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    Pirates capture peaktime Boxing Day audience

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Before you tuck into the festive season figures, can I point out that this year - 2007 - will be the final full year of analogue television broadcasting in Britain. In the second half of next year the analogue network will begin to close down, starting with the Border region, ...

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    Vicar of Dibley brings festive cheer for BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 enjoyed a heavenly Christmas as The Vicar of Dibley, the smash hit of the holiday season, helped it to an average all-hours share of 25.1%.

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    Kitto joins Denham

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Indie Denham Productions has appointed Grace Kitto as its new head of production with immediate effect. Kitto, who had been working for Denham as a freelancer, will structure a team to develop new business, working alongside head of business development David Nottage.

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    Community buys

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Community Channel has acquired two shows from BBC2 and indie One Planet Productions to be aired early this year.

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    Take It or Leave It

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Gameshow network Challenge has commissioned IMG Media-owned producer TWI to make a second series of gameshow Take It or Leave It.

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    Vision Charity

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The 31st annual Vision Charity ball last month raised more than£100,000 for visually impaired and dyslexic children.

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    Off the record - January 5 2007

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Stories that were 'Off the Record' from January 5 2007 issue of Broadcast.

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    And finally - Chris Maclean

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Chris maclean, dubbing mixer at Marmalade Studios, admits to playing bagpipes.

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    Springer opera team reinvent Question Time

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Wife Swapand Question Timewill be reinvented as unlikely operas for BBC1 next month by the team behind Jerry Springer - The Opera.

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    BBC braced for disappointment from Jowell

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is expecting media secretary Tessa Jowell to confirm its below inflation licence fee settlement next week when the House of Commons returns after the Christmas break.

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    Leader: Less than it wanted - but not a disaster for BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Scare stories about the BBC spending less on quality programming could be wide of the mark

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    RadioCentre plans to boost radio ads

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Leaked documents have revealed the RadioCentre's plans to overhaul the Radio Advertising Bureau in a bid to persuade media agencies and advertisers to return to spending on commercial radio.

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    Ford puts Emap Radio on 'war footing'

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Emap Radio group managing director Dee Ford has warned staff the group is on a 'war footing' and has launched a strategic review to find where it can make cost savings.

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    AOL orders Paparazzi show for broadband

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    AOL has taken the next step to becoming a regular UK content commissioner by giving the greenlight to a weekly broadband show made by TwoFour.

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    Kids and local TV in jeopardy at BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The BBC's plans for kids programming and local TV services could be put at risk by the leaked licence fee settlement. The prospect of further job cuts is also looming.

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    ITV.com will not charge

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    ITV has decided viewers will not pay for archive and on-demand online content and is moving into the market with an advertising-based model.

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    Celebs go to hospital for Five reality series

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Granada Factual London has been commissioned to make So You Think You Can Nursefor the channel.

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    Rough Cut - Let's stick together

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Small post houses can only survive if they stop stabbing each other in the back and start collaborating, says Paul Ingvarsson.

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    On location - Don't drop the baby

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Putting five teenage couples in charge of other people's children might seem like a risky undertaking but executive producer Richard McKerrow insists it was worthwhile.

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    Making music pay

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Napster's Brad Duea thinks a multiplatform approach is vital for the company's success