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Goodbye to celeb TV?
Do the lacklustre ratings for celebrity reality shows mean the genre has bitten the dust - or is it just a case of finding the right format and celebrities we've actually heard of?
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Why I axed Celeb Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling wasn't pulled because it didn't beat Doctor Who, but because it missed its target audience, insists Nigel Pickard
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NewsUnion gives ground over BBC layoffs
Bectu has softened its demand that the BBC rule out compulsory redundancies as the two parties head for crunch talks with industrial arbitrator Acas.
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NewsBBC strikers out in force
For BBC music copyrighter Luke Keen, BBC director general Mark Thompson's announcement that 3,780 jobs were set to go had an irritating feeling of djà vu.
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NewsC4 show to create new girl band
Fame Academyproducer Initial has teamed up with Polydor, the record label behind Eminem and Girls Aloud, to make an ambitious Channel 4 series following an all-girl pop group's attempts to crack the mainstream.
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NewsBBC2 to turn bad dressers into style icons
Frumpy members of the public are to be forced to dress as dominatrixes, geishas and bunny girls for a BBC2 makeover series.
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NewsTop Up eyes E4 replacement
Top Up TV has drawn up a short-list of channels to replace E4 on its premium Freeview offering, with comedy channel Paramount said to be the preferred choice.
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Racing industry fails to match C4 demands
The racing industry has tabled a£1.6m offer to Channel 4 in a bid to convince it to continue broadcasting race meets - more than£6m less than channel executives have demanded.
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Sky and Chelsea scout for footballing talent
Premiership champions Chelsea FC have teamed up with Sky One for a£2m UK-wide talent search to find the club's next star.
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Ofcom relaxes rules on terrestrial branding
ITV could rebrand itself the 'Cadbury's Dairy Milk Channel' under new broadcasting codes unveiled by Ofcom.
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Big hitters join kids outfit
Former Fox Kids Europe chief executive Bruce Steinberg has been appointed as chief executive of Bob the Builderrights holder Hit Entertainment.
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Five get animated for TV
Enid Blyton's ginger beer guzzling adventurers, the Famous Five, are being given a new lease of life with an animated TV series.
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Five in race for Champs League
Five has tabled a 'substantial' bid for rights to Uefa Champions League football coverage, setting it up in a bidding war with commercial rival ITV, which is desperate to retain the lucrative competition.
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NewsRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares returns with 3.5m
The return of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmaresto Channel 4 managed a relatively low average of 3.5 million (15%) last night, down by 900,000 from the first series.
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NewsLRC turns a profit
The Local Radio Company, which runs 27 regional stations, has turned in its first profit after lifting turnover by almost 20% over the last six months.
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NewsOfcom prohibits hardcore TV porn
Ofcom has strengthened its broadcasting code to provide greater protection for under-18s from hard-core pornography.
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NewsC4 policy chief steps down
John Newbigin, Channel 4's head of corporate communications, is leaving the company after five years to pursue other interests.
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NewsPuttnam: Parliament must relax TV rules
The government is being pressed to relax the present straitjacket of rules governing the television reporting of Parliament after broadcasters revealed they have reduced their coverage because of them.
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NewsDyke firm in running for BBC Broadcast
The race to buy BBC Broadcast has been narrowed to four bidders, leaving Apax Partners - the company advised by Greg Dyke - with a strong chance to take over the corporation's promotion and distribution business.