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    POLICE QUESTION MAN WHO ATTACKED BBC'S HQ.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    Police have arrested a man after he drove his car into the front reception of the

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    BARB NAMES WALMSLEY AS INCOMING CHAIR.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    Former Carlton deputy chief executive Nigel Walmsley has been appointed chairman of ratings service Barb following

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    BIG BROTHER WINNERS OPEN TV YOUTH FESTIVAL.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    The executive producer of Big Brother 3, Philip Edgar-Jones, will be joined by the show's winner,

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    NEIL SET TO CHAIR BROADCASTERS' CONFERENCE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    Former BBC news and current affairs director Ron Neil is to chair the annual conference for

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    PROGRAMMING - Wilson TV comeback continues at Sci-Fi.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    The sci-fi Channel is cranking up its level of original production for the autumn season by adding a studio-based discussion programme to its current portfolio of shows, writes Steve Aston

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    VLV CONFERENCE SEASON.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    Pressure group the Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) is to hold four conferences this

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    ITV raises its PR game.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    ITV is to begin marketing itself on other channels in a bid to win back viewers, writes Steve Aston

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    NORTH LONDON LICENCE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    The Radio Authority has received two applications for the re-advertised north London AM licence. Proposals come

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    Virgin Radio set for wider reach.

    2002-08-16T07:45:57Z

    SMG IS planning to consolidate its presence in the radio sector by rolling out its Virgin

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    BBC 1 plans docs strand.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC is to launch its first new documentary strand since it axed Modern Times two

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    ITV drops ads for 9/11 programme.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    ITV has for the first time decided to axe commercial breaks in a peaktime programme. The move will come during its planned headline documentary on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, writes Penny Hughes

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    Ancient combat to inspire C5 history series.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Channel 5 is launching a major new history series that hopes to do for the middle ages what Channel 4's 1900 House series did for Victorian times, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Slump costs indies£600m.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The UK's richest independent producers have had more than half a billion pounds sliced off their fortunes during the past year, according to Broadcast's third annual Rich List of the top 100 broadcasting millionaires, writes Katy Elliott

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    MORE ADS FOR BBC.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    BBC centres across the country could be turned into ads for the corporation after an initiative

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    CBBC fights back at poor viewing share.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC's digital children's channel CBBC is to be given a shake-up in a bid to

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    BBC 'pirate' radio station tunes in.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    The BBC's new digital radio station 1Xtra, billed as 'the BBC's pirate radio station', launches this Friday with a nationwide party being simulcast on BBC Radio 1, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Granada Wild steals BBC wildlife veteran.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Granada has appointed the producer behind BBC 2's award-winning Congo series as head of Granada Wild, its Bristol-based wildlife arm, writes Steve Aston

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    TV-LOONLAND BUYS STAKE.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Animation company TV-Loonland has bought a majority stake in British home entertainment company Metrodome in a

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    Local indies hit by ITV cash jam.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    Scores of small regional indies could be forced out of business if ITV does not give

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    Comedy spotlights TV folk.

    2002-08-16T07:45:56Z

    ITV is close to securing the rights for a new version of a comedy drama from Working Title TV which casts a satirical eye over the world of TV production, writes Jon Rogers