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Making digital compute
With awareness of digital switchover at worryingly low levels, SwitchCo had better pull its finger out.
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NewsStrike to hit BBC
The BBC is facing nationwide strikes by thousands of workers after the three major unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.
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NewsBBC doc looks at tsunami
BBC1 is to dive deep under the waves of the Indian Ocean for a multimillion-pound programme which will attempt to uncover exactly what triggered last year's devastating Asian tsunami.
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NewsITV restages Gunpowder Plot
ITV is to build an exact replica of the old Houses of Parliament and then blow it up for a new show looking at what would have happened if the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot had been a success.
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NewsTV Wrap to 'out' 30 indies
Pressure group TV Wrap will this Friday hand Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers.
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NewsPilger plans cinema release for next film
Campaigning journalist John Pilger is positioning himself to be Britain's answer to Michael Moore by lining up his next film for a cinematic release.
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NewsFlexton wins brief for Extreme show
Scream Films has lost out on a lucrative contract to make the second series of Extreme Makeover UKfor Living TV, after its head of entertainment, Paul Flexton, quit to set up his own indie and poached the show.
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Channel 4 hires Jamie producer for docs role
Channel 4 has handed the series producer of its hard-hitting Jamie's School Dinnersprogramme a factual commissioning job.
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BBC plans classification system
The BBC is developing a PG-style classification system for its programmes in a bid to head off any attempt by Ofcom to impose its own labelling framework.
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National Skills Day set for 26 May
A masterclass on the making of the new Doctor Who, digital camera workshops and opening up offices and buildings to other companies, are all on the agenda for the first ever National Skills Day, taking place on Thursday 26 May 2005.
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RDF in Manchester deal
RDF Media is poised to buy a Manchester indie and has poached ITV Granada controller of regionals and channels Kieron Collins in preparation for the move.
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ITV Wildlife boss to exit
Granada wildlife chief Brian Leith, the executive behind ITV's new Deep Jungleseries, looks set to quit.
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E4 to party 24 hours a day by adding music
Channel 4 is turning digital entertainment channel E4 into a 24-hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.
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NewsMortal blow for Celeb Wrestling
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has moved to address the channel's Saturday night ratings slide by taking the axe to teatime turkey Celebrity Wrestlinghalfway through its run.
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NewsPurnell named broadcasting minister
James Purnell, a former BBC executive turned MP, has been named the new broadcasting minister.
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NewsBBC unions vote to strike
The BBC is braced for strikes, after the three major unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over job cuts.
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NewsDeep Jungle lures 3.7m
ITV1's new natural history series Deep Junglegot off to a slow start last night with a peak audience of just 3.7 million (16%) at 8.50pm.
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NewsOfcom: Public clueless over analogue switch off
Over 70% of people in the UK are unaware of the government's plans for digital switchover, according to an Ofcom Consumer Panel study.
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NewsC4 brings back Shipwrecked
Channel 4 is bringing back RDF Media's reality format Shipwreckedin an extended version for its youth zone T4.
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NewsBroadcast launches newsletter for freelancers
Broadcasthas launched a new weekly newsletter for freelancers.