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    RDF wins #6.5m order from C4.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    RDF Media has started work on its biggest ever programme commission - a #6.5m project for Channel 4 and TLC billed as 'Scrapheap Challenge meets Robots Wars in hell'.UMC: Ultimate Machine

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    BURSARY WINNER GAINS RADIO 4 COMMISSION.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a five-part drama from the winner of BBC Northern Ireland's first Tony Doyle bursary, which encourages writing for television and radio. The thriller, Fraction of Zero,

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    C5 to aim for greater range.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has criticised the 'increasing homogenisation of the established broadcasters' and promised to have 'editorial ambitions that are consciously different' from other broadcasters, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C5 BUYS LIVE UEFA RIGHTS.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has bought exclusive live rights to show the football Uefa Cup fourth round tie between Leeds United and PSV Eindhoven on 21 February.

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    BBC set to launch 6 Music digital station in March.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has set a March launch date for its new digital radio service 6 Music - the corporation's first new national radio station in 32 years, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Abramsky slates Birt's bi-media strategy.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    BBC director of radio and music Jenny Abramsky has attacked former director general John Birt's decision to split the corporation into separate broadcast and production divisions, claiming the 'flawed' strategy left BBC radio staff feeling 'sidelined and

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    BAFTA'S BIG AD.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Richard E Grant is to star in a big budget cinema trailer promoting the BBC's coverage of the Bafta Film Awards on 24 February, writes Leigh Holmwood. The ad, which hits

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    GOLDEN SQ ADDS TO FX.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Golden Square Post Production has added to its effects department with the appointment of Inferno artist Yourick Van Impe who joins from Condor Post Production. Van Impe, who has worked regularly

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    CLEAR ADDS PRODUCER.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Clear has added a fourth producer to its team by taking on senior producer Fleur Hollis. Hollis joined after five years at Soho 601 and has also worked at FrameStore (now

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    BARB ADMITS DECLINE.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has claimed that television audiences have fallen by an average of 5 per cent but added it was still evaluating its new data. Research has

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    Edinburgh TV festival lines up advisers.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) has announced the line-up for its advisory committee for this year's festival, writes Jon Rogers.

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    BARB DEFENDS ITS FIGURES AGAINST CARAT.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) has hit back at controversial research carried out by media buying agency Carat last week, which claimed its new measuring system was losing millions of

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    SALES AGENT FOR CINTEL.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Cintel has strengthened its sales function with the appointment of reseller Sprockets as exclusive agent for the London region. The appointment comes ahead of the launch of Cintel's next generation film

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    BLUEYONDER AIMS TO THRILL.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Telewest has unveiled its latest broadband drama commission, which will run on high-speed internet service Blueyonder, writes Simon Ellery.

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    FREE TO AIR - Airheads on the airwaves.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    You might think, looking at the statistics, that radio is one of the most mature businesses there is: its latest Rajar figures confirm that it is more popular than television. Its

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    Al-Jazeera breaks off ties with CNN.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    CNN newsgathering president Eason Jordan has launched a scathing attack on the former darling of the news community Al-Jazeera, intensifying the war of words over the Qatar-based channel's exclusive interview with

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Cards on the table.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    The debt of cable company NTL stands at twice that of collapsed US energy company Enron. As the financial advisers are drafted in, what does the future hold for the UK's largest but most troubled cable venture?

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Barb tunes in for a sharper picture.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Gremlins in Barb's new system saw the research outfit pull data last month, prompting exaggerated headlines that viewing had suffered a sharp decline. Now that Barb is releasing 2002 data, what's the real story? Adrian Edwards reports.

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    IN MY VIEW - Angus Fletcher.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    On why children's television should be seen as an integrated part of the media industry.

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    ANSON ON BROADBAND.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Former Channel 4 head of business planning and interactive Andy Anson has resurfaced as joint head of a government-funded scheme to study the development of content for broadband networks. Anson will