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    Fincham is new Talkback chief executive

    2001-12-10T15:13:00Z

    Managing director once tipped for Channel 4 top job becomes new chief of indie

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    NTL to axe 4,000 jobs in New Year

    2001-12-10T12:13:00Z

    UK's leading cable company doubles original redundancy figure announced in July as total UK workforce is set to be reduced to 13,000

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    NTL to wield axe on 4,000 jobs in the New Year

    2001-12-10T12:10:00Z

    UK's leading cable company doubles original redundancy figure announced in July as total UK workforce is set to be reduced to 13,000

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    TOTP chief appoints new producer

    2001-12-10T09:47:00Z

    BBC1 chart show's executive producer Chris Cowey brings in Michael Kelpie from Brighter Pictures

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    Top Of The Pops chief appoints new producer

    2001-12-10T09:44:00Z

    Chart show's executive producer Chris Cowey brings in Michael Kelpie from Brighter Pictures

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    BBC re-submits proposal for BBC Choice successor

    2001-12-07T15:54:00Z

    Corporation tries again for BBC 3 with a clearer commitment to news, current affairs, education and music and arts

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    MTV Base ordered to issue on-air apology

    2001-12-07T13:09:00Z

    Dance music channel directed by ITC to apologise for airing Prodigy's 'Smack My Bitch Up' before watershed

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    Newsnight's Kevill honoured

    2001-12-07T12:57:00Z

    BBC news and current affairs editor awarded prestigious Women In Film & Television award for contribution to genre

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    RTL issues profit warning

    2001-12-07T12:24:00Z

    Channel 5 parent says it expects earnings to be 35-40 per cent down on last year and says downturn is likely to continue well into next year

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    Viewers not wild about Outhwaite's dolphins

    2001-12-07T12:16:00Z

    BBC1's factual swimming-with-dolphins show fronted by EastEnder's actress is no match for ITV1's Peak Practice

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    Viewers not so wild about Outhwaite's dolphins

    2001-12-07T12:14:00Z

    BBC1's factual swimming-with-dolphins show fronted by EastEnder's actress is no match for ITV1's Peak Practice

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    UK STRANDS FOR SKY

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Sky One has unveiled two new original UK strands as part of its US import-dominated winter programming line-up. Close Up, which features footballers such as David Beckham, and Behaving Badly, which

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    IN MY VIEW - Sarah Thane

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    On why technophobia needs to be addressed before the take-up of digital TV can progress.

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    OFF THE RECORD

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Granada content ubermeister Simon Shaps had his run-in with the monarch, not at Wednesday's reception at Buckingham Palace along with the rest of the industry but two days earlier, at the

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    PRODUCTION - Doing it for themselves

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The past year has seen a surge in the number of celebrities and agents dipping their toes into television production by forming their own indies. But there are pluses and minuses Jane Marlow reports.

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    Pressure is on for switch-off

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Pressure is mounting on the government to set a firm deadline for the switch-off of analogue television services, after the Conservatives claimed the lack of a specific date was causing confusion among consumers, writes David Rose.

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    TX - A winning performance

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Work begins on the BBC's annual Sports Personality of the Year show almost as soon as the last one's finished. The complex logistics and planning required to adequately cover each year's

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    OFF THE RECORD - The midas touch

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Execs from BSkyB were particularly ebullient at the royal reception, boasting that the monarch spent a good 10 minutes looking at their specially installed display. The loyal royalists from Isleworth had

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    LOSSES AT UBC MEDIA

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Radio group UBC Media increased its turnover by 70 per cent year-on-year, yet still inflated its losses, according to its latest results. Turnover rose to£4.09m for the six months to

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    HISTORY PLAN

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Documentary specialist The History Channel is moving into drama in a bid to tap into the growing appetite for broader history programming, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the rights