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    ON THE BOX - Repeat offenders

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Senior producer factual SMG TV Productions Steven Bailey will stick with Big Brother and is moved by Timewatch's Strangeways.

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    TRADE TALK - Blazing a trail

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Creative business ideas have helped Eileen Quinn's firm Monogram merge with Wark Clements. Now she is poised to deliver primetime hits.

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    BIG BROTHER RADIO DEAL

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Capital Radio Group has snapped up the exclusive rights to broadcast Big Brother audio highlights, writes Penny Hughes. Under the terms of the deal - struck between Capital, Channel 4's commercial

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    Nickelodeon ups criticism of BBC

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has unveiled further evidence which it claims shows the BBC's proposed children's channels will hit commercial operators, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BBC to spice up Saturdays

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is set to shake up its Saturday night output in the face of renewed competition from ITV, with the introduction of a series of theme nights.Previously, theme nights -

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    BBC SLAMS CELEB SEX

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Broadcasting Standards Commission has slammed a number of key presenters including BBC DJ Sara Cox and ITV presenter Michael Barrymore following a series of complaints re-lating to unsuitable sexual content.

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    BBC factual set to go upmarket

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The number of hours the BBC devotes to factual programming is to fall as it cuts back on cheap docu-soaps and pumps more money into higher budget quality documentaries, the corporation

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    BBC PLANS TO RAISE MR HELL

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is developing what it claims is the world's first animated comedy sketch show with a new project featuring a computer-generated devil voiced by comedian Bob Monkhouse, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    SO WHAT NOW? TO GET SECOND SERIES ON BBC

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has said it will commission a second series of the Lee Evans sitcom So What Now? (left) despite reports that it had axed the vehicle. A BBC spokeswoman told

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    Off the Record ... Yentob's designs on BBC Scotland

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    News just in from Los Angeles, where the LA screenings are in full swing, tells of Alan 'Botney' Yentob on his mobile phone night and day to those responsible for judging

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    BARR TAKES OVER AS SPORTS REPORTER AT ITN

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    ITN has appointed Felicity Barr as its new sports correspondent. Barr joins from regional news programme London Tonight where she was a sports presenter. She will replace Gabby Yorath on ITV's

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    BBC lands six sport awards

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Olympic victory of Britain's coxless fours proved a triumph for the BBC this week as the corporation scooped six gongs at the Royal Television Society's sports awards, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Radio Authority in automation rethink

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority this week kicked off its consultation process on new automation limits set to come into force later this month, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Output boost for Artsworld

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Artsworld Channel director Richard Melman has made a raft of orders, taking the total hours of original programming to over 100, writes Simon Ellery.

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    SMOKE TAKES ON ARTIST

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    High-end facility Smoke & Mirrors has appointed Frenchman Jean-Philippe Leclercq as senior Inferno artist. For the past five years he has worked for some of France's leading post-production houses as well

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    Thomson bids for Philips arm

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    French electronics group Thomson Multimedia is to buy the professional broadcast content creation activity of Dutch giant Philips, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    MURDOCH RIVAL APPEARS

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB chairman Rupert Murdoch remains the frontrunner to buy US satellite giant DirecTV despite news that the second largest US satellite player, EchoStar, is now also in the frame. DirecTV parent

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    How long will ITV anomaly last?

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Is it time the industry asked whether ITV's system of commissioning and producing programmes should change in the light of consolidated ownership?The subject is a thorny one for producers, whether they

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Change of image

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Refreshing a tired but established format can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand a new look is capable of attracting a new audience but, on the other, too great a revamp runs the risk of alienating the faithful core.

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    ITV alters contract rights

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    ITV has begun a major overhaul of its programme rights policy as it gears up to expand its portfolio of channels and internet activity.The new commissioning contracts are set to see