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    NTL DEAL WITH GRANADA.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting has secured a new long-term deal for carriage of its Plus and Men

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    DELIA'S INDIE EXPANDS.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Regional indie Spire Films, which made Delia Smith's How to Cook trilogy, has set up a

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    YOUNG SOAP FOR DIGITAL.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Young Asian people in Bradford taking part in a BBC-sponsored writing initiative are to see 2

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    TELIESYN TO SHUT DOWN.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Bafta Cymru-winning Welsh TV co-operative Teliesyn has announced that it is to close at the end

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    PREVER JOINS MAGIC FM.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Sony Award-winning DJ David Prever, who has been a presenter for Chrysalis-owned Heart 106.2 for seven

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    PROGRAMMING - Granada and WGBH tackle UK role in US war.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Granada Bristol and WGBH Boston are to co-produce a BBC 2 historical series making a 'radical reappraisal of the British role in the American war of independence', writes Jon Rogers

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    WATERSHED IGNORED.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Broadcasters are ignoring the strict 21.00 programming watershed in their quest for ratings, according to Broadcasting

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    SATURDAY SHOW REJIG.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    BBC 1's kids strand The Saturday Show is to be re-focused to appeal to a younger

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    SPECTRUM REPORTS.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    The government has published two reports outlining its proposals to introduce spectrum trading and recognised spectrum

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    Shortfall for World Service.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    The BBC World Service has been given only two-thirds of the funding it requested from the government for its 2003-2006 strategy, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Dyke defends£1m bonuses.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has defended the #1m in bonuses paid to himself and other

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    R2 CONTRACT TO END.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC Radio 2 controller Jim Moir has hinted that he will give up his role at

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    C4 TARGETS MORRIS.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Channel 4 is in talks with controversial satirist Chris Morris, creator of Brass Eye. Describing him

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    MONCK FILLS C5 ROLE.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    5 News managing editor Adrian Monck has been appointed as Channel 5 News deputy editor. He

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    Ex-ITV Digital staff launch tribunal actions.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    More than 150 former ITV Digital employees will this week launch employment tribunal cases against the administrator of the defunct DTT broadcaster in a bid to secure pay-off cash of around #1.5m, writes Paul Revoir

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    On the Record stays on air.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC 1's heavyweight Sunday political discussion show, On the Record, will not be axed and will continue to play an important role as a 'serious political' programme in the BBC schedule, according to the head of the BBC's political review Sian Kevill, writ

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    BBC TO CELEBRATE LIFE OF ATTENBOROUGH.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    The BBC is to screen a special programme marking the golden anniversary of David Attenborough's television career as part of a raft of new specialist factual programmes paid for by a doubling in investment in the genre over the next three years, writes Le

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    YTV turns back on indie outfit.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Yorkshire Television (YTV) has terminated another of its indie offshoots after severing ties with YAP, its joint-venture with Canadian production company Ace Pictures, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC news site gears up to finally go live.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    The much-anticipated BBC news website for international markets will finally launch next week after several months of delays, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Choice gives drama a boost.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood