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    BBC ENHANCES SPORTS WITH INTERACTIVITY.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Five separate sporting events taking place over the weekend of 16 to 17 February will be given interactive treatment as part of the BBC's most ambitious interactive project to date. The

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    BBC FOCUSES ON BRITISH EUROVISION SINGERS.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The countdown to this year's Eurovision Song Contest will see the four British finalists performing on a special Song For Europe 2002 programme on BBC 1 on 3 March. In the

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    MEDIA OWNERSHIP - The media custody battle.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    At the end of January the deadline for submissions to the government's consultation on media ownership passed. james curtis reports on the issues raised by the industry's responses. Is there a solution for those who fear a liberalised market means the dom

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    OFF THE RECORD - Everyone's a winner, baby.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Nothing much happened last week ... other than the small matter of the Broadcast awards of course. From Nigel Lythgoe failing to live up to his adopted moniker of Nasty Nigel

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    MEDIAARC GOES BAA.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC MediaArc's 3D CharacterShop has produced the opening film for the British Animation Awards (BAA) to be held in London on 15 March, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    BRITISH TOON AWARDS.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The British Animation Awards has announced the finalists for its fourth biennial awards. In the best children's series, Cartoon Network's The Cramp Twins is up against Cosgrove Hall's Albie and their

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    LWT ASKS INDIES FOR LONDON PROGRAMMES.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    LWT managing director Lindsay Charlton is to commission half of the 12 x 60-minute programmes for the next series of the London Programme from independents. He claimed the decision to look

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    CONSULTANT FOR ARRI.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Arri has taken on Mick Mason BSC as consultant to the group's rental activities. Working across the camera, lighting and grip operations of Arri Lighting Rental and Arri Media, Mason will

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    ITV unions up in arms over Granada fund.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV Unions this week averted action over a #124m write-off in Granada's pension fund, writes Steve Aston.

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    BBC/CBS ARCHIVE DEAL.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has struck a major deal with CBS News to commercially exploit the US broadcaster's archive. The footage will be marketed alongside that of the BBC through the library sales

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    Jowell to move quickly to appoint Ofcom chairman.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is to move swiftly to appoint the first chair of Ofcom even though the media regulator will not take up its full powers until next summer at the earliest, writes David Rose.

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    ANSON ON BROADBAND.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Former Channel 4 head of business planning and interactive Andy Anson has resurfaced as joint head of a government-funded scheme to study the development of content for broadband networks. Anson will

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    IN MY VIEW - Angus Fletcher.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    On why children's television should be seen as an integrated part of the media industry.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Cards on the table.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The debt of cable company NTL stands at twice that of collapsed US energy company Enron. As the financial advisers are drafted in, what does the future hold for the UK's largest but most troubled cable venture?

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Barb tunes in for a sharper picture.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Gremlins in Barb's new system saw the research outfit pull data last month, prompting exaggerated headlines that viewing had suffered a sharp decline. Now that Barb is releasing 2002 data, what's the real story? Adrian Edwards reports.

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    Al-Jazeera breaks off ties with CNN.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    CNN newsgathering president Eason Jordan has launched a scathing attack on the former darling of the news community Al-Jazeera, intensifying the war of words over the Qatar-based channel's exclusive interview with

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    FREE TO AIR - Airheads on the airwaves.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    You might think, looking at the statistics, that radio is one of the most mature businesses there is: its latest Rajar figures confirm that it is more popular than television. Its

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    BLUEYONDER AIMS TO THRILL.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Telewest has unveiled its latest broadband drama commission, which will run on high-speed internet service Blueyonder, writes Simon Ellery.

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    SALES AGENT FOR CINTEL.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Cintel has strengthened its sales function with the appointment of reseller Sprockets as exclusive agent for the London region. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Cintel's next generation film

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    BARB DEFENDS ITS FIGURES AGAINST CARAT.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has hit back at controversial research carried out by media buying agency Carat last week, which claimed its new measuring system was losing millions of