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    Radio 1 to back local musicians.

    2003-05-01T16:39:31Z

    BBC Radio 1 is cementing its commitment to the British music scene by giving over at least 35% of its playlist to local artists, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Dyke blames email for rise in complaints about BBC.

    2003-05-01T16:39:33Z

    The BBC received more than twice as many complaints from viewers about its programmes in the past year than in 2001/2002, according to its Programme Complaints Unit and Governors' Programme Complaints Committee findings, writes Luke Satchell.

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    Warning over ITV sales houses.

    2003-05-01T16:39:34Z

    THE Competition Commission has warned Carlton and Granada that they could be forced to spin off both their sales houses if they want to go ahead with their merger, writes Paul Revoir.

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    MTV holds steady against Sky music channels.

    2003-05-01T16:39:34Z

    MTV Networks has shrugged off the competition from Sky's three recently launched music channels, citing new Barb figures which show the channels have not affected its viewing figures, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    C4 farms out T4 strand to At It.

    2003-05-01T16:39:35Z

    CHANNEL 4 is moving the production of its youth entertainment strand T4 out of house for the first time in its five-year history, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC factual ups team.

    2003-05-01T16:39:35Z

    BBC controller of documentaries and contemporary factual Anne Morrison has moved to strengthen her management team by appointing a new deputy controller and a head of development, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    NUJ loses BBC strike ballot.

    2003-05-01T16:39:35Z

    The National Union of Journalists' 3,000 BBC newsroom and current affairs members have rejected calls to strike over the sacking of two World Service employees, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    It's men v beasts in latest bizarre twist on reality TV.

    2003-05-01T16:39:36Z

    ITV1 has commissioned Granada to make a bizarre one-off reality TV show, which pits humans against animals in a series of physical challenges - including a swimmer racing against a dolphin, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Alli presses for ideas register.

    2003-05-01T16:39:36Z

    Labour peer Lord Alli, the founder of former Big Breakfast producer Planet 24, has called for

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    Ninjas do battle again on GMTV.

    2003-05-01T16:39:36Z

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the cult animated hit of the late 1980s and early 1990s, is

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    MPS ENTER EPG ROW.

    2003-05-01T16:39:39Z

    More than 30 MPs have put their names to a parliamentary early day motion calling for

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    BBC READY TO JUSTIFY.

    2003-05-01T16:39:40Z

    The BBC has bowed to pressure from rivals and politicians and conceded for the first time

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    BECTU MOOTS STRIKE.

    2003-05-01T16:39:41Z

    Members of broadcast union Bectu at SMG-owned Scottish TV and Grampian TV are set to work

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    ARCHBISHOP TV SERIES.

    2003-05-01T16:39:44Z

    Subjects including the loss of childhood and the morality of interventionist science will be discussed in

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    Thompson: profits just part of C4 goal.

    2003-05-01T16:39:52Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has returned the company to profit after it plunged #28m

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    First order for Farmbrough indie.

    2003-05-01T16:39:54Z

    Former Talkback Productions producer Richard Farmbrough has launched his own indie, Reef Television, and has appointed 12 full-time staff to help him run it, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    BBC leads RTS sport shortlist.

    2003-05-01T16:39:58Z

    BSkyB's continued refusal to enter awards has handed the BBC the lion's share of nominations at this month's Royal Television Society Television Sports Awards, writes Paul Revoir.

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    TWI and Action Time go stir crazy.

    2003-05-01T16:39:59Z

    Two almost identical reality TV formats in which celebrities are forced to live in a prison are going head to head in attempt to win commissioning deals from UK broadcasters, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Ratings - Viewers powerless to resist call of the wild.

    2003-05-01T16:39:59Z

    ITV1's second batch of publicity-hungry celebrities helped jungle-based reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! gain a large slice of the ratings on its inaugural night, writes Michael Rosser.

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    CLOCKING OFF TIME'S UP.

    2003-05-01T16:39:59Z

    Red Production's award-winning BBC1 drama Clocking Off has been axed after four series. The show's creator