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    Interviews start for BBC1 head

    2005-03-17T07:50:00Z

    Interviews are underway for the new controller of BBC1, with an announcement on the successful candidate expected shortly after Easter.

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    O'Hara victim of GWR merger

    2005-03-17T07:50:02Z

    John O'Hara, programme director of Capital Radio's regional network, has become the latest casualty of the groups£711m merger with Classic FM-owner GWR.

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    World of Wonder puts price on Jacko trial

    2005-03-17T07:50:04Z

    World of Wonder is to investigate exactly how much money the Californian town of Santa Maria is making out of the Michael Jackson trial with a film for Sky One.

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    Jackson plans UK outfit

    2005-03-17T07:50:06Z

    Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson is looking to set up his own production outfit in the UK after his plans to buy up indies fell through.

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    Ant & Dec to front classic ITV gameshows

    2005-03-17T07:50:08Z

    Ant and Dec are being lined up to host a series of classic gameshows such as Bullseye, The Golden Shotand Blockbusters, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary plans.

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    ITV sheds 95 staff across regions

    2005-03-17T07:50:10Z

    Nearly 100 jobs have been cut by ITV following Ofcom's decision to allow the broadcaster to halve its non-news regional output.

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    BBC braced for more job cuts

    2005-03-17T07:50:12Z

    BBC staff are bracing themselves for the second swathe of major job cuts, with director general Mark Thompson expected to announce on Monday that at least another 1,200 jobs will go over the next three years.

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    Channel 4 bans F words from The F Word

    2005-03-17T07:50:14Z

    Ofcom can breathe a sigh of relief - Gordon Ramsay's new cookery show, The F Word, will have to be subjected to the swear bleeper because Channel 4 wants it for a pre-watershed slot.

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    ITV and C4 look at taking UKTV stake

    2005-03-17T07:50:16Z

    ITV and Channel 4 have held separate talks with UKTV's owners, the BBC and Flextech, about taking a stake in the multichannel network.

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    Springer lined up for Trisha slot

    2005-03-17T07:50:18Z

    Controversial US TV talk-show king Jerry Springer is set to front a new ITV daytime show being lined up to replace Trisha.

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    RDF looks at April float

    2005-03-17T07:50:50Z

    RDF Media has hired stockbrokers Investec to prepare the company for flotation on the London Stock Exchange as early as the end of April.

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    Producers warn on rise of super-indies

    2005-03-17T07:50:55Z

    The rise of the super-indie is a growing concern for smaller independent producers who fear their increasing domination of the sector, according to this year's BroadcastIndie Survey.

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    The self-shooting survival guide

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    Self-shooting directors, APs on second camera and researchers with a handheld are now commonplace in factual programme-making. In a special report, Gareth Watkins

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    The mavericks of comedy

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    By Alexandra Jardine

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    Which way forward for indies?

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    As investors eye the TV production sector, new routes to growth have opened up for indies. Belinda Archer

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    Losing on appeal

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    The BBC pulled Bafta-nominated legal drama Outlaws after one series, despite reviewers' plaudits. Its creator Steve Coombes says the BBC's digital strategy is largely to blame

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    The power of two

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    The duo at the helm of GMG Radio, a brand which encompasses the Smooth FM, Jazz FM and Real Radio network, insist that their group is not up for sale and their focus is firmly on expansion.

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    Please don't pick me

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    Impending cuts and a change of values has turned the once-prized post of controller of BBC1 into a poisoned chalice.

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    Breaking free from TV

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    As Channel 4 invests in FourDocs, an open access broadband channel, has the time finally arrived for broadcasters to embrace the democratising possibilities of broadband technology, asks Peter Keighron.

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    On the Box - Life behind closed doors

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    Paul Bader wonders if some things are too private for TV, but will he make his excuses and leave while watching Extraordinary Families and Blame the Parents?