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    Pressure mounts on indies over low pay

    2005-04-21T07:50:16Z

    Freelance workers are threatening to name and shame Pact members over allegations of workplace exploitation.

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    Shed in talks over ITV drama Bombshell

    2005-04-21T07:50:14Z

    Shed Productions' new high-profile drama Bombshell, starring Footballers' Wivesactress Zoe Lucker, could be launched on ITV2 rather than on ITV1 as had been expected.

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    ITV offers£2.5m to halt pay strike

    2005-04-21T07:50:12Z

    ITV has come up with a£2.5m offer in an effort to stop the strike action that has hit some of its biggest shows, including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawayand Coronation Street.

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    BBC yet to fill key post as Frow spurns offer

    2005-04-21T07:50:10Z

    The BBC still has a gap to fill in its factual commissioning team after Five's Ben Frow turned down the factual features job.

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    Moody in Optomen move

    2005-04-21T07:50:08Z

    Nicola Moody is set to join indie Optomen Television as director of factual after quitting the BBC last month.

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    C4 unveils comedy slate

    2005-04-21T07:50:06Z

    Channel 4 is bringing a sketch show to Friday nights as part of a slate of four new comedy and entertainment series.

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    Five names acquisitions chief

    2005-04-21T07:50:04Z

    Five is set to poach Channel 4 head of acquired programming Jay Kandola to replace its outgoing director of acquisitions, Jeff Ford.

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    Darlow Smithson rebuilds Stonehenge for Five

    2005-04-21T07:50:02Z

    Five has commissioned indie Darlow Smithson to build an exact replica of Stonehenge, where it will conduct a live broadcast of this year's summer solstice.

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    BBC's McGhee bullish over bidding policy

    2005-04-21T07:50:00Z

    The BBC's chief programme buyer has spoken out against one of the key recommendations of the government's green paper which has said the BBC should be barred from expensive bidding wars for programming.

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    Crimewatch to get new editor

    2005-04-21T07:49:30Z

    Former Watchdogeditor Doug Carnegie is to take over as editor of Crimewatch.

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    Peter Salmon quits BBC

    2005-04-20T16:59:40Z

    BBC head of sport Peter Salmon has become one of the most senior casualties of the BBC's relocation to Manchester - quitting his job as director of sport after more than five years.

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    ITV1 slumps in peaktime

    2005-04-20T16:35:41Z

    ITV1's Tuesday peaktime line-up looked to be in a fragile state last night as most of its shows failed to reach the 4 million mark with Welcome to Fatlandonly gaining a peak audience of 3.4 million (15%) at 8.15pm.

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    Drama will go interactive

    2005-04-20T12:29:34Z

    It is only a matter of time before interactive drama becomes commonplace on TV, says Dawn Airey.

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    Norfolk consortium in bid for Anglia studios

    2005-04-20T11:02:25Z

    A former ITN news presenter has launched a bid to buy Anglia Television's Magdalen Street studios, one-time home of Trishaand turn it into a media training centre.

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    C4 set for another coach trip

    2005-04-20T10:48:59Z

    Channel 4 is sending British tourists on another holiday round Europe after recommissioning daytime reality series Coach Trip.

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    Viewers prefer BBC's regional news

    2005-04-20T10:39:37Z

    BBC News is celebrating after beating ITV in every area of the country on regional news for the first time.

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    Pact appoints Minns to head policy development

    2005-04-20T10:14:35Z

    Producers' alliance Pact has appointed Screen Internationaljournalist Adam Minns as its head of policy development.

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    Five bags Vaughan's Top Buzzer

    2005-04-20T10:03:25Z

    Five has bagged exclusive terrestrial rights to MTV's comedy drama series, Top Buzzer, written by Johnny Vaughan.

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    Hell's Kitchen serves up 6.8m

    2005-04-19T12:02:20Z

    ITV1's Hell's Kitchen, the culinary reality TV show, returned with a peak audience of 6.8 million (30%) at the start.

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    ITV's shares boosted on Dyke rumours

    2005-04-19T11:23:47Z

    ITV's was among the best performers on the stock-market yesterday on the back of reports that Greg Dyke and private equity group Apax Partners are lining up a bid for ITV.