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    Murphy joins BBC exodus to indies

    2005-10-20T07:51:30Z

    BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has become the latest high-profile figure to quit the BBC, after being poached by Wife Swap producer RDF Media.

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    RDF continues expansion

    2005-10-20T07:50:30Z

    RDF Media is pushing ahead with its growth strategy, kick-starting takeover talks with IWC Media and hiring BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy as creative director.

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    Digital UK plans target schools

    2005-10-20T07:50:25Z

    English, maths, science? and digital switchover could be the new lesson plan facing schoolchildren across the UK.

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    Broadcasters spurn Commander In Chief

    2005-10-20T07:50:20Z

    Commander In Chief, the biggest hit of the new American TV season, has yet to find a British home with terrestrial networks rejecting the 'jingoistic' nature of the series.

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    Five u-turn is game on for reality

    2005-10-20T07:50:15Z

    Five has commissioned a new reality show just a week after channel boss Dan Chambers said he was banning them from the channel.

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    Sky One probes world's oldest profession

    2005-10-20T07:50:10Z

    Sky One is delving into the world of courtesans and call girls with a three-part series on prostitution.

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    Meet TV's average Joe

    2005-10-20T07:50:05Z

    The great and good of the freelance community might consider themselves anything but average but Broadcast has exposed what the typical TV freelancer is like.

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    CPS improves media access

    2005-10-20T07:50:00Z

    News crews and documentary makers are to be given greater access to prosecution material, following a new deal with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).

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    Tinopolis steps up TV Corp bid

    2005-10-20T07:45:30Z

    Major shareholders in troubled indie TV Corp are pressuring the company's board to accept a takeover bid from Welsh producer Tinopolis.

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    How Homechoice got ahead of the curve

    2005-10-20T07:45:00Z

    Sky is making a£150m bid for Easynet and is also understood to be casting its eye over west London on-demand TV business Homechoice. Susan Thompson reports on why the cutting-edge company could be a target.

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    BBC films tower block makeover

    2005-10-20T07:44:50Z

    The BBC is spending two-and-a-half years filming the regeneration of a London tower block for a landmark BBC1 documentary.

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    BBC4 secures largest ever audience

    2005-10-19T16:57:58Z

    5pm: BBC4, the corporation's digital arts and documentaries channel, gained its best ever ratings last week with an audience share of 0.8% in multichannel homes.

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    Talks fail to pacify Sky shareholders

    2005-10-19T16:50:24Z

    4.45pm: Preliminary talks between BSkyB and its major UK shareholders, aimed at preventing a potential rebellion over proposals to increase the stake News Corp has in the satellite company, have ended in deadlock.

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    MPs: BBC Manchester move must happen

    2005-10-19T16:22:10Z

    Labour MP's have warned BBC chiefs they will face a political backlash if they renege on their plan to move to Manchester.

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    Granada International securedeal with TV Polaska

    2005-10-19T15:58:28Z

    4pm: Granada International has sold the rights to 11 Hollywood TV movies and a selection of classic films to Poland's state broadcaster, TV Polaska

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    C4 launch 'living war memorial' online

    2005-10-19T15:39:13Z

    3.30pm: Channel 4 has partnered with the Imperial War Museum to launch online, Lost Generation, a 21st Century war memorial.

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    Alastair Campbell to guest edit Five News

    2005-10-19T15:20:49Z

    3.15pm: Former Labour spin master Alastair Campbell is to be let loose by Five as a guest editor of the channel's 7pm news bulletin.

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    ITV dramas can't beat Waking the Dead

    2005-10-19T12:19:56Z

    Vincent couldn't beat Waking the Dead again on Monday night when the BBC1 drama picked up 7.3 million (30.9%) to Vincent's 5.5 million (24%).

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    ITV4 launches with the beautiful game

    2005-10-19T12:12:59Z

    ITV4 will kick off next month with live coverage of Chelsea's Uefa Champions League tie against Real Betis.

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    Bruno fails to pack a punch with 3.4m

    2005-10-19T11:42:24Z

    ITV1's coveted interview with Frank Bruno managed an unremarkable 3.4 million (17.3%) in its first half and 2.3 million (21.7%) after the news last night.