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Making digital compute
With awareness of digital switchover at worryingly low levels, SwitchCo had better pull its finger out.
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The indie comeback king
Mick Pilsworth wants to make his mark after the failed 2002 MBO of Chrysalis by taking his indie onto AIM and looking to acquire smaller producers
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The Apprentice: the sequel
I've really been surprised by the BBC lately. On two counts. First, a triumph - Casanovagrabbed me by the waistcoat and rocked my world for three all-too-short weeks. Second... well, a missed opportunity. In a world of multichannel rating gazumping I'd have thought every artistic and ...
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How to look in all the right places
With an apparently inexhaustible demand for serious history programming as well as for clip shows and top 10s, the people who track down old footage are more important than ever.
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All is not lost for radio
GCap's disappointing results aside, there is no reason why on-demand technology shouldn't be able to deliver higher audiences for radio
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Strike to hit BBC
The BBC is facing nationwide strikes by thousands of workers after the three major unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.
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BBC doc looks at tsunami
BBC1 is to dive deep under the waves of the Indian Ocean for a multimillion-pound programme which will attempt to uncover exactly what triggered last year's devastating Asian tsunami.
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ITV restages Gunpowder Plot
ITV is to build an exact replica of the old Houses of Parliament and then blow it up for a new show looking at what would have happened if the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot had been a success.
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TV Wrap to 'out' 30 indies
Pressure group TV Wrap will this Friday hand Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers.
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Pilger plans cinema release for next film
Campaigning journalist John Pilger is positioning himself to be Britain's answer to Michael Moore by lining up his next film for a cinematic release.
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Flexton wins brief for Extreme show
Scream Films has lost out on a lucrative contract to make the second series of Extreme Makeover UKfor Living TV, after its head of entertainment, Paul Flexton, quit to set up his own indie and poached the show.
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Channel 4 hires Jamie producer for docs role
Channel 4 has handed the series producer of its hard-hitting Jamie's School Dinnersprogramme a factual commissioning job.
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BBC plans classification system
The BBC is developing a PG-style classification system for its programmes in a bid to head off any attempt by Ofcom to impose its own labelling framework.
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National Skills Day set for 26 May
A masterclass on the making of the new Doctor Who, digital camera workshops and opening up offices and buildings to other companies, are all on the agenda for the first ever National Skills Day, taking place on Thursday 26 May 2005.
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RDF in Manchester deal
RDF Media is poised to buy a Manchester indie and has poached ITV Granada controller of regionals and channels Kieron Collins in preparation for the move.
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ITV Wildlife boss to exit
Granada wildlife chief Brian Leith, the executive behind ITV's new Deep Jungleseries, looks set to quit.
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E4 to party 24 hours a day by adding music
Channel 4 is turning digital entertainment channel E4 into a 24-hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.
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Mortal blow for Celeb Wrestling
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has moved to address the channel's Saturday night ratings slide by taking the axe to teatime turkey Celebrity Wrestlinghalfway through its run.
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Purnell named broadcasting minister
James Purnell, a former BBC executive turned MP, has been named the new broadcasting minister.
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BBC unions vote to strike
The BBC is braced for strikes, after the three major unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over job cuts.