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    Radio 3 hands Iain Burnside weekend slot

    2007-01-26T11:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 3 has handed Iain Burnside a regular weekend slot produced by indie Above the Title.

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    Frasier star mulls new TV comedy role

    2007-01-26T10:40:00Z

    Frasierstar Kelsey Grammer is being lined up to play an anchorman at a local TV station in a comedy pilot for 20th Century Fox.

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    Questions over ITV recovery

    2007-01-26T10:30:00Z

    Investment bank Credit Suisse is predicting that ITV's share price could fall back to below 100p, despite reports forecasting a better than expected start to the year.

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    Blog: Shipwrecked and free speech

    2007-01-26T10:00:00Z

    This week, RDF's David Frank hit back at public criticism of Shipwrecked, arguing that the backlash against Lucy Buchanan could be bad for free speech. Read what other people have to say in our latest blog.

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    Freeview poised to benefit from 'grey boom'

    2007-01-26T10:00:00Z

    Take-up of Freeview in the UK is set to boom amongst over 55s in the next two years with older-skewing channels such as BBC4 and ITV3 benefiting the most.

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    Skins appeals to 1.4m

    2007-01-26T09:45:00Z

    The large scale marketing campaign behind E4's new teen drama Skinspaid off last night (25 January) with the show attracting a substantial 1.4 million viewers (9.41%) at 10pm.

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    PEER POLL: Channel of the year

    2007-01-26T07:45:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC1 deserve to win channel of the year at this week's Broadcast Awards?

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    Shed beefs up US slate

    2007-01-25T17:19:00Z

    Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.

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    Shilpa voting blunder causes new Big Brother controversy

    2007-01-25T16:40:00Z

    Celebrity Big Brotherhas been hit by fresh controversy, with producer Brighter Pictures having to cancel the votes cast so far in this week's eviction after an on screen mix up led to viewers voting to evict Shilpa Shetty when they thought they were saving her.

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    Grade hires Fairbairn in first major move

    2007-01-25T16:00:00Z

    Michael Grade has hired former BBC director of strategy and distribution Carolyn Fairbairn in his first major move as executive chairman of ITV.

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    Five Days drops to 6m

    2007-01-25T14:01:00Z

    BBC1's new drama series Five Dayslost viewers from its opening episode but still managed an audience of 6 million (24.9%) last night (Wednesday 24 January), well ahead of ITV1's film The Bourne Supremacy.

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    Nick Jr spots kids show on YouTube

    2007-01-25T14:00:00Z

    A kids TV show that started out as a viral video on YouTube has been picked up by Nickelodeon for its pre-school channel Nick Jr.

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    Gambino exits MTV

    2007-01-25T13:17:00Z

    MTV Networks UK & Ireland's vice president for commercial strategy & digital media Angel Gambino has left the company - the latest of a string of recent departures at the Viacom-owned broadcaster.

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    MPs call for Call TV quiz shows to be reclassified

    2007-01-25T10:50:00Z

    MPs have called on the government to reclassify Call TV quiz shows as lottery games, meaning broadcasters would have to donate up 20% of their revenues to charity.

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    Kershaw leaves Five to set up indie

    2007-01-25T10:30:00Z

    Five's controller of factual Justine Kershaw is leaving the channel after five years to set up her own independent production company.

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    Streetmate returns

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect is reviving its dating show Streetmatefor ITV2 and is eyeing Dancing on Icepresenter Holly Willoughby to front it.

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    Profile - Who does he think he is?

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Profile of Ben Gale, the new BBC commissioner for features and factual entertainment

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    Mr Sports Rights

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Setanta's Trevor East explains why Sky is not the limit

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    The Station moves

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    The Station has quit Soho for larger premises in Bloomsbury, where it will open an audio department this spring.

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    Grass Valley role

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Broadcast technology specialist Thomson Grass Valley has hired former BBC engineer and JVC manager Ian Nicoll as key account manager.