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    Profile: Nicky Taylor - Putting herself on the line

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Profile of Nicky Taylor, who credits a broken marriage for her success

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    Nickelodeon's Me: TV heads for US peak

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon's US channel is launching its own version of Nickelodeon UK's live studio web/TV format Me:TV.

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    Torchwood heads to Network Ten

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide's Australasian arm has sold sci-fi drama Torchwoodto Australia's Network Ten. It is the corporation's first drama deal with the broadcaster for 15 years.

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    Our support for the small guys

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Pact chairman Alex Graham outlines why the alliance does a great job for its smaller members.

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    RT's HD graphics

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    RT Software has supplied Sky Sports with a HD virtual graphics system, which was first used in coverage of rugby's Super League.

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    Sky+ goes online

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    BSkyB has made its remote recorder service available online, allowing viewers to set recordings from their computers wherever they are. Viewers can set their Sky+ or Sky HD boxes to record from the website www.sky.com/remoterecord. Using the free service, visitors can view Sky's seven-day TV ...

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    Five' Hidden Lives is 'most shocking' yet

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Five has commissioned its shock-doc Hidden Lives strand for a third series, with 6 x 60-minute programmes featuring stories from around the world.

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    And finally -

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    David Smyth, head of acquisitions, Sky One, Two and Three, on coming back as David Beckham, but without Posh in tow

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    Fenton stands up for the middle men

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Zig Zag managing director Danny Fenton has fuelled the debate about the different interests of Pact's large and small members by claiming the producers' alliance does not fully represent mid-sized indies.

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    On location - So very far from home

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Lion Television swapped Scotland for New Zealand as the setting for the return of Castaway. But finding the perfect remote island was a tough challenge, as Jeremy Mills recounts.

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    ITV factual 'powerhouse' faces job losses

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    ITV Productions is set to cut up to 30 jobs from its Leeds-based factual department leaving it to focus only on archive-based commissions.

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    Heggessey: indies can earn more from rights

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Talkback Thames chief executive Lorraine Heggessey has suggested an X-Factor broadband channel as an example of one of the ways indies can extract more value from the new terms of trade.

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    Dropping kids pays off for ITV

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    ITV1's controversial decision to drop its weekday CITV strand has led to a surge in viewers, with the commercial network's share for the 3.30pm to 5pm slot more than doubling.

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    Dinnage is third exec to quit Five

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Five schedules and planning director Susanna Dinnage will become the third executive to leave the channel following its recent restructure.

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    ITV to develop music formats with Globe

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    ITV Productions' entertainment department is developing a raft of music-based programmes after joining forces with Globe, the production arm of Universal Music.

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    Rosen defends stance on power of super-indies

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Pact vice-chairman Nick Rosen has defended his comment piece in last week's Broadcastwhich prompted Pact chairman Alex Graham to email members claiming the article was a 'challenge to the authority' of the Pact council.

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    Current on Virgin

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    The UK version of Al Gore's Current TV will launch on Virgin Media on 12 March, the same day it goes live on the BSkyB platform. Current TV will form part of Virgin Media's L and XL packages.

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    Commissioner's Q & A - Janet Han Vissering

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Nat Geo Wild's senior vice-president, strategic development and co-finance is looking for programmes which can become long-running series .

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    Comment - Making race positive

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    When there's some truth in stereotypes, why not reflect that, asks Sanjeev Kohli

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    Comment: The real TV superheroes

    2007-03-01T08:00:00Z

    Steven D Wright realises there are people in the TV industry who possess superpowers