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    Optimistic launches sport channel on Sky

    2005-11-24T07:50:06Z

    Optimistic Entertainment is launching three more channels on Sky, including a sports offering to capitalise on the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics.

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    Indie gallops off with Royal Ascot racing win

    2005-11-24T07:50:08Z

    Sunset + Vine has won the contract for coverage of Royal Ascot and the Derby from the BBC's in-house production team.

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    Living TV show hit by sex conviction

    2005-11-24T07:50:10Z

    Living TV has taken a£600,000 hit after being forced to pull its new reality series Family Forensics because a presenter was convicted of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.

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    Tennant tops Broadcast talent survey

    2005-11-24T07:50:12Z

    Mysterious time-travelling adventurer Doctor Who has beaten mockney salad boy Jamie Oliver to be crowned TV's Top Talent in Broadcast's annual Hot 100 survey.

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    Ex Sky man hits out at EC Premiership plans

    2005-11-24T07:50:14Z

    Trevor East, the former Sky Sports chief recently poached by Irish sports broadcaster Setanta, has waded into the row over the selling of Premiership football rights, claiming the new proposals will only benefit Sky.

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    Dover leaves Celador fold

    2005-11-24T07:50:30Z

    Stephen Dover, chief executive of Celador parent company Complete Communications Corporation (CCC), has quit.

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    BBC unveils major boost to regions

    2005-11-24T07:50:35Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett has unveiled a package of measures to increase production outside London - doubling the corporation's regional development fund and assigning specific genres to BBC nations.

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    Interview: John Hardie - Doubling up Disney

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    The European executive vice-president of Disney Channel is tackling a crowded market with changes that could double the number of homes his shows reach. John Hardie talks strategy.

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    Comment: Mark Calvert - Opening up the news

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    Five News' decision to use celebrities as editors stoked up some nice publicity, but on a deeper level raised questions about who sets journalistic agendas, says Mark Calvert.

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    In My View: Richard Woolfe - TV makes a difference

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    The BBC's charity drives are high-profile and successful, but multichannel too has the power to change society for the better, argues Richard Woolfe.

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    A social minefield

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    A socially anxious Steven D Wright ponders the etiquette of the TV dinner party circuit.

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    Playout players plan next push

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    The playout and transmission market is on the brink of massive change, so how are providers and broadcasters geared up for a future of content-to-mobile and HDTV? A Broadcast survey took their pulse. By Chris Forrester.

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    BBC Prime in Korea

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    BBC Prime has become the first British channel to launch in South Korea, showing everything from The Catherine Tate Show to Parkinson. The entertainment service will broadcast on Skylife, South Korea's digital satellite broadcaster, which will carry the programmes with Korean subtitles. The launch is part of a pan-Asia drive ...

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    Return of the heroes

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    A rush to remake classic adventure series such as Doctor Who, Robin Hood and The Prisoner suggests we've had enough of anti-heroes and ambiguity and that old-school heroes are back in fashion, says David Wood.

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    ITV's new doyenne of daytime

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    Simon Shaps pulled off a coup by enticing CBBC controller Alison Sharman to defect to ITV. But is his new factual and daytime boss ready for the challenge?

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    All points north

    2005-11-24T08:00:00Z

    The BBC's prospective move to Manchester is already building a creative buzz in the north, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.

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    Living TV show sends Acorah on live ghost hunt

    2005-11-24T08:30:00Z

    Living TV has commissioned a live spin-off of its Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns series as part of the channel's strategy to increase its live content.

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    Ladbroke wins raft of BBC radio orders

    2005-11-24T08:30:00Z

    Ladbroke Productions has won a dozen commissions for BBC Radio.

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    Talpa stocks up on history

    2005-11-24T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has signed its first deal with Big Brother creator John De Mol's new Dutch TV channel Talpa.

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    Telethon draws in cash and viewers

    2005-11-24T08:30:00Z

    BBC1's charity appeal Children in Need proved to have lost none of its lustre, pulling in impressive viewing figures across the night.