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    ITV.com will not charge

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    ITV has decided viewers will not pay for archive and on-demand online content and is moving into the market with an advertising-based model.

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    Celebs go to hospital for Five reality series

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Granada Factual London has been commissioned to make So You Think You Can Nursefor the channel.

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    Community buys

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Community Channel has acquired two shows from BBC2 and indie One Planet Productions to be aired early this year.

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    BT shifts shape

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    A BT-led European consortium has delivered the first programme in the ShapeShifted interactive TV project. Comedy Accidental Lovers aired on Finnish National Television on 27 December, with viewers influencing the unfolding drama by text message.

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    On the box - Walks on the wild side

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Nick Curwin was impressed by the good intentions of the youngsters going on Mission Africabut found Ray Mears' Wild Foodrather harder to swallow.

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    Neville the Blue Bear given BBC series

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    BBC children’s puppet Neville the Blue Bear will follow in the footsteps of Gordon the Gopher and Basil Brush after being handed his own spin-off show.

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    Vicar of Dibley brings festive cheer for BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 enjoyed a heavenly Christmas as The Vicar of Dibley, the smash hit of the holiday season, helped it to an average all-hours share of 25.1%.

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    BBC braced for disappointment from Jowell

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is expecting media secretary Tessa Jowell to confirm its below inflation licence fee settlement next week when the House of Commons returns after the Christmas break.

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    Leader: Less than it wanted - but not a disaster for BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Scare stories about the BBC spending less on quality programming could be wide of the mark

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    Kids and local TV in jeopardy at BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The BBC's plans for kids programming and local TV services could be put at risk by the leaked licence fee settlement. The prospect of further job cuts is also looming.

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    Commissioner's Q&A: Barbara Gibbon

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The head of Sky Travel mostly gets pitched travelogue ideas - even though the channel doesn't run travelogues. What she does want is observational docs to match the success of the Airline brand.

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    On location - Don't drop the baby

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Putting five teenage couples in charge of other people's children might seem like a risky undertaking but executive producer Richard McKerrow insists it was worthwhile.

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    Pirates capture peaktime Boxing Day audience

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Before you tuck into the festive season figures, can I point out that this year - 2007 - will be the final full year of analogue television broadcasting in Britain. In the second half of next year the analogue network will begin to close down, starting with the Border region, ...

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    AOL orders Paparazzi show for broadband

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    AOL has taken the next step to becoming a regular UK content commissioner by giving the greenlight to a weekly broadband show made by TwoFour.

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    Angelfish goes into Overdrive

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Angelfish has created a series of promos for MTV's 2007 line-up and for its new broadband channel MTV Overdrive.

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    Optomen TV show to help ailing shops

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Retail guru Mary Portas will use her expertise to revitalise flagging independent fashion shops for a major new series on BBC2.

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    Celador faces life after Millionaire

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Celador Productions has 'moved into a new era' by completing the first stage of a management buyout from parent Complete Communications Corporation (CCCL) and getting ready for a future without Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.

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    RadioCentre plans to boost radio ads

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Leaked documents have revealed the RadioCentre's plans to overhaul the Radio Advertising Bureau in a bid to persuade media agencies and advertisers to return to spending on commercial radio.

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    Broadcast Letters - Issue: 5 January 2007

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The letters that featured in the 5 January 2007 issue of Broadcast.

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    Off the record - January 5 2007

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Stories that were 'Off the Record' from January 5 2007 issue of Broadcast.