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    BBC World Cup trials interactive content.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Telewest has teamed up with the BBC to produce enhanced content for this summer's football World Cup tournament and has already begun a trial of the new technology, write Simon Ellery

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    BBC orders Box TV dramas.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The writer of acclaimed Channel 4 legal drama North Square, which was ditched by the broadcaster after just one series, has scripted a new drama for the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC political head moves to Blakeway as programme director.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC former head of political documentaries Anne Tyerman is to join indie Blakeway Productions as director of programmes, as the company opens its first regional office in Winchester, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC NAMES NETWORK X.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio has announced the new digital station for black music fans is to be called 1Xtra. The station, which had the working title of Network X, will launch in July.

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    Sharman steps up to fill key BBC daytime post.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has moved to fill its last major empty executive post by promoting creative director of daytime factual entertainment Alison Sharman to daytime controller, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC News triumph at RTS.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC picked up the lion's share of the Royal Television Society (RTS) journalism awards last week taking six gongs. Channel 4 won three, BSkyB netted two and CNN picked up one, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC risk-taking must continue.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Poor old BBC. Just like the Royal Family, the corporation is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.Confirmation that Prince Edward is to step down from his day-to-day role

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    Search on for faces for BBCi.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    In its latest attempt to 'connect' with its licence payers, the BBC is looking to find presenters to front key strands of its online and interactive output, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BLUE HIRES THREE.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Blue has made three appointments this month. Andy Brown joins from Soho 601 to head the Flame department, Lucy Cotter has left Rushes to take a senior bookings role and Tracey

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    BOB BOOST FIXES HIT.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Hit Entertainment has seen half-year profits jump fourfold following the global roll-out of Bob the Builder and Barney the Dinosaur, writes Simon Ellery.

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    ITV pilots boost comedy output.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV has shaken off its poor reputation for sitcom and is now attracting writers and comedy talent back to the network, according to ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam.Unveiling a series

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    BSC THROWS OUT BRASS EYE COMPLAINT.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has thrown out a complaint against Brass Eye creator Chris Morris from ITN newsreader Nick Owen.The regulator did not accept that Owen had been treated unfairly

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    Industry plea: help broadband.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Broadband Operators BT, Telewest and NTL sought to dispel the growing doom and gloom about their sector this week, suggesting that 2002 could be a renaissance year for broadband technology if

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    BT BROADCAST LICENCE.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission has awarded BT a 15-year licence to broadcast television programmes across its phone networks. The licence allows BT to offer customers TV output via broadband, however chairman

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    Off The Record - Candid camera.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Also at Showcase, the Gregster was followed relentlessly by a Sunday Times photographer who is compiling a portfolio of pictures on the geezer wideboy Man Utd fan. The photos, which appear

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    Carlton recalls Clemmow to UK.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Carlton is recalling Richard Clemmow from its US operation to head its factual department in the UK, writes Steve Aston.

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    CARLTON LINES UP TRAINING INITIATIVE.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Television has launched an initiative to help students find opportunities in television journalism. The company is to provide 10 bursaries for post-graduate courses in journalism linked to City University, London;

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    RATINGS - Highbrow channel gets off to sluggish start.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2's simulcast of the launch night of BBC 4 proved a ratings disaster for the terrestrial channel this week, writes Jon Rogers.

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    ITV Digital should be frozen, says City.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV Digital should stop marketing to new subscribers and shareholders Carlton and Granada should freeze the troubled business, senior City sources said this week, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Endemol runs the show at comedy outfit.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Endemol UK is stepping into the comedy arena after taking full control of producer Zeppotron, the indie in which it had a 25 per cent stake, writes Georgina Lipscomb.