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    ITV Digital finally throws in the towel

    2002-04-30T18:08:00Z

    DTT platform reaches end of the road as administrators fail to find a buyer

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    Channel 4 confirms£20.6m loss

    2002-04-30T14:22:00Z

    Broadcaster slumps to first loss in a decade but chief executive Mark Thompson remains upbeat

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    Kingston and Digital Arts team up

    2002-04-30T14:13:00Z

    Digital learning specialist and satellite broadband provider form e-learning alliance

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    BSkyB set to desert ITV Digital

    2002-04-30T14:06:00Z

    Satellite broadcaster prepares to remove its film and sport channels from the digital terrestrial platform if a buyer is not found by the end of today

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    BBCi squares up to Millionaire?

    2002-04-30T12:22:00Z

    Corporation and the nation's favourite game show go head-to-head in Best TV Website category at this year's Webby Awards

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    Early morning viewers fail to Rise

    2002-04-30T12:10:00Z

    Channel 4's Big Breakfast replacement starts with fewer viewers than its predecessor

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    ITV 1 says Auf Wiedersehen to Sunday night dominance

    2002-04-29T13:13:00Z

    BBC 1 stops the rot as Dennis, Neville, Moxey, Barry and Bomber return with 11.6 million

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    BBC 1's crime programming fails to ignite audience interest

    2002-04-26T14:25:00Z

    ITV 1 capitalises from a lack of interest in BBC 1's real-life crime investigations

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    OUTPUT DEAL WILL BRING SHREK TO BBC 1.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The Oscar-winning animated movie Shrek is to get its first terrestrial screening on BBC 1 as part of the corporation's rights output deal with Hollywood studio DreamWorks SKG, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BSC REPRIMANDS ^R1.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has rapped BBC Radio 1 over bad language and sexual content in an interview with Ali G on the Sara Cox Breakfast Show. The BSC found

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    PROGRAMMING - BBC 1 hopes to banish demons.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 has ordered a full six-part series of its fantasy drama Strange following a successful 60-minute pilot.The 6 x 60-minute series, a collaboration between the BBC and indie Big Bear

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    GRANADA PLUS GOES 24-7.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting channel Granada Plus is set to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week from 17 June. The channel will continue to show repeats of classic TV

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    C4 invests in regional research.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Ten regional indies will share #163;250,000 of funding under the Channel 4-backed researcher development programme, writes Penny Hughes

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    C4 puts weight behind drama.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has demonstrated a commitment to long-running returning UK drama series for the first time in its 20-year history after commissioning a third run of Teachers, writes Penny Hughes

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    PROGRAMMING - Animate! winners get C4 slots.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    The channel 4-backed digital animation scheme Animate! has awarded funding to six filmmakers whose shorts will now air on C4 later this year, writes Penny Hughes

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    PROGRAMMING - CHANNEL 4 BUYS MTV'S TAKE ON OZZY'S FAMILY.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is finalising a deal to buy MTV's much-vaunted The Osbournes, the fly-on-the-wall US show about heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and his dysfunctional family. The show, which has already

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    C5 lobbies ITC over World Cup.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is lobbying the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to allow it to screen World Cup games that would clash with the BBC and ITV's planned coverage.The broadcaster's plea follows plans

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    Interview - Abraham's Discovery.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    David Abraham's successful transition from advertising veteran to broadcasting executive is typical of a new breed in television.Equally happy selling campaigns to chancellor Gordon Brown as he was going off to

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Clear rejigs after founder quits.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Clear Post Production has rejigged its board of directors following the departure of co-founder Simon Fallon, writes Barbara Marshall

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Cheerful Scout to float on AIM.

    2002-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Multimedia and animation specialist Cheerful Scout is set to raise£850,000 when it floats on the alternative investment market (AIM) next week.In a complicated reverse takeover, Cheerful Scout, which was set