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    BOAT RACE LIVE DEAL.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Eurosport has struck a deal with the BBC to show the Oxford and Cambridge boat race across Europe for the first time. British Eurosport will have a production team at the

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BID-UP.TV PROMOTION.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Interactive auction channel bid-up.tv presenter Andy Hodgson has been promoted to the new position of head of presentation, managing the 16-strong presentation team at the channel.

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - RA OPEN FOR WALES BIDS.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority is seeking applications for the new FM licence covering Pembrokeshire in west Wales. The deadline for bids is 3 July, with a decision expected in the autumn.

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    BBC executive revamp.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke has overhauled his executive committee less than a year after setting it up.The move comes in the week that one of the key figures behind the

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    No victor over BBC expenses.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BECTU and the BBC have reached a stalemate over the issue of expenses, as BBC Bectu members continue to work to rule, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    BBC WORLD CUP WIN.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC sport has secured exclusive TV and radio rights to England's World Cup qualifier against Greece in Athens on 6 June. The game will broadcast on BBC 1 on Match of

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BBC SIGNS UP BOOK PRIZE.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has signed a three-year deal to broadcast The Booker Prize for Fiction, previously shown on Channel 4. The deal, signed this week after months of discussion, includes rights for

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BANNISTER RETURNS TO THE BBC AS PRESENTER.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC director of marketing Matthew Bannister is to return to the corporation as a radio presenter. Bannister, who was also previously controller of BBC Radio 1, has been signed up

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    Peres: 'cameras as bad as guns'.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    ISRAELI FOREIGN minister Shimon Peres has claimed TV cameras can be more dangerous than guns, writes Steve Aston.

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    Party in the Park goes back to ITV.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    ITV and ITV2 have snatched back the exclusive television rights to radio station Capital FM's Party in the Park event from Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Zenith axes sale plans.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Zenith Entertainment, which has been touting for buyers for the past year, has scrapped plans for a sale after failing to find a buyer, writes Steve Aston.

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    LIVE AND KICKING AXED.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 Saturday morning show Live and Kicking has been axed by BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard after an eight-year run. It will be replaced by a new live show

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    BBC cleans up at RTS awards.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The BBC took the lion's share of awards at the Royal Television Society (RTS) programme awards, with the corporation winning a total of 14 accolades in the event's 25 different categories

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Granada chief executive Steve Morrison and Aardman's Nick Park have been awarded fellowships of the National Film & Television School (NFTS). The two former NFTS graduates were given the awards at

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BBC SPORT SIGNS RADIO AND TV ATHLETICS DEAL.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC Sport has secured a new two-year deal for the Inter-national Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Golden League Athletics. The deal includes full coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live and a highlights

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    NEWS IN BRIEF - BBC NEWS ONLINE GETS ARTS AND SHOWBIZ BBC.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    News Online is launching a new section for arts, entertainment and showbiz news. The new offshoot will work in close collaboration with BBC television and radio programmes. The new section launches

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Inactive service.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Ashley Highfield's demand for interactive proposals means ill-equipped producers must shake off inertia and address their iTV skills shortages. But do costs and right issues complications make this an impossible target?

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - The teatime TV viewing tussle.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Since ITV axed soap Home and Away, it has failed to replace it with another ratings puller and now faces a tough battle with the other terrestrials, especially as C5 plans to put the Oz drama back on the air.

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    Murdoch bags Hamann and Alli for new venture.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Former Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch has signed up former BBC head of documentaries Paul Hamann and former Carlton production head Waheed Alli to join her new production company.Hamann will

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    RATINGS - Viewers gave their all to BBC's Comic Relief.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Viewers said pants to all other channels last Friday as they flocked to BBC 1's charity fundraising evening, writes Jon Rogers.