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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Survey: studies not best route into TV.

    2003-05-16T14:51:50Z

    The results of an independent survey into employment and training methods within post-production has delivered a

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Capital and BBC to enhance networks with broadband.

    2003-05-16T14:51:50Z

    Two of the country's biggest radio broadcasters are installing 'broadband' style networks between their stations to allow programme material to be networked across the country, writes Kevin Hilton.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - WEST END'S DGP GOES EAST FOR CHANNEL 4.

    2003-05-16T14:51:50Z

    Soho post house DGP has cut and graded A Bit of Oriental, a new show for

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - PRIME SPOT FOR CAMS.

    2003-05-16T14:51:50Z

    Prime TV is planning to turn London's Olympia into a giant Big Brother house next week

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - CLARKE GOES IT ALONE.

    2003-05-16T14:51:50Z

    422 London creative director Simon Clarke has quit the company to set up his own design

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    5 LIVE MAN TO SKY.

    2003-05-16T14:51:49Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live sports anchor Ian Payne has defected to Sky Sports to accompany Andy

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    CBM FOR SEPTEMBER.

    2003-05-16T14:51:49Z

    The new Freeview general entertainment channel being run by a mystery broadcaster has said it will

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    11 bid for WM local licence.

    2003-05-16T14:51:49Z

    The Radio Authority has confirmed it has received 11 bids for the West Midlands FM licence, one of the last regional independent radio licences, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Purvis slams Hoon's ITN ruling.

    2003-05-16T14:51:49Z

    ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis has blasted the British government for blocking an investigation into the disappearance in Iraq of cameramen Fred Nerac and translator Hussein Osman, writes Paul Revoir.

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    RATINGS - I'm a Celebrity ... result bowls out all comers.

    2003-05-16T14:51:49Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell may have called for a 'viewers revolt' against reality TV shows but her comments fell on deaf ears as the final of ITV1's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here achieved its highest ever audience, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Sky to end Solus satellite cards.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    The smartcard system which allows around a million viewers to watch encrypted public service broadcasters on satellite without taking a Sky package will cease by the end of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Granada takes Dr Zhivago home.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    Granada is set to take its epic dramatisation of Doctor Zhivago to Russia following a complex deal involving the surviving relatives of author Boris Pasternak, writes Paul Revoir.

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    FIVE TO EXPLORE WHAT MADE MYRA HINDLEY A KILLER.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    Five has commissioned a 90-minute film that will attempt to explain why the notorious Moors murderer

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    RDFI moves in on C4I's business.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    Factual distributor RDF International (RDFI) has approached around eight key Channel 4 producers in a bid to form a 'distribution club' ahead of new legislation that will allow producers to hold onto programme rights, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Mentorn signs Canadian co-pro deal.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    Indie Mentorn has signed a production and distribution deal with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that will see it co-produce four landmark documentary series over the next four years, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Jowell turns on charm to win over rebel hearts.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    The government is undertaking a charm offensive to try to convince peers to back controversial aspects of the communications bill amid fears that the legislation could be severely hampered by ongoing wrangling, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Murdoch denies fancying Five.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    BSkyB and News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch this week claimed he had no plans to buy Five, saying he would vote against the acquisition if it ever went before the Sky board, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Lewis takes on Sky scheduling.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    BSkyB has appointed its first ever director of scheduling and promotions in a bid to stop

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    Freeview platform may overtake Sky by 2005.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    Almost 4 million households will have Freeview by the end of the year and more people will have access to it than Sky by 2005, according to one of the biggest suppliers of set-top box software, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    BBC STAFF TRAINING.

    2003-05-16T14:51:48Z

    BBC director general Greg Dyke is to send around 1,500 managers on a new training course