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    ITV 1 gives BBC 1 a lesson in great drama

    2002-02-18T16:07:00Z

    New ITV 1 six-parter The Jury blows away BBC 1's Outside the Rules on the night of Keegan's FA Cup return to St James' Park

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    attheraces registers 10,000th subscriber

    2002-02-18T14:30:00Z

    Punters flock to horseracing service as consortium prepares national ad campaign prior to launch of iDTV channel

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    BBC 2 loses The Simpsons

    2002-02-18T12:42:00Z

    Broadcaster forced to let go of one of its most popular programmes as Channel 5 ups the ante

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    Average viewing hours fall by biggest margin in six years

    2002-02-15T16:54:00Z

    Figures show 3.62 hours of TV are watched on average in all homes compared to 3.67 hours in 1999 and 2000

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    Average daily viewing hours fall by biggest margin in six years

    2002-02-15T16:52:00Z

    Figures show 3.62 hours of TV are watched on average in all homes compared to 3.67 hours in 1999 and 2000

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    Latest study suggests no hope of analogue switch-off by 2010

    2002-02-15T14:50:00Z

    Research from Informa Media Group says only 71 per cent of TV households will have switched to digital by government's target date

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    BBC 1 makes up some ground

    2002-02-15T13:11:00Z

    Healthy 7.2m for DIY SOS helps corporation to peaktime share victory

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    Study suggests no hope of analogue switch-off by 2010

    2002-02-15T09:49:00Z

    Research from Informa Media Group says only 71 per cent of TV households will have switched to digital by government's target date

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    ITV 1 Premiership was 'badly made'.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The Premiership, ITV 1's equally hyped and criticised football highlights show, did not work in its original 19.00 slot because it was badly made, not badly scheduled, according to the head of the world's biggest sports producer, writes Steve Aston.

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    RATINGS - BBC 1 leaves the field open to ITV's The Swap.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 slumped to its lowest Sunday peaktime audience on record earlier this week, writes Jon Rogers.

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    ITV 1 exposes workplace sins.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has commissioned a six-part series in which various professionals reveal workplace scams, writes Steve Aston.

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    POP IDOL BOOSTS ITV 2.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The final of Pop Idol on Saturday (9 February) helped drag ITV 2 out of the multichannel wilderness, with overnight ratings showing that its exclusive coverage was the most popular non-terrestrial

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    Gritty northern drama for BBC 2.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The writer of gritty 1998 Scottish film Looking After Jo Jo has been signed up to write a new four-part, hard-hitting drama series for BBC 2.Real Men, ordered by BBC 2

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    BBC 2 backs new chefs.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Not content with Jamie Oliver, Delia Smith and the Food and Drink team dominating her schedule, BBC 2 controller Jane Root has ordered yet another cookery show, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    News 24 back under govt microscope.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    MEDIA SECRETARY Tessa Jowell is set to re-ignite the government's much-delayed review into the BBC's rolling news channel, BBC News 24, writes David Wood.

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    C4 announces list of pledges.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has made its first ever commitment to gay programming after pledging to screen a range of 'intelligent' gay programming as part of its 2002 statement of promises.Series such as

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    Channel 4 agrees deal with Starkey.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is poised to sign an exclusive deal with the historian and presenter responsible for some of its most successful factual output - Dr David Starkey, writes Steve Aston.

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    C4 GOES BACK FOR MORE NO GOING BACK.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Ricochet Films has been commissioned to produce a second series of Channel 4 show No Going Back. The 6 x 50-minute series, which looks at families who have 'downshifted', will be

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    Technology & Facilities - Inspiring BBC 4.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC Broadcast is behind the launch campaign for the corporation's new cultural digital channel BBC 4, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    ITC MULLS C5'S FUTURE.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has begun a consultation on the methodology for the renewal of Channel 5's 10-year licence in 2007. The ITC is seeking views on issues such as