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    UBC Media set to unveil£5m of funding

    2002-03-27T08:55:00Z

    City deal will take the business into profitability by 2003

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    Henry VIII producer lashes out at C4

    2002-03-27T08:55:00Z

    Creator of David Starkey-fronted series says broadcaster is failing in its duty to the indie sector

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    MUTV spreads to US

    2002-03-26T13:29:00Z

    New York Yankees TV channel YES to broadcast four hours of programming from United's service weekly

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    Albert Walker sinks Hornblower

    2002-03-26T11:25:00Z

    BBC 1 thriller keeps ITV 1's maritime drama at bay as elsewhere BBC 2's Monday night comedy strand continues to do well

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    From Popstars to Tot Stars

    2002-03-25T15:18:00Z

    GMTV to launch under-11s version of the search-for-a-star hit show

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    Hornblower returns to 6.7 million

    2002-03-25T14:36:00Z

    Seafaring drama based on C S Forrester's hero makes encouraging start as Tarrant's Millionaire spin-off goes 2.4 million viewers better than the night before

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    Millionaire Twins no match for Casualty

    2002-03-25T14:16:00Z

    Latest incarnation of ITV 1's flagship quiz show easily seen off by long-running medical drama

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    ITV Digital facing closure this weekend

    2002-03-25T11:56:00Z

    Granada and Carlton give Football League until Saturday to accept cut-price rights deal or they will pull the plug

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    ITV Digital faces closure this weekend

    2002-03-25T11:51:00Z

    Granada and Carlton give Football League until Saturday to accept cut-price rights deal or they will pull the plug

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    Bad Girls helps ITV 1 to news victory

    2002-03-22T12:19:00Z

    Commercial channel claims rare head-to-head news triumph thanks to strong performance from prison drama against BBC 1's Clocking Off

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    STEPS STARS FOR SMTV.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    ITV 1 Saturday morning kids show SM:TV Live has moved to shore up its declining audience since the departure of presenters Ant and Dec by recruiting former stars of pop group

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    Workhouse to move in with owner Zenith.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Winchester-based new media outfit Workhouse is to relocate to London in order to focus more fully on joint projects with its owner Zenith Entertainment, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    RADIO - Listening for signs of life.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Commercial radio is trailing woefully in the wake of the BBC's rejuvenated output. Is the market now so skewed that the commercial sector stands no hope of competing?

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    US POP IDOL ON WAY.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Fremantle Media and 19TV have finalised a deal with Fox in the US to produce an American version of Pop Idol after several weeks of negotiations. The series will broadcast from

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    YORKSHIRE KICKS OFF HEARTBEAT SPIN-OFF.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Television has begun production on ITV 1 Heartbeat spin-off The Royal. The series, filming in Yorkshire, will star former Butterflies actress Wendy Craig as a hospital matron and will be

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    GULLANE PROFITS SURGE.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Gullane Entertainment, rights holder of properties including well-known children's shows Thomas the Tank Engine and Sooty, has reported a surge in profits. The London-based firm, which also owns Fireman Sam and

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    UKRD GIVES LONDON SOUL.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    UKRD group, which operates 14 radio stations in the UK, has re-launched its east London station Active FM as Soul FM 107.5 and has pledged to play more soul music during

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    ITV re-orders Foyle's War.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Greenlit Productions to produce a further 3 x 120-minute episodes of second world war crime drama Foyle's War for ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Old folks home in on 'unreal' TV.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Older people feel they are not portrayed realistically on screen and that their views are often ignored by broadcasters, despite their status as the heaviest consumers of television, according to a

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    SMG under fire from Scottish Parliament.

    2002-03-22T00:00:00Z

    Troubled media group SMG, owner of Virgin Radio and ITV franchises Grampian TV and Scottish TV (STV), is set to get more flak this week as Scottish MPs claim the company