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    Another Freeview slot up for grabs

    2005-03-03T07:50:12Z

    Crown Castle is to put another Freeview slot up for grabs in the next couple of months.

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    Ex Disney boss to run Hallmark

    2005-03-03T07:50:10Z

    Former Disney International president David Hulbert has been lined up to run Hallmark International following David Elstein's£127m purchase of the business last week.

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    BBC green paper: industry reaction

    2005-03-03T07:50:08Z

    Leading figures from the broadcasting give their reaction to the government's proposals.

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    Fox snaps up Scream Films

    2005-03-03T07:50:06Z

    Fox Television Studios (FTVS) has concluded its deal to buy Scream Films, paying a seven-figure sum for the indie.

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    BBC staff hit out

    2005-03-03T07:50:04Z

    The BBC board of governors may have learned their fate on Wednesday, but scores of other BBC employees took to the streets to complain that they were still very much in the dark about their futures at the corporation.

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    Abbott moves into docs with ITV survival series

    2005-03-03T07:50:02Z

    Paul Abbott, the award-winning creator of Shameless, is overseeing a Touching the Void-style documentary series for ITV1.

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    Moody leaves BBC factual

    2005-03-03T07:50:00Z

    The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.

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    ITV axe falls on children's hours

    2005-03-03T07:49:30Z

    ITV is to reduce its children's content by over an hour a week from Easter, after Ofcom gave it the greenlight to reduce its commitment to the genre.

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    Box TV lays off staff after pitches fail

    2005-03-03T07:49:25Z

    Drama producer Box TV, the company set up by former Channel 4 drama head Gub Neal, has laid off its heads of comedy and drama after two major ITV projects failed to get the greenlight.

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    Indies to benefit from More4 cash

    2005-03-03T07:49:22Z

    Channel 4's new digital free-to-air service, More4, is set to commission over half its content from indies when it launches in October.

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    Pinewood eyes up Whitfield St

    2005-03-03T07:49:20Z

    Pinewood Shepperton Studios is in talks to buy into central London audio facility Whitfield Street Studios.

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    BBC governors to be scrapped

    2005-03-02T12:52:31Z

    The BBC's board of governors will be scrapped in one of the biggest overhauls in the corporation's history.

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    Moody quits BBC

    2005-03-02T12:48:03Z

    The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.

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    Foxy quits Capital

    2005-03-02T12:13:44Z

    Capital Radio's drivetime DJ Neil Fox is hanging up his headphones after 17 years at the station and will be replaced by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon.

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    EastEnders falls to second lowest ever audience

    2005-03-02T12:08:53Z

    BBC1's EastEnderstook another battering in the ratings last night, falling to its second lowest ever audience of 6.3 million (28%) as it went against ITV1's Emmerdalein direct competition.

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    Five to screen Empire Awards

    2005-03-02T11:04:23Z

    Five has snatched the rights to screen the 10 thEmpire Movie Awards from Sky, which Johnny Vaughan is hosting this year.

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    Al-Jazeera staffs up for English service

    2005-03-02T10:59:55Z

    Al-Jazeera International has signed up two top ITN foreign news executives in preparation for the launch of its English-language television channel at the end of the year.

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    BBC exposes asylum centre racism

    2005-03-02T10:51:42Z

    Fifteen detention centre workers have been suspended after a BBC exposé alleging racist abuse at an immigration centre.

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    Bashir faces contempt charge

    2005-03-02T10:46:22Z

    Journalist Martin Bashir could face contempt of court charges, which comes with a possible jail sentence or fine, after he refused to answer questions while appearing as a witness at Michael Jackson's child abuse trial yesterday.

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    C4I bags CBBC show

    2005-03-02T10:04:21Z

    Channel 4 International has picked up rights to a BBC kids series for its MipTV drama slate.