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    BSkyB trims losses

    2001-11-02T11:06:00Z

    Increased revenues per subscriber help digital satellite help company report narrowed pre-tax losses

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    RATINGS - ITV 1's My Uncle Silas tops this year's drama

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    ITV 1's adaptation of HE Bates' rural tale My Uncle Silas drew the highest audience so far this year for a new drama series, writes Jon Rogers.

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    BBC 1 WALES TO LOOK AT LIONS OZ RUGBY TOUR

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 Wales is to screen a 60-minute warts-and-all documentary on the recent British Lions rugby tour of Australia. The Lions Raw, filmed by Rob Finighan for Aspect Productions, will focus

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    BBC 1 shows confidence in Ross chat show

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Open Mike Productions has been asked to produce a second series of its Jonathan Ross-fronted chat show before the first series has even aired, writes Simon Ellery.

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - ITV 1 losses cost it dear in daytime

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Both ITV 1 and BBC 1 are steadily losing daytime viewers - but it's the 16 to 34 year-olds that are leaving the commercial channel in droves. Adrian Edwards reports.

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    19 TV wins£25m funding

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    19 Group, the TV-to-music management outfit owned by pop svengali Simon Fuller, has struck a venture capital deal that will see up to£25m ploughed into the company, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Listeners flock to R2

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 has consolidated its lead over its more hip sibling Radio 1, after securing 20 per cent more listeners over the past 12 months.Rajar figures released last week for

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    AVID POSTS£27M LOSS

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology has reported a $39.5m (£27.2m) net loss for the nine months to 30 September. This compares with a loss of $48.8m (£36.7m) for the same period last year and

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    COOKIE KID FOR C4 ANIMATION

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    An animated short set in 1950s America about a boy with a large appetite for cookies will open the first night of Hot Reels, Channel 4's animation zone, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 FILLS SCIENCE ROLE

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has appointed freelance producer/director Alex Sutherland as acting deputy commissioning editor, science and education, until a full-time replacement for Dan Chambers is appointed. Chambers leaves the channel this week

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    ADELPHOI MAKES SOUND FOR C4 CARTOON SERIES

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    The Adelphoi music and sound team created the ident soundtrack for Channel 4's animation season Hot Reels: Animation Grand Prix, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    MTV CUTS 450 JOBS

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Up to 450 jobs are to be cut at Viacom-owned MTV Networks' internet and cable divisions, although the UK business will be unaffected, the company announced on Wednesday (31 October). The

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    More cultural diversity at C5, says Lygo

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo has promised to make cultural diversity a key component of the channel's programme strategy, after admitting that the lack of such a provision was an 'embarrassing' omission from C5's mission statement, writes P

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    5D signs tech deal with ITK

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Effects developer 5D and telecine manufacturer Innovation TK (ITK) have formed an alliance to integrate their technology, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    US quirks probed after terrorism

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a controversial documentary exploring the way young Americans are turning to sex as they fear for their future following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    SECOND ORDER FOR AIR

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Television presenter Donna Air's fledgling indie, Airhead & Money, has scored its second commission after bagging a 20 x 12-minute series for satellite channel Play UK, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    FREE TO AIR - A glimpse of life at the top

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Stories about personality clashes liven up any industry and particularly the world of television where personality is so abundant. Sections of the broadcast industries were agog, therefore, to read Lord Hussey

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Two-headed monster

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    A year on from the introduction of the BBC's double-tick commissioning system, BBC executives claim it is an improvement on the past, yet programme-makers say ideas are being vetoed more often than before.

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    BBC entertainment hit by another senior loss

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    The crisis engulfing BBC entertainment deepened this week as BBC senior commissioning executive, entertainment John McHugh, one of two people charged with running the department, quit to join Channel 4.He will

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    LEADER - Another lifeline for ITV Digital

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    With the heat turned up to roast on ITV Digital shareholders Carlton and Granada, even the slightest prospect of relief would be welcome.The government is officially tight-lipped about the potential for