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    BBC banks on Vaughan

    2001-04-30T10:06:00Z

    TV talent inflation leaps to new levels as former Big Breakfast front man signs deal worth up to£5m ending nine years at Channel 4

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    RA releases additional FM spectrum

    2001-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Oxfordshire frequency powerful enough to extend across West Midlands

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    BSkyB's new media arm braced for cuts

    2001-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Siginificant number of 200-strong workforce understood to have been earmarked for redundancies

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    UK Gold exodus looms

    2001-04-30T09:30:00Z

    Second senior executive leaves within two month period

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    Revenues up but losses widen at TWG

    2001-04-27T11:40:00Z

    Chief executive MacKenzie says 'confident of future performance' after radio group sees 22 per cent rise in Q1 revenues

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    GWR chief calls for greater radio self-regulation

    2001-04-27T09:24:00Z

    Bernard says Radio Authority should have been 'more proactive' on the issue

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    As If secures second run

    2001-04-27T08:39:00Z

    Carnival Films teen series gets nod for further series of 19 episodes which will be split between E4 and main channel

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    RATINGS - Lewis fight fails to knock out BBC 1's rivals

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Lennox Lewis may have been knocked out on Sunday morning (22 April) but the BBC was left counting the cost of its coverage of his pasting, writes Steve Aston.

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    Two Way TV receives£12m cash boost

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Interactive outfit Two Way TV has snapped up a cash injection of£12m to help fund its eagerly awaited UK roll-out, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BBC 2 notches up seven gongs

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 was the big winner at this year's British Academy Television Craft Awards securing half of the 14 prizes, writes Jonathan Mills.

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    Visions splashes out£2m on footie truck

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Outside broadcast company Visions has revealed details of the new£2m truck it has commissioned, following the company's successful bid for the Premiership football contract.In an exclusive interview with Broadcast, Visions

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    GEITF 2001 ROLLS OUT TALENT INITIATIVE

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2001 launched its annual talent initiative, TV25, this week. The scheme is open to people aged between 22 and 29 with two to four years'

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    Leading suppliers claim Channel 4 has lost plot

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Key Channel 4 programme suppliers have accused the broadcaster of losing its way, attacking its obsessions with youth and ratings and slating its bland, 'soft-furnishings' schedule.Groups of independents have been meeting

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    Annual Policy Statements: Key Points - Channel 4 pledges to boost factual

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is beefing up its factual output across the schedule, according to its programme promises for 2001/2002 published this week, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C4 DOUBLES AS IF ORDER

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned Carnival Films to make a further 38 x 30-minute episodes of its popular teen drama As If (right), writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 STRIKES TIVO DEAL

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has struck a deal with the personal video system Tivo to offer highlights of its top shows. The deal will allow Tivo users to gain previews to programmes across

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    CHANNEL 4 GIVES RIGHT TO REPLY THE CHOP

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor of news and current affairs David Lloyd has axed consumer feedback show Right To Reply. The last programme of the 18 year-old series was broadcast last week.

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    E4 to air new talent profile series

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    E4 director of programmes Andrew Newman has lined up a new eight-part profile series which he hopes will become the channel's version of The South Bank Show, writes Penny Hughes.

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    C5 reaffirms commitment to PSB

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 welcomed the Independent Television Commission's new 'lighter touch' regulation policy and has used its statement of intent to reaffirm its commitment to public service broadcasting, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C5 plans six-part birth of man series

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has made one of its most ambitious and expensive factual commissions to date, with a landmark series about early man colonising the planet.The 6 x 60-minute,£500,000 production, to