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    RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 18 NOVEMBER - Early evening viewers slip from soap to soap

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    When soaps pull in record audiences, it's the primetime heavyweights the tabloids get in a lather about - and rightly so, bearing in mind the contribution made to BBC 1's primetime

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    BBC 3 TRIES AGAIN

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The Department for Culture, Media & Sport is expected to publish details of the BBC's revised proposal for digital channel BBC 3 this week. Original plans for BBC 3 were rejected

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - DI3 HIRES MD FROM SKY

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Interactive TV software provider di3 (formerly Digital Impact) has appointed Mark Hughes as managing director. Hughes joins from BSkyB where, as part of the new media team, he was responsible for

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    C4 SURVIVOR MESSAGE

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has lined up one of the survivors of the World Trade Centre disaster to deliver its alternative Christmas message. Genelle Guzman, who was the last person to be rescued

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    SUNSET & VINE RENEWS CRICKET WITH C4

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned Sunset & Vine to produce its cricket coverage for a further four years. The deal kicks off from next month and includes all live and recorded action

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    C5 and Sky cut their text loss

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 and BSkyB have dumped their loss-making text service Sky5Text after admitting it was running at a loss and had no medium-term prospects, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Sales slump costs 60 jobs at Quantel

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Quantel intends to cut 60 jobs from its workforce in reaction to worsening market conditions.Although staff have not yet been made redundant, a list of 60 names was drawn up last

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    ACCUSED SCOOPS AWARD

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC producer Aidan Laverty and presenter Fergal Keane won the TV Story of the Year award at last week's Foreign Press Association (FPA) awards for their BBC 1 Panorama programme The

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    RATINGS - John Deed is no sure thing against Millionaire

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1's Judge John Deed failed to maintain its audience against a rescheduled ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers.

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    FREE TO AIR - Making news worthy

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    In the rush to portray Greg Dyke as a great populist and the sole architect of BBC 1's dash for ratings, it is conveniently forgotten how Dyke was schooled in the

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    UPN to screen American As If

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Carnival Films has secured a rare commission from US network UPN to produce an American version of its Channel 4 teen drama As If, writes Penny Hughes.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - New best friends

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The BBC now has a head of sponsorhip, David Goldesgeyme. Although commercial rivals fear the worst - another hand in the advertising honeypot - the BBC insists only events, not programmes, will be sponsored.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ASTON IN SPANISH DEAL

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Aston Broadcast Systems has received its biggest order ever from Spanish state broadcaster Radio Television Espanola (TVE). Aston, which was bought four weeks ago by Softel (Broadcast, 16.11.01), has been asked

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    JOHNNY VEGAS PREVIEWS COMEDY AWARDS

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    ITV 2 has roped in the face of ITV Digital, Johnny Vegas, to host a one-hour special previewing the British Comedy Awards. Ordered by ITV 2 director of programmes David Bergg,

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    CAT TAKES KIDS BAFTA

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Cat Deeley, presenter of CITV's SM:TV Live beat her co-hosts Ant and Dec to the best presenter prize at the sixth children's Bafta awards on Sunday night (2 December). Meanwhile, CITV

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BDH and BBC Resources both win RTS double

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) and BBC Resources each won two awards at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) craft and design awards held last Thursday (29 November), writes Barbara Marshall.

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    TOY STORY LEADS BBC'S XMAS

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 and ITV appeared to be in possession of the same festive ratings recipe book after they both revealed plans to run celebrity versions of their hit gameshows this Christmas,

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    ON THE BOX - Better than sex

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Independent producer and presenter Roger Bolton preferred the passion of Belfast's Question Time to the sensationalism of Taboo.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Lion boss runs into royalty

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Last Wednesday's royal nod to the broadcasting industry caused a stir well beyond the set of EastEnders where Her Majesty and Prince Philip began a day-long schmooze with the great and

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    Tax breaks to drive broadband uptake

    2001-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The government will finally sit down with industry body the Digital Content Forum (DCF) this week to thrash out the details of its tax breaks for broadband content scheme.The meeting, between