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    ITV grows its share

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    ITV's audience share has increased 0.2 percentage points over the past three months. Independent Television Commission audience figures for the 12 months to 30 June revealed the network had a 28.5

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    Dinosaurs for emmys

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Framestore has been nominated for two Emmy awards - outstanding animated programmme and outstanding special visual effects for its BBC 1 Walking With Dinosaursfollow-up Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special.

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    Discovery seeks UK ideas for Health Channel

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    US group asks independents for ideas for 21 stCentury Medicine slot

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    Capital nabs former Forever man

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Radio group hires Forever Broadcasting's group programme director as brand programme director for Century FM Network

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    Caesar for Ladbroke

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Indie Ladbroke Radio has appointed former political lobbyist Andrew Caesar-Gordon as its new managing director. Former managing director Sarah Dickinson has stepped up to become chairman.

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    Byford seeks to raise World Service's UK profile

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Director wants World Service to appear on BBC's domestic sevices

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    BSC chair pay rises

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Lord Holme, who resigned as chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission last October, was paid£27,683 for the year ending 31 March 2001, compared with£24,055 in 2000, according to the

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    London Live signs Brand and Raeburn

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Comedian and columnnist brought in to boost audience figures

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    Pact moves to reassure indies over BBC quotas

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Producer's alliance says keeping 25% quota still uppermost on the agenda

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    BT Openworld to webcast Everest attempt

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    British explorer David Hempleman-Adams' attempt to fly over Mount Everest in a hot air balloon is to be webcast live by broadband service BT Openworld next month, writes David WoodThe stream

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    BECTU and NUJ tells BBC staff to boycott appraisals

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Unions advise engineers and journalists at not to turn up for annual meetings with managers in protest at pay structure

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    S4CI ad sales deal

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    S4C International has signed a four-year deal with Granada Enterprises to sell all the channel's advertising and sponsorship airtime until 2005.

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    BBC and Sky clinch£200m rugby union deal

    2001-08-09T10:41:00Z

    Rights to live and 'as live' coverage of international and club games

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    C4 deal boosts Wark Clements

    2001-08-09T10:38:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker has ordered an alternative current affairs programme from Glasgow-based indie Wark Clements that features content made by directors across the globe.Each

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    3D Mann comes home

    2001-08-09T10:33:00Z

    Glasswork's recaptures 3D animator James Mann from LA's Industrial Light & Magic

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    James Whale to present sky chat series

    2001-08-09T10:26:00Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting is producing a new series fronted by DJ James Whale for its Men and Motors channel.Blue Whale , a 16 x 60-minute series, sees Whale in a radio

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    US open rights go to British Eurosport

    2001-08-09T10:26:00Z

    British Eurosport has bought the live rights to the US Tennis Open in a deal which gives the broadcaster all four grand slam tennis tournaments.In a deal covering the

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    BDP to serve up gastronomic television

    2001-08-09T10:26:00Z

    London-based food specialist BDP Media has been commissioned to make two new series for Taste CFN, taking its production slate for the broadcaster to 50 hours.Taste channel director Chantal Rutherford

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    Hallmark wins rights to Aussie drama

    2001-08-09T10:26:00Z

    The Hallmark Channel has beaten off competition from Australian broadcasters to buy the global rights for 22-part drama McLeod's Daughters.Currently in production in southern Australia, the series is a co-production

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    Indies team up to make shark attack doc

    2001-08-09T10:26:00Z

    Southern Star Wild and Real has teamed up with indies Pioneer Productions and Tigress Productions to co-finance two new productions.