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    BBC Online regenerates The Doctor

    2001-06-11T12:07:00Z

    One-off 30 minute webcast sees Sylvester McCoy return as the Timelord, 12 years after final TV episode

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    July malaise heightens TV's ad woes

    2001-06-11T12:07:00Z

    Granada shares fall 3% as bigger than expected drop in ITV revenues for July compounds fears that lacklustre ad market will continue beyond expected Q4 revival

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    Big Brother website producer goes it alone

    2001-06-11T11:02:00Z

    Baynes sets up own business after restructure at Victoria Real sees 20% of staff laid off

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    TWG sells Scot FM for£25.5m

    2001-06-11T10:02:00Z

    Mackenzie negotiates sale of Scottish radio station at a valuation of 13 times historic turnover

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    BBC claims landslide victory

    2001-06-08T14:13:00Z

    ITV suffers big election night defeat with viewers as BBC romps home with more than 5 million viewers and even Channel 4's Big Brother attracts higher ratings

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    Rolling news channels fail to return

    2001-06-08T13:30:00Z

    Less than 250,000 tune in to Sky News, News 24 and ITN News Channel as BBC1 romps home with viewers

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    NUJ and Bectu call lobby for Sky employees

    2001-06-08T09:28:00Z

    Unions call for better terms for 36 Sky News employees facing redundancy after radical restructure

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    Chrysalis appoints ex-Emap man to top Heart post

    2001-06-08T09:28:00Z

    Francis Currie to be new programme director amid rumours that Capital's Clive Dickens had first refusal

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    Parfitt departure rumours denied

    2001-06-08T08:54:00Z

    A BBC spokesman has denied growing speculation that controller Andy Parfitt is understood to be leaving his post at BBC Radio 1.According to radio industry sources, Parfitt, who has held

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    BBC Factual staff face crunch meeting next week

    2001-06-08T08:54:00Z

    Wednesday showdown to precede major re-evaluation of up to 200 staff though BBC denies massive job cuts on the agenda

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    TREMOR AT SKARAMOOSH

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Skaramoosh has bought Nothing Real's high-end compositing tool, Tremor.Supplied by Tyrell, this is the second system to be sold in the UK since its premiere at NAB earlier in the year.

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    TX. - Seeking the survivors

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    From his time as series producer of Sky's pan-European entertainment show, Showbiz Weekly, Sheldon Lazarus has developed a nose for a good story. But three times in as many years, his

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    Satire returns

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has struck a deal with Carlton International to screen the first 10 series of satirical puppet show Spitting Image on Granada Plus, writes Steve Aston. The 83

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    REILLY RETURNS

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Inferno operator Crawford Reilly has quit VTR after only six months to rejoin Glassworks. Reilly will be reunited with former Rushes colleague Ludo Fealy who moved to Glassworks at the same

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    WORLDWIDE PROFITS

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is expected to announce record profits of around£95m when it releases its results on 4 July.A BBC spokeswoman re-fused to comment on specific figures,

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    ULSTER PROFITS RISE

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Group operating profits at Ulster Television have jumped 13 per cent to£13.4m according to its end of year results. Pre-tax profits stood at£27m, boosted by the sale of its

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    TELEWEST UPS PRICES

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Telewest is to increase the average price of its TV packages by£2. The move comes as the company reported its interim results, which showed net losses of£209m to 31

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    PETERBOROUGH OFFER

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority will next week seek applications for the local digital multiplex licence for Peterborough and the surrounding area. The closing date for applications is 11 September, and the authority

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    Tarrant tops watch list

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Chris Tarrant has overtaken Richard and Judy as the 'most watched' presenter on TV, writes Jane Marlow.

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    Report takes on kids' rights

    2001-06-08T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) this week unveiled its latest report which attempts to prevent exploitation of children in factual programmes, writes Steve Aston.