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    Radio indies must be heard

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    With all the focus on indies' TV quotas, the plight of the independent radio sector can be overlooked. Tim Blackmore calls for the Charter Review to open up the BBC's resources.

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    Visions of ITV in the year 2016

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    If current trends continue, what does the future hold for ITV? Three correspondents, Stuart Prebble, Andrew Billen and Steve Hewlett, imagine what different aspects of the network might look like a decade from now.

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    Dying to be on the telly

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    With a host of shows set to feature real deaths on TV, the question of what is appropriate is once again raised. In the absence of explicit rules, broadcasters have to rely on their own judgement.

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    Forecasting senility at 50

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    While ITV is perfectly capable of turning itself around, a lack of creative tension is at the heart of its demise.

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    Serious about Sky docs

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    Jacquie Lawrence has made an apparently seamless transition from radical C4 film-maker to driver of Sky One's move upmarket with authored documentaries.

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    The blame game

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    Executives within ITV have been on a collision course for months and this week we are seeing the fall-out.

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    Shaps: ITV Network still independent

    2005-09-22T07:50:50Z

    Simon Shaps, ITV's new director of television, has insisted that the independent commissioning structure of ITV will remain intact following the company's restructure.

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    Shaps continues on course for top job

    2005-09-22T07:50:45Z

    Simon Shaps' appointment to director of television is the latest in a string of high-profile promotions for the diminutive Granada veteran and puts him within a whisker of his ultimate goal - running ITV plc.

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    Backroom boy moves into the spotlight

    2005-09-22T07:50:40Z

    Ian McCulloch may not be a widely known figure but has been a key player behind some of the most significant changes at ITV over the past couple of years.

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    RTS Cambridge Convention 15-17 September 2005

    2005-09-22T07:50:00Z

    A full report from the annual RTS convention at Cambridge.

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    Ofcom ad rules may be dropped

    2005-09-22T07:49:55Z

    Ofcom is considering scrapping rules governing how many adverts a broadcaster can show in a programme amid claims they are outdated.

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    Vorderman will host Sky One quiz

    2005-09-22T07:49:50Z

    Sky One has commissioned an interactive primetime gameshow, based around Carol Vorderman.

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    Firefly to make US Von Hagens show

    2005-09-22T07:49:45Z

    Gunther Von Hagens, the controversial professor behind TheAutopsyand Anatomy for Beginners, is set to become a star in the US.

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    Whitfield St calls in administrators

    2005-09-22T07:49:40Z

    Whitfield Street Studios, one of London's largest recording facilities, has called in the administrators after negotiations with Pinewood Shepperton to buy the central London business collapsed.

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    ITV boosted by anniversary programming

    2005-09-22T07:49:35Z

    ITV1's programming around its 50th anniversary celebrations boosted the channel to its best performance for 16 weeks.

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    Jamie's Kitchen exec joins Goodwin indie

    2005-09-21T16:37:52Z

    Peter Moore, the series editor of Jamie's Kitchenand The Apprentice, has joined Daisy Goodwin's new indie Silver River.

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    Kilgarriff leaves Turner

    2005-09-21T15:47:11Z

    Richard Kilgarriff is leaving his job as senior vice president, general manager Turner Europe at the end of the month in an amicable departure.

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    Comment: From Burbank to Berlin

    2005-09-19T16:28:29Z

    With the US broadcast networks launching some 30-odd new dramas and sitcoms this month, the British reality hits of the summer season have for the most part been muscled out of the way, writes Dominic Schreiber.

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    RDF Rights drives producer deals

    2005-09-19T16:26:44Z

    RDF Rights will be heading to Mipcom with its largest slate of programming ever this year, following a string of recent first-look deals with some UK indies.

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    Mansfield quits GCap

    2005-09-19T16:08:10Z

    GCap Media chief executive David Mansfield has stepped down and will be replaced in the role by executive chairman Ralph Bernard.