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    Tough at the top

    2006-01-26T08:00:00Z

    As a driving force in ITV's radical shake-up and rebranding, Ian McCulloch won a reputation for toughness - but he'd rather see himself as prepared to ask difficult questions and think the unthinkable.

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    Profile: Ron Jones - Tinopolis' unknown quantity

    2006-01-26T08:00:00Z

    Tinopolis' takeover of TV Corporation has put its chairman, Ron Jones, in charge of the UK's sixth largest indie - and he is relishing the challenge.

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    Music at the touch of a button

    2006-01-26T08:00:00Z

    With new technology transforming the way production music is delivered, libraries are fast becoming the first choice for cost-effective soundtracks. Simon Meekreports on the download revolution.

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    Major shake-up for BBC factual

    2006-01-26T07:50:10Z

    The BBC's factual and learning department is to be carved up into nine 'studios', with the loss of 23 managers' jobs.

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    MacKenzie set for radio return

    2006-01-26T07:44:50Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie, the former chairman of the now defunct Wireless Group (TWG), is understood to be considering re-entering the UK radio market by buying a series of stations from GCap.

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    Sky Bet Vegas revives Strike It Rich format

    2006-01-25T16:52:34Z

    Sky has bought the rights to the 90s Michael Barrymore- hosted game show, Strike It Richfrom FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide with the view to making an interactive TV game.

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    Virgin Radio beefs up its executive board

    2006-01-25T16:41:33Z

    Virgin Radio has promoted its head of new media to the board, throwing extra weight behind its continued expansion into digital radio.

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    US networks WB and UPN in shock merger

    2006-01-24T18:34:45Z

    The talk of the day at the annual Natpe marketplace in Las Vegas is that two free-to-air US networks, The WB and UPN, are to merge creating one new network, The CW.

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    Flextech finds new head of interactive internally

    2006-01-24T18:00:55Z

    Flextech has promoted Edward Humphrey to the position of head of interactive, in advance of Jason George's departure in February.

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    Opinion - In my view - Life-changing PVRs?

    2006-01-24T16:29:32Z

    As PVRs penetrate more homes, the prediction that spot advertising will start to disappear is nonsense, argues Mark White.

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    Would you make a baby to get on TV?

    2006-01-24T16:29:21Z

    A BBC3 documentary has tested how low reality TV can go by setting up a spoof programme which encouraged complete strangers to conceive a baby together, writes Geoff White.

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    Prison Break rounds up 1.7m

    2006-01-24T12:22:04Z

    Five's new high profile US drama import Prison Breakgot off to a solid, if unremarkable, start with 1.7 million (9.4%) at 10pm.

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    Weakest Link in anti-Welsh investigation

    2006-01-24T09:46:56Z

    Police are looking into a complaint about alleged anti-Welsh comments made during a broadcast of BBC2's Weakest Link.

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    More moves at ITV

    2006-01-24T07:59:30Z

    ITV Productions director of business affairs for factual, entertainment, daytime and international production Jane Turton is the latest to move to ITV's broadcasting arm.

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    Sky News's whale coverage peaks at 365,000

    2006-01-23T15:21:45Z

    Interest in the tragic story of the Bottlenose whale in the Thames brought a surge of viewers to the 24 hour news channels with Sky News taking the spoils.

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    Sky News boss backs star signings

    2006-01-23T10:59:00Z

    Sky News chief Nick Pollard says he has no plans to axe star signings such as Eamonn Holmes and James Rubin, despite poor ratings.

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    O'Connell kicks off at Virgin Radio

    2006-01-23T09:58:53Z

    10am:Former Xfm breakfast show host Christian O'Connell kicked off his Virgin Radio show this morning, with his old team firmly in place around him.

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    NBC pulls the plug on The West Wing

    2006-01-23T09:55:21Z

    Major US network NBC has pulled the plug on long-running More4 political drama The West Wingbut has commissioned 22 more episodes of its remake of The Office.

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    Millionaire Live loses a million

    2006-01-23T08:00:00Z

    8am:Celador's ill-fated Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?live tour lost its parent companies over£1m.

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    Fox axes Malcolm In The Middle

    2006-01-23T07:59:50Z

    8am:US broadcaster Fox has pulled the plug on long-running comedy Malcolm in the Middle- a key show for Sky One and BBC2.