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    Century's MD leaves Capital

    2002-01-30T15:55:00Z

    Julie Fair becomes latest senior figure to jump ship as she quits after 14 years with no job to go to

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    Third of ITV1 output to be repeats

    2002-01-30T15:47:00Z

    Budget freeze for channel means up to 30 per cent of output over next 12 months will be re-runs

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    Footballers' Wives loses more viewers

    2002-01-30T13:57:00Z

    Critically acclaimed drama draws 4.9 million and has now lost over a million viewers since its debut

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    Prebble slams Jowell

    2002-01-30T09:23:00Z

    ITV chief executive accuses media secretary of slowing up the UK's switch over to digital TV while BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball says ITV Digital management 'couldn't run a bath'

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    Frost hands ITV1 another notable victory

    2002-01-29T12:19:00Z

    Concluding part of new drama bags more than 11 million to give ITV 1 best Monday night peaktime share for four months

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    ITC to launch news and current affairs initiative

    2002-01-29T11:53:00Z

    Chief executive Patricia Hodgson says body will work with the Broadcasting Standards Commission to research what viewers want from coverage in bid to win younger viewers back

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    40 jobs to go at beeb.com

    2002-01-29T09:29:00Z

    Restructure sees e-tail portal's workforce halved as chief executive of beeb Ventures Julian Turner steps down

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    BBC 1 suffers second successive weekend whitewash

    2002-01-28T16:00:00Z

    Success for BBC 2's Conspiracy provides scant consolation for the BBC as ITV 1 wins peaktime shares across the board again and inflicts biggest defeat on BBC 1 since last July

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    NTL calls in advisers

    2002-01-28T12:52:00Z

    Cable company to announce that Credit Suisse First Boston, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley will come on board to advise on£12bn debt pile

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    Virgin dumps Penk from breakfast

    2002-01-25T13:11:00Z

    DJ shunted back to drivetime amid rumours of rift with programme director Paul Jackson

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    Indiana Jones digs up 10m

    2002-01-25T12:00:00Z

    Final installment of classic trilogy starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery does it again for BBC 1

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    SPORT RIGHTS REVIEW.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is to take a fresh look at the issue of television sports rights after the debacle of Kirch's sale of the World Cup football rights to the

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    OFF THE RECORD -

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    The legendary barrow boys of the editing and graphics world Avid must be feeling less than generous. For 2002, rather than take staff off on the customary annual 'kick off' outing

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    SPLIFF PERSONALITIES.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    The ubiquitous former Tory MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine have signed up for yet another self-deprecating TV project after agreeing to front a night dedicated to cult cannabis smoking

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    OFF THE RECORD - If I only had a...

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Some advice for marketing bods trying to follow the yellow brick road to the publicity palace. If you have an exciting gimmick, like a flashing mobile phone holder in the shape

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    THE MILL TAKES ON TWO.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    The Mill has made two appointments - Stephen Venning has joined from Rushes as operations manager of Mill 3D and Judy Roberts has joined from Smoke & Mirrors as an Inferno

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    RTL TECH MD TO RETIRE.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    RTL London technical operations managing director Paul Evans will retire later this year. Evans was with Thames Television and subsequently Pearson Television (now RTL Group) for the last 24 years. He

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    LEG-UP FOR RUNNERS.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Skillset is holding a two-day event for London-based runners at the Islington Business Design Centre on 11 and 12 March. There are 200 free places available each day, offering workshops covering

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    WATSON TO LEAVE.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Documentary-maker Paul Watson has been made redundant from Granada. Watson, who had close ties to United executives John Willis and Tom Archer, who both recently left the company, is expected to

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    SIMPSON KEYNOTE TALK.

    2002-01-25T00:00:00Z

    BBC correspondent John Simpson is to give the keynote address at the Radio Academy's News and Speech 2002 conference, which takes place at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London on 28 February.