20 episodes towards the end of the year, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBSC slams 'graphic' violence in EastEnders
The Broadcasting Standards Commission has slammed BBC 1 for scheduling episodes of Eastenders containing 'graphic' scenes of violence before the watershed, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsBBC 1's Tranter says New Labour drama will make 'uncomfortable viewing' for Blair
BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter has predicted that BBC1's new two part drama about New Labour's rise to power will prove 'uncomfortable viewing' for prime minister Tony Blair and his chief spin-doctor Alastair Campbell, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsGovt favours bidders in free spectrum promise
The government has assured bidders for the three multiplexes formerly used by ITV Digital that they will not be charged to use the spectrum but has controversially not extended the guarantee to existing multiplex holders, including the BBC and ITV, writes Barbara Marshall
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NewsSport Channel shows to broadcast on ITV 2
Carlton and Granada are to boost the output of digital channel ITV 2 by adding programmes left over from the defunct ITV Sport Channel to its schedule, writes Steve Aston
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NewsDrama highlights New Labour and new Coltrane
BBC 1 and ITV1 unveiled separate plans for high-profile dramas this week that will see Robbie Coltrane return to the commercial network and New Labour come under scrutiny from the corporation, write Leigh Holmwood and Steve Aston
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NewsDoubt hangs over League rights
Rights to broadcast Nationwide League football matches may be sold off game-by-game following the collapse of ITV Digital, according to a media lawyer, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC launches reverse billing for World Cup
The BBC is to launch its first reverse-billing mobile phone service to coincide with the World Cup - charging users premium rates for updates, scores and opinion with some revenues going to charity, writes David Wood
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Public given say in comms bill debate
MPs and peers examining the draft communications bill will allow the public to contribute their views on the legislation for the first time, writes David Rose
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Brook Lapping sets up spin-off
Brook Lapping Productions is launching an Essex-based factual indie, Brook East Productions, headed by the Independent on Sunday's assistant editor, writes Penny Hughes
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NTL plans assault on BSkyB position
NTL is attempting to challenge BSkyB's supremacy in the digital TV market by adding 30 new channels to its TV offering and snapping up the customer database from defunct ITV Digital, writes Paul Revoir
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Asian Lear to air on Channel 4
Channel 4 is set to screen a major multicultural drama that transposes Shakespearean tragedy King Lear to the UK's Asian community, writes Steve Aston
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RDF scouts for talent with new arm
RDF Media is following in the footsteps of Avalon, Princess Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions by launching a talent management arm this week, writes Penny Hughes
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Greenlight for This Morning?
ITV is expected to greenlight a further series of This Morning despite the problems the strand has faced building its audience over its current run, writes Steve Aston
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BBC 4 not ratings-driven
BBC 4 is 'defiantly not a ratings-driven channel', according to controller Roly Keating speaking at the Production Show last week, write Lucy Rouse and Peter Keighron
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Newsattheraces strikes overseas deal
attheraces, the interactive digital TV channel owned by Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure, has secured a deal to provide live pictures and audio to a number of overseas jurisdictions, in a move which will finance the payment of the annual rights fees to its contracted courses, ...
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Emap signals intentions on radio bill
Emap, the nmagazine and radio group, yesterday signalled that it wanted to play a leading role in radio consolidation as it reported sharply lower losses for last year.Financial Times, page 24