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    Former Virgin DJ Evans sues Scottish Media Group for£8.6 million

    2001-12-17T13:11:00Z

    Evans issues writ but SMG promises to defend action 'vigorously'

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    Evans sues Scottish Media Group for£8.6 million

    2001-12-17T12:57:00Z

    Former Virgin Radio DJ Chris Evans is suing Virgin Radio-owners Scottish Media Group for share options worth£8.6m, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Evans, who was sacked in a high-profile case from the

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    Cut-price digital radio sets snapped up

    2001-12-14T16:34:00Z

    Pilot scheme offering digital sets for£99 sees each stockist sell out in under an hour

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    Pressure group to debate human cost of war news

    2001-12-14T15:37:00Z

    Reporters Sans Frontieres invites journalists, UN agencies and military personnel to discuss safety and protection for war correspondants

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    BBC Worldwide sacks fraud suspect Taylor

    2001-12-14T11:07:00Z

    Director of global marketing is dismissed as ICAC launches investigation into illegal commissions imposed on suppliers in Hong Kong

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    BBC 2 RELEASES WINTER SCHEDULE

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Hard-hitting topical drama forms the backbone of BBC 2's£77m Christmas and winter programming line-up. New programmes include Smallpox 2002 - 'a ground-breaking fusion of current affairs, documentary and drama' -

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    CHANNEL REPORT - Sky link gives ITV 2 the boost it needs

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    ITV 2 has escaped from the paradox of being populist channel with very small audiences to being a real contender to E4 and BBC Choice in multichannel homes, now that it's also available on Sky Digital. Steve Aston reports.

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    NIXON SHOW FOR C5

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Former Channel 5 controller of entertain-ment Alan Nixon has resurfaced as executive producer on a C5 show which he originally commissioned. Nixon, who left C5 this summer, is working with indie

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    ITC RAPS C5 CRASH DOC

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission has rapped Channel 5 over its documentary about road traffic accidents, which included an incorrect voiceover claiming that a hospitalised motorcyclist 'would never walk again'. The regulator

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    RADIO ACADEMY SPEECH

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Academy has announced the Guardian Media Group Lecture at next year's Radio Festival will be given by Clear Channel Communications chairman and chief executive Lowry Mays. The festival will

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - The balancing act

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    As Channel 4 ditches its star chamber and gives more power to commissioning editors, we ask just where broadcasters should draw the line between helpful guidance and interference in their dealings with indies.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Jane's addiction

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    And so to the BBC 2 winter launch last week - where BBC 2 controller Jane Root confirmed her latest scheduling fad: over-35s are the new 16 to 34s. Onlookers were

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    FREE TO AIR - Woolly monkey thinking

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Trust me, it really is like watching a small child falling off a bed and cracking its head. You know what's going to happen the second before it does, but there's

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    AND FINALLY ... Barnsley, aka Andrew Wood, Flame artist at The Mill, used to strangle turkeys for a living

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    What is your computer password?Used to be 'BARNSLEY1912' but everyone guessed it and kept breaking into my emailWhen were you happiest?Full time, Oakwell, 3 pointsWhat's the biggest lie you've ever told?With

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    TRADE TALK - A broad appeal

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    As creative director for blueyonder, Telewest's high-speed ISP, Jett Loe is pioneering imaginative content in the untested waters of broadband.

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    HEART APPOINTMENT

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Radio has appointed Radio Investments southern group programme director Mark Browning as deputy programme director of Heart 106.2. Browning joins next month and will report to programme director Francis Currie.

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    Keating drops arts role

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    BBC controller of arts commissioning and digital channels Roly Keating is to surrender his arts commissioning role after being confirmed as the first controller of highbrow digital channel BBC 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    IN MY VIEW - Tony Stoller, chief executive of the Radio Authority

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    On the government's realisation that media convergence is not just around the corner.

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    WRIGHT STUFF BACK

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is retaining the title and presenter of its morning talkshow The Wright Stuff when it returns to the channel next month. The show will be produced by Princess Productions,

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    OFF THE RECORD - Cinderellas sneak into Discovery ball

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Perhaps spurred on by Discovery's enigmatic press coverage over the past few months, members of Flextech's UK TV publicity team were seen sneaking into the annual Discovery Christmas press bash at