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    Jackson backs BBC's digital agenda but says Ofcom regulation is a must

    2001-08-21T10:37:00Z

    Outgoing Channel 4 chief says government should 'OK' BBC plans but says 'key issue' is regulation and that BBC should come under Ofcom's remit

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    BBC digital put on hold as Jowell withdraws from Edinburgh

    2001-08-21T10:36:00Z

    Family bereavement means Jowell will not give her decision on BBC's proposed new digital services until September RTS convention at the earlie

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    Jackson backs BBC's digital agenda?at a price

    2001-08-21T10:30:00Z

    Outgoing Channel 4 chief says government should 'OK' BBC plans but says 'key issue' is regulation and that BBC should come under Ofcom's remit

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    BBC digital go-ahead postponed

    2001-08-21T08:32:00Z

    Culture secretary Tessa Jowell understood to have postponed Edinburgh Television Festival announcement on corporation's planned£300m new digital services. More follows...

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    Root unveils£96m autumn line-up

    2001-08-20T14:55:00Z

    Largely high-brow schedule targets a 'grown-up audience' with 'sophisticated programmes'

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    Granada International programme chief joins Nickelodeon

    2001-08-20T14:33:00Z

    Jules Borkent re-joins kids' broadcaster in new role as senior director programming

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    BBC eyes January for Broadcast and Presentation spin-off

    2001-08-20T10:48:00Z

    Corporation's creative arm to be incorporated as stand- alone business unit as Dyke looks for ways to raise further cash

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    Premiership struggles to score

    2001-08-20T09:02:00Z

    ITV's new primetime football highlights show beaten by 'reality' Weakest Link

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    Twiggy and Coleen Nolan join This Morning

    2001-08-17T11:18:00Z

    Ex-pop-star and former supermodel to join Fern Britten and John Leslie as new presenters of cult daytime show

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    London News Network to shed jobs

    2001-08-17T10:59:00Z

    Producers of the Alistair Stewart-fronted London Tonight to cut 11 per cent of workforce after news restructure

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    £200,000 FOR SKILLSET

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Training body Skillset has been awarded a grant of almost£200,000 from the London Development Agency for training initiatives within the capital. Part of the money is earmarked to organise another

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    Broadcast millionaires lose£200m in wealth

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The combined wealth of the UK's 100 richest TV and radio executives has dropped by£200m in the last year following the dotcom crash, slump in advertising revenues and subsequent cascade

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    Lygo raids C4 for top team at C5

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has poached E4 director of programmes Andrew Newman as controller of entertainment and sources have said C5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has an 'uncertain future' at the channel, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C4 satire row draws CPS

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering a case for prosecuting Channel 4 and Talkback, producer of the controversial Brass Eye satire, under the Protection of Children Act, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 to 'iron out' orders policy

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam this week said plans would be put in place to iron out problems with the channel's commissioning process.Some C4 suppliers have called for the

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    C4 orders doc on genital surgery

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, science Dan Chambers has commissioned RDF Media to produce a series exploring genital operations, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Mentorn wins C4 deals for ecology docs

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has secured two one-off commissions from Channel 4 including a film looking at the effects of climate change in the year 2050, write Colin Robertson and Jon Rogers.

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    INTERVIEW: TIM GARDAM - An intellect to innovate at C4

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Shy, gauche and anonymous are not the attributes you would expect from a Channel 4 director of programmes. But Tim Gardam's highbrow conversation, peppered with polysyllables and awkward aphorisms, is less

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    C5 USES KIOSK MEDIA

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is using kiosk media technology to add interactivity to its live Saturday morning kids show 5 Gets Out of its Box. The show, to tour Blackpool and Leeds in

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    Radio First soccer station to air

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Radio First is launching its first radio station dedicated to football fans this weekend to coincide with the start of the football season, writes Georgina Lipscomb.