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    C4 BEATS THE BLUES.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is distributing a free 68-page magazine featuring ways to overcome the winter blues in Saturday's Guardian newspaper and the Sunday Times this weekend. The Good Book, part of a

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    C4 LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE FOOTBALL SHOW.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to air an interactive documentary series set in a football club in which viewers get the chance to be a soccer manager. You're The Manager, featuring Stevenage Borough

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    RICOCHET TO DELIVER FUTURE SEX FOR C4.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    A subdivision of Ricochet Films specialising in digital TV programming has been commissioned to make a new six-part series on sex for Channel 4. Ricochet Digital will produce 6 x 30-minute

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    DIGITAL STRATEGY - Will C4 stick to its digital guns?

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment channel E4 is a year-old next week, but apart from more Big Brother, what does its parent broadcaster have planned for the digital future? Place your bets now.

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    OFF THE RECORD - 2002 resolutions.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    A secret document has been leaked to Off the Record that reveals details of the broadcast community's new year's resolutions. From Wayne Garvie's vow to stop being linked with vacant positions

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    SWEENEY FRONTS BBC 2 SERIES ON THE THEATRE.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Former Brookside actress Claire Sweeney - who found fame on Celebrity Big Brother and recently took to the London stage in the musical Chicago - is to present a new series

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    RATINGS: WEEKS ENDING 9 AND 16 DECEMBER.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    BROADCAST/BARB TOP 50 WEEK ENDING 9 DECEMBER Title Day Start Viewers % Share Broadcaster/

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    12 Yard quiz for Sky One.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The Indie set up by The Weakest Link creator David Young, 12 Yard Productions, has landed its first commission with a daytime quiz show for Sky One, writes Simon Ellery.

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    More plugs for BBC on Radio 1.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 is to be given more high-profile BBC branding in an attempt to reconnect the corporation's younger audiences - many of whom don't realise the station is a BBC

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    XMAS HIT RED CAP TO GET FULL BBC 1 SERIES.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a full series of EastEnders' actress Tamzin Outhwaite's army drama Red Cap, after a one-off special scored well in the festive ratings. Outhwaite, who

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    DJEM PRODUCTIONS' THE ROOM TO AIR ON VH1.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    London-based formats house Djem Productions, established by former Top of the Pops presenter Tony Dortie, has licensed a music reality gameshow to US music channel VH1. The programme, The Room, is

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    BBC 1 ends the year with the primetime honours.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 pronounced its seasonal joy to the newspapers as it edged ahead of ITV in the year-to-date ratings. The figures bear closer examination because while there is no doubt that

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    EU GIVES #500,000 TO WELSH PRODUCERS.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Six Welsh TV companies have been awarded a cash boost of almost #500,000 from the European Union Media Plus programme to develop new programming and distribute existing productions. Recipients include Opus

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    Granada Sport to screen first broadband premiership match with Liverpoolfc website

    2002-01-10T16:23:00Z

    Granada's joint venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc.tv is to take another step forward later this month with the broadcast of its first ever broadband match - a pay-per-view premiership clash

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    Granada's joint venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc

    2002-01-10T15:55:00Z

    Granada's joint venture with Liverpool Football Club Liverpoolfc.tv is to take another step forward later this month with the broadcast of its first ever broadband match - a pay-per-view premiership clash

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    Tandberg Television moves global base to the UK

    2002-01-10T12:04:00Z

    Norwegian digital broadcast systems specialist Tandberg Television is to move its global headquarters to the UK with the loss of 60 jobs and has lost three senior executives ahead of anticipated

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    Evenser Group appoints Carr as md

    2002-01-10T12:03:00Z

    Industry veteran David Carr has joined the Evenser Group - owner of Charter Broadcast and Cinevideo - as managing director of its broadcast equipment division, writes Barbara MarshallThe former M2 Television

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    VFG prepares for management buyout

    2002-01-10T12:00:00Z

    Publicly quoted broadcast equipment supplier VFG is poised for a management buyout after being put into administrative receivership last month, writes Barbara MarshallDespite managers' attempts to restructure the business last year

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    Snell & Wilcox cuts

    2002-01-10T11:58:00Z

    Snell & Wilcox plans to cut 40 jobs in the UK, representing 10 per cent of its workforce, in response to 'the global trading uncertainty'.Chief operating officer Harry Cross said

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    Regional post-houses up for Broadcast award

    2002-01-10T11:56:00Z

    Two non-London firms feature for the first time in the Broadcast Award's shortlist for best post-production house, writes Barbara MarshallWales' Barcud-Derwen and Bristol's Films@59 have been shortlisted, alongside Blue Post Production,