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CHANNEL 5 CHARTS RISE AND RISE OF IKEA.
Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has commissioned a new arts show, as the channel continues its drive towards more mainstream programming. Ikea Mania is a 4 x 30-minute series
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C4 in Tivo deal.
Channel 4 is poised to strike a deal with US personal video recorder manufacturer Tivo to provide highlights channels, writes Simon Ellery.
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Adrian Mole producer poached by C4 drama.
Channel 4 head of drama Tessa Ross has poached Tiger Aspect Productions executive producer Lucy Richer to be her commissioning editor, drama, writes Ashley Davies.
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Independents win renewed deals with Channel 4 News.
Channel 4 News has renewed the contracts with all of the independent production companies that supply it with news, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC FACES C4 COMPETITION FOR RALLY RIGHTS.
The BBC faces competition from rival broadcasters, including Channel 4, for broadcast rights to the 2002 World Rally Championships. Negotiations started in December for the rights, which are held by the
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Impossible TV uses PCs for Channel 4 animation.
Impossible television has used super-charged PCs to complete a satirical animation pilot, Pen Monkeys, for Channel 4 in just five days, writes Will Strauss.
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Older viewers lured into peaktime by 1940s House.
Channel 4's The 1940s House (Thursday 21.00) - with 3.68 million in 14th place in the minority channels top 30 - is a programme with real appeal for C4's daytime-watching oldies.
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TF1 TAKES EUROSPORT.
French broadcaster TF1 has bought Canal+'s stake in the Eurosport Group, making Eurosport International and Eurosport France wholly owned subsidiaries of the outfit. Canal+ was effectively forced to sell its 49.5
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BBC 1 orders new Simon Nye comedy.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux have signed off a new post-watershed sitcom from Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye.The 6 x 30-minute comedy, called
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Commercial radio continues to lose audience share
Latest RAJARS show BBC increases listeners at expense of commercial rivals
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Channel 5 charts rise and rise of Ikea
Channel 5 senior programme controller Michael Attwell has commissioned a new arts show, as the channel continues its drive towards more mainstream programming.Ikea Mania is a 4 x
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BBC commissions pop programme duo
BBC music entertainment has been commissioned to produce BBC 2 Sunday lunchtime show Top of the Pops Plusfor a spring and summer run.Another 22 episodes have been
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Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot orders 120 minute film, Anybody's Nightmare
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Models in the frame
Sportsworld Media Group is billing a new reality TV show called Search for a Supermodel as the successor to current ITV hit Popstars, writes Simon ElleryIn a partnership
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USA network snaps up Daylight Robbery
Target Distribution has sold the format of Hewland International drama Daylight Robberyto USA Network.The US broadcaster is expected to make
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Commissions queue up for Yorkshire Tyne Tees
C4 orders two new installments of the successful 100 Greatest strand
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Independent report backs BBC kids claims
Spectrum study - comissioned by corporation - says commercial rivals would not be hit by loss of revenues if BBC launches planned kids channels
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HIT Entertainment on verge of 'substantial' deal
Speculation centres on reverse takeover by major US player as Bob the Builder producer suspends London shares
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Midweek Popstars pays-off for ITV
Wednesday's show breaks 10 million viewer barrier for first time helping ITV to hammer BBC in ratings