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    Ulster may take ITV to court over digital ads

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    ITV franchise holder Ulster Television is believed to be poised to take Carlton and Granada to court over their use of the ITV brand in Northern Ireland to promote ITV Digital, writes Steve Aston.

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    ABC SNAPS UP SKY SHOW

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Target Distribution has sold Sky One reality show Single Girls to US TV network ABC. The 6 x 30-minute series will be made by US production company Stone Stanley Entertainment. Meanwhile

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    C5 TO AIR WEST DOCS

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is standing by its decision to broadcast Fred and Rose - The West Murders, a 3 x 60-minute documentary about Fred West, featuring tape recordings of his confessions. C5

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    ATTWELL TO LEAVE C5

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has confirmed he is leaving the channel, as predicted in Broadcast (17.8.01). Attwell, who will leave C5 within the next few weeks, is to

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    C5 predicts viewing rise

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 will increase its regular audience share to more than 6 per cent by next year, C5 chief executive Dawn Airey claimed on Sunday, write Georgina Lipscomb and Ashley Davies.Speaking

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    C4 factual under fire

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 factual executives are destroying creativity with their constant interference in the commissioning process, according to a leading independent producer, writes Colin Robertson.

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    C4 boss crucial, says ITC's Thane

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The appointment of a new Channel 4 chief executive is more important than the hiring of a new BBC chairman, according to Independent Television Commission director of programmes Sarah Thane, writes

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    Ad fears put C4 jobs on ice

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is scaling back recruitment after the recent downturn in advertising revenues, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Bazalgette tipped to lead C4

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Endemol Entertainment UK's creative director has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as Channel 4 chief executive from Michael Jackson, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 FILM WINS PRIZE

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 film Gas Attack, picked up the prestigious Michael Powell Prize at the Edinburgh International Television Festival at the weekend. The 70-minute drama from indie Hart Ryan Scotland was produced

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    RATINGS - Viewers tune into nostalgic kids show on C4

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's the 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows won the nostalgia vote from the viewers this week, writes Jon Rogers.

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    C4 to air cartoon theme nights

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is running themed nights on 'blaxploitation', science fiction and Japan as part of its two-hour animation zone which kicks off one night a week for six weeks from the autumn, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 doc order boosts Spire

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Oxford-based indie Spire Films has been commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, features Ben Frow to produce a 4 x 50-minute series about some of Britain's greatest historical figures, writes Jon Rogers.

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    JET SETTERS TO FEATURE IN TWO FOUR DOC FOR C4

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 6 x 30-minute series examining the lives of the 'jet set'. Commissioned by C4 commissioning editor, multicultural Yasmin Anwar,

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    ITV2 BOSS SET TO LEAVE

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts is leaving the digital channel. Lofts, who took up the role in February last year, is set to leave the channel within the next month.

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    BBC 1 backs crime strand

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is continuing its Crime Doubles strand with a new six-part forensic science thriller series from BBC Wales, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Wall to Wall eyes low-cost high-volume

    2001-08-30T16:32:00Z

    Indie to shifts focus from 'top-level stuff' to lower budget projects

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    EU 'turnover' quotas attacked by commercial broadcasters

    2001-08-30T16:32:00Z

    Association of Commercial Television says new proposals to make European broadcasters meet quotas based on turnover 'blunt and difficult to work.'

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    BBC 1 slumps to less than 18% peaktime share

    2001-08-30T15:52:00Z

    BBC 10 O'clock News is best performer in otherwise lacklustre schedule that failed to shine even against ITV repeats

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    Martians' licence deal lands with Just group

    2001-08-30T12:39:00Z

    Children's entertainment company Just Group has signed a licensing deal for animation series Butt Ugly Martians with Nickelodeon.As a result the series will be shown on Nickelodeon's channels around the