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    ITV unions accept new pay terms

    2005-05-10T10:19:03Z

    ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay conditions.

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    TWG sale ends MacKenzie reign

    2005-05-10T10:15:43Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.

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    Aardman animates Roddy Doyle book

    2005-05-10T09:37:58Z

    Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman is making a stop motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment.

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    Ofcom clears Springer Opera

    2005-05-10T09:29:17Z

    Ofcom has backed the BBC's decision to broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera, rejecting complaints about bad taste, swearing and blasphemy.

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    Celeb Wrestling draws just 2.6m

    2005-05-09T12:48:27Z

    ITV1's show Celebrity Wrestlingsuffered its lowest audience so far with a mere 2.6 million (14%) tuning in from 6.30pm-7.45pm on Saturday.

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    VE Day celebrations bring 6.4m to BBC1

    2005-05-09T12:37:57Z

    BBC1's VE Day celebrations went off with a bang as its coverage of A Party to Remembermanaged a peak audience of 6.4 million (26%) at the end.

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    More Baftas for Sex Traffic

    2005-05-09T12:28:45Z

    Sex Trafficswept the board at the Bafta Craft Awards last night winning six of its seven nominated categories.

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    BBC religious shows 'lack impact'

    2005-05-09T11:14:46Z

    BBC governors and executives are to hold a seminar on how to deal with religious programming, in the wake of a scathing governors report into the issue.

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    ITV revisits old classics

    2005-05-09T11:07:49Z

    ITV has commissioned more than 30 hours of primetime television to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year.

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    Capital shelves Party in the Park

    2005-05-09T10:37:24Z

    Capital FM has iced plans to run its annual Party in the Park charity event this year to allow Bob Geldof to stage his much-rumoured Live 8 event.

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    UTV offers£98m for TWG

    2005-05-09T10:29:53Z

    ITV broadcaster Ulster Television has made a£98.2m bid for The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station.

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    Cable duo prepare for merger

    2005-05-09T10:25:12Z

    Telewest has asked Deutsche Bank to sound out potential buyers for its content arm Flextech, as the company gears up for a£5.5bn merger with fellow cable operator, NTL.

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    Brits dominate rose D'Or awards

    2005-05-09T10:09:04Z

    British broadcasters cleaned up at the Rose D'Or festival this weekend, picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom performance categories.

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    BBC to open Birmingham drama centre

    2005-05-09T10:03:46Z

    The BBC will tomorrow push ahead with plans to boost production outside London, by opening a major TV drama hub in Birmingham.

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    Interview: John Keeling - The glass half full

    2005-05-06T15:19:02Z

    Being able to repeat the best of the BBC's programming is something to be proud of, says UKTV controller John Keeling, but that hasn't stopped him upping original programming every year.

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    Production - ITV at 50 - A happy 50th birthday for ITV?

    2005-05-06T15:19:01Z

    ITV this year celebrates its 50th birthday. Here five former executives explore the challenges facing the UK's big gest commercial channel as it prepares for its second half century in a rapidly changing broadcasting environment.

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    Commissioner's Q & A - Glenwyn Benson

    2005-05-06T15:18:56Z

    The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano.

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    PEER POLL: Celebrity

    2005-05-06T15:00:02Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks:

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    Election victory for BBC1

    2005-05-06T12:41:47Z

    ITV and the BBC may have shared last night's exit poll - but the BBC took the lion's share of ratings.

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    Lions Gate pulls out of Hit race

    2005-05-06T11:09:11Z

    Lions Gate Entertainment has said it will not be making an offer for Bob the Builder owner Hit Entertainment, leaving the way clear for Apax to acquire the business.