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    Street-Porter fronts royal special

    2005-04-28T08:30:00Z

    Janet Street-Porter is fronting a film for Sky One, in which she gives a critique of the British royal family. Janet Saves the Monarchywill feature former royal butler Paul Burrell, former press secretary to Prince Charles Mark Bolland and former editor of the ...

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    Ofcom PSB thinker goes it alone

    2005-04-28T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom's leading thinker on public service broadcasting is to leave to become an independent consultant after one final project for the regulator. Robin Foster, the strategy and marketing developments partner who put together Ofcom's -pivotal PSB review, will spend six months from July looking at how to cut red tape ...

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    Autocue international in administration

    2005-04-28T08:30:00Z

    Autocue International, the company that owns the 50-year old Autocue prompting system, has gone into administration and could be sold within weeks. Administrators Ernst & Young LLP said it was currently

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    Hat Trick and IWC Media call off merger talks

    2005-04-28T08:30:00Z

    Hat Trick and IWC Media have ended merger discussions following a number of exploratory talks.

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    The Frost Report

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    With a career that spans over 40 years, Sir David Frost is one of broadcasting's best-known figures. Lisa Campbell turns the tables on the doyen of interviewers to find out his views on risk-taking TV and how to get politicians to open up.

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    Salmon's new waters

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    Unimpressed by the prospect of moving to Manchester, BBC head of sport Peter Salmon is taking the opportunity to jo...

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    Naming or shaming?

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    Will a Channel 4 Comedy Lab strand prove to be empowering or merely encourage insults to be hurled at the disabled?

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    Sounding off: state of audio

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    With so many claims on a television production's budget, audio is often squeezed or overlooked in post-production b...

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    The Beeb's political operator

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    Sue Inglish's wide-ranging CV has given her a commercial advantage - and a particular boost in her new role as head...

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    Credit where it's due

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    Producers' alliance Pact has been accused of turning a blind eye to employee exploitation by independent production...

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    Height of TV manners

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    Even TV has an etiquette code. So if you plan on going far in your television career, you'd better take note, says Daisy Goodwin.

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    Winners and losers in Q1

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    In spite of ITV's improved financial performance, ITV1 is the biggest share loser in the first quarter of 2005, with multichannel the biggest gainer, boosted by all the Freeview boxes given as Christmas presents. By Philip Reevell.

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    No DG, no comment

    2005-04-28T08:00:00Z

    Greg Dyke insists he would have done things differently at the BBC, but his comments exist only in the realm of theory, writes Conor Dignam, Editor

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    All3Media lines up bid for Mersey TV

    2005-04-28T07:51:00Z

    All3Media is set to buy Hollyoaksproducer Mersey Television in a deal which could be the final acquisition by the group.

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    'There is no alternative'

    2005-04-28T07:50:30Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has revealed that around 500 staff have already sought information about taking voluntary redundancy, but warned compulsory redundancies may still be necessary.

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    TV election news drives away viewers

    2005-04-28T07:50:14Z

    TV news coverage of the general election is proving a turn-off for viewers - with both the BBC and ITV seeing a drop in audiences for news programmes since the election campaign began.

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    Granada sells Hit Me Baby to US NBC network

    2005-04-28T07:50:12Z

    Granada is gearing up to make a US version of its ITV Saturday night entertainment show Hit Me Baby One More Time.

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    ITV buys SDN for£134m

    2005-04-28T07:50:11Z

    ITV has massively boosted its DTT presence by acquiring Freeview multiplex owner SDN for£134m from United Business Media and S4C Digital Media.

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    BBC must protect freelance staff

    2005-04-28T07:50:10Z

    BBC chairman Michael Grade this week waded into the row over conditions in the freelance market, saying the BBC must play a role in stopping abusive employment practices by indie suppliers.

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    Thacker quits UK for senior post at 19TV

    2005-04-28T07:50:08Z

    Granada head of music programming Jeff Thacker, the -executive behind The Royal Variety Performanceand the An Audience With... strand has quit to work with 19TV in the US.