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    By royal appointment

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    Establishing a rapport with the royals was crucial for a series about Windsor entitled The Queen's Castle. Producer/director Matt Reid describes his meetings with Prince Philip

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    Little girls, big camera

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    Delissa Needham finds that it is physical barriers that are holding back women in the low-budget arena

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    Reporting from the killing fields

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    The independent camera operator/journalist has become indispensable to terrestrial and satellite news broadcasters ...

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    Losing the youth vote

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    Whether it's producing Question Timefor kids or putting presenters in parkas, broadcasters' attempts to get young people turned on to politics have more chance of winning awards than viewers, says Sam Delaney.

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    Adding mischief to politics

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    Rather than vie with the BBC and ITV over coverage of the general election, Channel 4 commissioner for news Mark Rubens is taking a more inventive approach.

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    Gilligan's top 10 political bust-ups

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    Another day, another row between a politician and a journalist. Earlier this month, live on Newsnight, the Health Secretary John Reid challenged the programme's description of him as an

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    Benefit of the doubt

    2005-03-23T08:00:00Z

    Thompson's swingeing cuts at the BBC are attracting a great deal of flak, but in the long-term he may yet be vindicated.

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    Unions fight back against BBC cuts

    2005-03-23T07:51:00Z

    The BBC faces a showdown with angry unions over its latest round of job cuts, which will mean a fifth of the workforce being axed.

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    Willis defends BBC in-house

    2005-03-23T07:50:30Z

    John Willis, one of the BBC's most senior programme executives, has warned that the rise of the independent sector could see the corporation's in-house production

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    ITV and C4 win Freeview slots

    2005-03-23T07:50:14Z

    ITV and Channel 4 have bagged Crown Castle's two vacant Freeview slots.

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    Five moves Trisha to morning slot

    2005-03-23T07:50:12Z

    Five is planning to steal a march on ITV by moving Trisha Goddard's new show into the 9.25am berth where ITV1's Trisha has been airing for more than six years.

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    Vidler to head Magic

    2005-03-23T07:50:10Z

    Emap has hired former Capital FM managing director Andria Vidler to help make its easy listening station Magic the number one station in London.

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    Regions suffer most in cuts

    2005-03-23T07:50:08Z

    BBC staff outside London have been the hardest hit by this week's redundancies with hundreds of staff facing the axe.

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    Sky One probes politicians' affairs

    2005-03-23T07:50:06Z

    Sky News anchor Kay Burley is fronting a documentary for Sky One spotlighting the seedy world of Westminster affairs.

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    Ex-Sky trio launch Poker Channel

    2005-03-23T07:50:04Z

    Three former Sky executives have launched the UK's first television channel dedicated to poker.

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    Watchdog editor quits

    2005-03-23T07:50:02Z

    Watchdogeditor Doug Carnegie is to quit the BBC1 flagship consumer affairs show after three years.

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    £600k bonus for ITV's Allen

    2005-03-23T07:50:00Z

    ITV chief executive Charles Allen has landed a£600,000 share award after turning in better than expected profits.

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    Chrysalis eyes up GMG radio assets

    2005-03-23T07:49:00Z

    Chrysalis Group said this week it was considering tabling an offer for the radio assets of Guardian Media Group, owner of Jazz FM and the Real Radio network.

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    Separating Twins gains 5.2m

    2005-03-22T11:07:07Z

    BBC1's documentary Separating Twinsgave ITV1's film a run for its money as the corporation's programme gained a peak of 5.2 million (21.8%) at 9.45pm.

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    Orton to leave Hit

    2005-03-22T09:54:26Z

    Hit Entertainment chairman Peter Orton and chief executive Charles Burdick are set to leave the company in the wake of a buyout by private equity firm Apax.