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    BBC 1 ends the year with the primetime honours.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 pronounced its seasonal joy to the newspapers as it edged ahead of ITV in the year-to-date ratings. The figures bear closer examination because while there is no doubt that

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    12 Yard quiz for Sky One.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The Indie set up by The Weakest Link creator David Young, 12 Yard Productions, has landed its first commission with a daytime quiz show for Sky One, writes Simon Ellery.

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    RATINGS: WEEKS ENDING 9 AND 16 DECEMBER.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    BROADCAST/BARB TOP 50 WEEK ENDING 9 DECEMBER Title Day Start Viewers % Share Broadcaster/

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    SWEENEY FRONTS BBC 2 SERIES ON THE THEATRE.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Former Brookside actress Claire Sweeney - who found fame on Celebrity Big Brother and recently took to the London stage in the musical Chicago - is to present a new series

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    OFF THE RECORD - 2002 resolutions.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    A secret document has been leaked to Off the Record that reveals details of the broadcast community's new year's resolutions. From Wayne Garvie's vow to stop being linked with vacant positions

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    C4 asks viewers to write sitcom.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Critics of television's often dismal sitcom output will be given the chance to shape a major Channel 4 comedy project, with the launch later this year of a new interactive scriptwriting initiative, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 revamps animation.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is overhauling the way it orders animation, dumping its dedicated animation department and devolving commissioning duties to genre heads, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 BEATS THE BLUES.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is distributing a free 68-page magazine featuring ways to overcome the winter blues in Saturday's Guardian newspaper and the Sunday Times this weekend. The Good Book, part of a

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    C4 LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE FOOTBALL SHOW.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to air an interactive documentary series set in a football club in which viewers get the chance to be a soccer manager. You're The Manager, featuring Stevenage Borough

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    RICOCHET TO DELIVER FUTURE SEX FOR C4.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    A subdivision of Ricochet Films specialising in digital TV programming has been commissioned to make a new six-part series on sex for Channel 4. Ricochet Digital will produce 6 x 30-minute

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    DIGITAL STRATEGY - Will C4 stick to its digital guns?

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment channel E4 is a year-old next week, but apart from more Big Brother, what does its parent broadcaster have planned for the digital future? Place your bets now.

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    C5 poaches Tigress exec for deputy role.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Tigress Productions director Justine Kershaw has quit the indie to join Channel 5 as deputy controller of factual, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    GLOVER DIES IN ACCIDENT.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Former National Geographic Channel Europe managing director Jerry Glover has died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident while on holiday in Mexico over Christmas. Glover, 40, who launched

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    MINISTERS APPOINTED TO OVERSEE ACTION PLAN.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasting minister Kim Howells and e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander will jointly chair a new steering board to oversee the implementation of the government's long-awaited action plan for digital television. They will

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Tandberg to shift HQ to UK site after rejig.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian Digital broadcast systems specialist Tandberg Television is to move its global headquarters to the UK with the loss of 60 jobs and has lost three senior executives ahead of anticipated

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    FREE TO AIR - The problem with images.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    As the commercial sector of the industry adjusts itself to the all too familiar realities of the new year, praying that 2002 will bring that much-needed economic upturn, spare a thought

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    DIRECTOR ALAN CLARKE HONOURED BY NFT.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The National Film Theatre is to mount a complete retrospective of the work of acclaimed television drama director Alan Clarke, who attracted controversy with his single plays such as Scum, The

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    Allen poses hit format challenge.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Granada chairman Charles Allen has taken an aggressive stance over his company's failure to find a global format similar to Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, challenging Granada Content to find three hit formats by the end of the year, writes Steve Aston.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ALTERED IMAGES HIRING.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Reseller Altered Images has appointed Brian Cutts to the new role of technical director. Cutts joins from sports media marketing firm ISL which he joined in 1996 after 16 years at

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Sky's breakthrough.

    2002-01-11T00:00:00Z

    After a 10-year absence, BSkyB has fought its way back into terrestrial TV with a contract to co-produce Channel 4's breakfast show plus a Channel 5 news commission. Is this the start of a new terrestrial era for Sky?