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    Love island keeps head above water

    2005-05-26T08:30:00Z

    Audience figures for ITV1's high profile reality show Celebrity Love Islandhave managed to pick up but the show is still struggling. The show hit a low of just 2 million (9.8%) last Saturday (21 May) but has since clawed back viewers, with the 10pm episode on ...

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    ITV1 hands Nigella daytime slot

    2005-05-26T08:30:00Z

    Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has signed up to host a new daytime magazine show on ITV1. Nigellawill include celebrity chat, discussions over current issues as well as featuring her famed cooking. Nick Thorogood, ITV's editor of daytime, has commissioned Prospect Pictures to make the show which ...

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    C4I inks£100,000 development deal with indie Touch

    2005-05-26T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 International has signed a two-year development and distribution contract with Touch Productions, the producer of BBC1's Separating Twins.

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    Lighting the way for post

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Mentors can reinvigorate stagnating careers as well as encourage early development, hence the launch of the Broadcast/Skillset Win a Mentor Scheme. Broadcast

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    When TV is no longer TV

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Where will all this talk of making television into entertainment brands lead us?

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    Hunt for the popular touch

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    After experiencing first-hand the 'drivel' shown during daytime, Jay Hunt brings conviction to the role of BBC daytime controller - and a willingness to experiment

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    Ending the paper chase

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Leafleting aside, screen agencies play a key role in encouraging regional TV production as the line between TV and film becomes increasingly blurred, writes Chris Moll

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    Why I axed Celeb Wrestling

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Celebrity Wrestling wasn't pulled because it didn't beat Doctor Who, but because it missed its target audience, insists Nigel Pickard

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    Goodbye to celeb TV?

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Do the lacklustre ratings for celebrity reality shows mean the genre has bitten the dust - or is it just a case of finding the right format and celebrities we've actually heard of?

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    My big break, by six of the best

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Janice Hadlow, BBC4 controller

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    Time for conciliation

    2005-05-26T08:00:00Z

    The unions are showing signs of compromise, now it's the turn of the BBC to be more open.

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    Union gives ground over BBC layoffs

    2005-05-26T07:51:02Z

    Bectu has softened its demand that the BBC rule out compulsory redundancies as the two parties head for crunch talks with industrial arbitrator Acas.

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    BBC strikers out in force

    2005-05-26T07:51:00Z

    For BBC music copyrighter Luke Keen, BBC director general Mark Thompson's announcement that 3,780 jobs were set to go had an irritating feeling of djà vu.

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    C4 show to create new girl band

    2005-05-26T07:50:14Z

    Fame Academyproducer Initial has teamed up with Polydor, the record label behind Eminem and Girls Aloud, to make an ambitious Channel 4 series following an all-girl pop group's attempts to crack the mainstream.

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    BBC2 to turn bad dressers into style icons

    2005-05-26T07:50:12Z

    Frumpy members of the public are to be forced to dress as dominatrixes, geishas and bunny girls for a BBC2 makeover series.

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    Top Up eyes E4 replacement

    2005-05-26T07:50:10Z

    Top Up TV has drawn up a short-list of channels to replace E4 on its premium Freeview offering, with comedy channel Paramount said to be the preferred choice.

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    Racing industry fails to match C4 demands

    2005-05-26T07:50:08Z

    The racing industry has tabled a£1.6m offer to Channel 4 in a bid to convince it to continue broadcasting race meets - more than£6m less than channel executives have demanded.

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    Sky and Chelsea scout for footballing talent

    2005-05-26T07:50:06Z

    Premiership champions Chelsea FC have teamed up with Sky One for a£2m UK-wide talent search to find the club's next star.

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    Ofcom relaxes rules on terrestrial branding

    2005-05-26T07:50:04Z

    ITV could rebrand itself the 'Cadbury's Dairy Milk Channel' under new broadcasting codes unveiled by Ofcom.

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    Big hitters join kids outfit

    2005-05-26T07:50:02Z

    Former Fox Kids Europe chief executive Bruce Steinberg has been appointed as chief executive of Bob the Builderrights holder Hit Entertainment.