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    Allen: I take responsibility for ITV's woes

    2006-08-08T18:20:00Z

    Outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen has accepted responsibility for the problems at the network in his first interview since stepping down.

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    Whiston calls meeting following Allen exit

    2006-08-08T12:35:00Z

    ITV Productions director John Whiston has called a meeting for production staff this afternoon to discuss how the company will keep 'driving the business forward'.

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    Kath and Kim return with 1.5m

    2006-08-08T11:20:00Z

    BBC2's Australian comedy Kath and Kimmaintained its cult status with the start of the second series bringing in 1.5 million (7%) at 10pm last night.

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    NTL merger off to choppy start

    2006-08-08T11:20:00Z

    NTL has reported an estimated£15m in cost savings for its first full quarter since merging with Telewest but remains bullish about hitting its target of£250m worth of synergies by the end of 2007.

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    Broadcast Blogs: The secret diary of a TV trainee

    2006-08-08T10:55:00Z

    Read how Celeste Iyinbo coped with her first few months on a television traineeship with a major UK broadcaster.

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    BBC and HBO partner for new drama

    2006-08-08T10:05:00Z

    The BBC and HBO will partner for a new drama miniseries set in England, just two weeks after pulling the plug on Rome.

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    Allen resigns from ITV

    2006-08-08T09:10:00Z

    Charles Allen has today brought down the curtain on his reign as ITV chief executive, after weeks of speculation about his future.

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    Charles Allen - the last 12 months

    2006-08-08T08:30:00Z

    ITV's chief executive has been headline news for the last year. We run down the major stories that led to today's confirmation that Charles Allen will stand down.

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    ABC to offer shows for free online

    2006-08-08T08:00:00Z

    Major US network ABC is to go ahead with plans to offer shows such as Desperate Housewivesand Lostfor free to American viewers via the internet.

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    Emap spreads Kiss to east of England

    2006-08-08T08:00:00Z

    Dance station Kiss FM is to expand its FM radio network across the south west and East Anglia as part of a major revamp.

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    BBC Worldwide hires audience research expert

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has appointed its first vice-president for audiences, responsible for assessing audiences' needs in different territories around the globe.

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    Format Focus: Ecohouse: the challenge

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    This environmentally friendly Canadian lifestyle format could work for the BBC.

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    FID to handle new BBC comedy series

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle Media has secured the international rights to That Mitchell & Webb Look, a new BBC comedy from the stars of Peep Show, as part of a new push into comedy distribution.

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    US cable network has keys to UK stately homes

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    US cable network HGTV has commissioned London-based Pioneer Productions to produce a one-off special in which actor John Barrowman visits some of the UK's most famous stately homes and castles.

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    Monster brings Dinosaurs to Cannes

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    Dublin-based Monster Distributes will launch the latest series from Oscar-nominated animation studio Brown Bag Films at this year's Mipcom Junior.

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    Fremantle picks up Flame docs

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle Archive Sales, the clip sales division of FremantleMedia, has acquired worldwide rights for a raft of documentary and entertainment titles from indie producer Flame Television.

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    Southern Star picks up The Beeps

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    Australian distributor Southern Star International has picked up the international rights to Five's new animated series The Beeps.

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    All3Media launches new kids titles

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    All3Media International is heading to Mipcom Junior with an expanded slate of factual titles, including new Dutch series Couscous & Colaand the latest in the BBC's Serious...strand.

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    ID brokers BBC HD deal

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    ID Distribution has licensed the award-winning US documentary Farther Than the Eye Can See, part of Rainbow Media's Voom HD catalogue, to the BBC.

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    BBC America buys Fremantle package

    2006-08-07T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has sold a major package of titles to BBC America, including all 48 episodes of Talkback's How Clean Is Your House?and the Simon Nye comedy Hardware.