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    C5 strikes web deal.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has agreed a deal with another dot.com company to provide free advertising airtime in return for shares. Surpriseyourwoman.com, which alerts men to anniversaries and sells related gifts, will receive

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    C4 business arm to house launches.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to spin off its entire portfolio of commercial ventures as it prepares to launch three digital film channels this spring, as first predicted by Broadcast (22.9.00). C4 has created

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    C4 orders two one-offs from Maverick.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered two one-off specials and a series of shorts from indie Maverick TV. Head of C4 Ideas Lab Liz Warner has ordered Jailbait, a 50-minute piece looking at

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    Ideal world to make car scam show for C4.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Ideal World is making a 6 x 30-minute Channel 4 motoring series designed to inform car-buyers of the newest and most frequent rip-offs and scams in the motoring trade. Working-titled Tricks

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    S4C commission details on website.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    S4C, the Welsh arm of Channel 4, has posted details of the kind of programmes it is looking to commission on its website. The address for the bilingual site is www.s4c.co.uk.

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    BBC 3 and 4 'on par' with 2.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Budgets for BBC 3 and 4 original commissions will be on a par with those for BBC 2, digital channels controller Roly Keating has pledged, writes Lucy Rouse.

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    BBC 2 puts contestants through SAS tests.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have commissioned a new BBC 2 survival series SAS - Tough Enough? In the 6 x 30-minute show, presented by

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    Ikegami unveils new Editcam2.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Camera manufacturer Ikegami has revamped its Editcam2 hard disk. camera to enable news teams to edit and transmit footage to broadcasters or post-production facilities from the field, write Adrian Pennington and Will

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    FM licence attracts 16.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Sixteen applications have been received by the Radio Authority for the new regional FM licence for south and west Yorkshire. Companies in the running include: The Arrow, backed by Chrysalis Radio;

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    Billy Elliot nominated for 11 Baftas.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect Productions and BBC Films' Billy Elliot received 11 nominations for this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards (Baftas). The categories are: best film; the Alexander Korda Award for the

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    Listener numbers drop off at Radio 1.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1's listener numbers nosedived in the latest set of Rajars, with rival BBC Radio 2 almost equalling its weekly reach figures for the first time. Figures released last week for

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    Hit Entertainment given US clearance to acquire Lyrick Corporation

    2001-02-08T17:15:00Z

    Bob the Builder producer looks set to add US kids favourite Barney the Dinosaur to growning entertainment portfolio

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    Hit Entertainment given US clearance for Lyrick bid

    2001-02-08T17:12:00Z

    Acquisition would give UK kids company vital US foothold and bring Barney into Bob the Builder producer's camp

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    Head to head

    2001-02-08T16:46:00Z

    thirdspace's Brian Keating argues that telcos will soon be rivalling leading cable and satellite companies for the provision of broadband and interactive services. Telewest's John Murray insists that cable is streets ahead and the gap is widening

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    Digital Rights Management

    2001-02-08T16:37:00Z

    The Rights Stuff

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    Southern Star and Wark Clements tie for factual offshoot

    2001-02-08T15:47:00Z

    International production outfit and Scottish indie plan non-fiction Factual Factory

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    Divergent convergence

    2001-02-08T15:38:00Z

    By Gavin Starks

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    Capital beats Kiss to win younger market

    2001-02-08T15:25:00Z

    Turnaround attributed to new programme controller Jeff Smith's content changes

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    BBC Radio boosts indie productions

    2001-02-08T15:25:00Z

    BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - BBC Radio networks look set to exceed their 10 per cent voluntary targets for indie productions in the next financial year, writesLeigh Holmwood.Over 14 per

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    BBC brings on the enforcers

    2001-02-08T15:25:00Z

    New roles created in BBC 1 and BBC 2 to police development to transmission processes