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    Commissioner's Q&A - Mark Wild.

    2004-12-10T16:51:55Z

    Animal Planet UK commissioning editor and executive producer Mark Wild is developing a docu-soap about a group of meerkats and is looking to commission other fresh perspectives on the animal world.

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    C4 film probes US racists.

    2004-12-10T16:51:55Z

    Leopard Films is making a film for Channel 4 following an American attorney's quest to bring down a white supremacist group by getting most of its members served with the death penalty, writes Maria Esposito.

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    Discovery H&L orders for i2i.

    2004-12-10T16:51:55Z

    Indie i2i Television has been greenlit to make five series for Discovery Home & Leisure, writes Susan Thompson.

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    GAYDAR EXPANDS.

    2004-12-10T16:51:54Z

    Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening

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    ENDEMOL FINED.

    2004-12-10T16:51:54Z

    Endemol UK has been forced to pay almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos

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    SKY DROPS FASHION TV.

    2004-12-10T16:51:54Z

    Fashion TV (FTV) has been removed from its slot on the Sky line-up because of a

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    Commissioning - BBC investigates richest Russians.

    2004-12-10T16:51:54Z

    BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a raft of documentaries and contemporary factual series from indies,

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    Yipp gets C4 order about living with cancer.

    2004-12-10T16:51:54Z

    Yipp Films is to follow up its award-winning documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off with a Channel 4 film exploring the friendship of two men brought together through chemotherapy, writes Paul Revoir.

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    JOBS GO AT GRANADA.

    2004-12-10T16:51:53Z

    Twenty-three people have been made redundant at Granada Sky Broadcasting following the axing of its channel

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    CBEEBIES BOSS QUITS.

    2004-12-10T16:51:53Z

    The editor of BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, Paul Shuttleworth, is to leave the corporation on 11

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    MOWLAM IN EMAP BID.

    2004-12-10T16:51:53Z

    Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Broadcast publisher Emap's

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    Jowell backs ITV regional cutbacks.

    2004-12-10T16:51:53Z

    ITV looks set to be given the green light to phase out its non-news regional programmes after media secretary Tessa Jowell agreed with Ofcom that such content was unsustainable, writes David Rose.

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    Woodward to quit after C4 restructure.

    2004-12-10T16:51:53Z

    Channel 4 is to fold key chunks of commercial division 4 Ventures, such as E4, back into the main channel in a move that will see the departure of 4Ventures chief Rob Woodward, writes Maria Esposito.

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    BBC rejects Barwise findings on BBC3 and 4.

    2004-12-10T16:51:53Z

    The BBC has rejected the key recommendation of a government-backed report that called for its digital television channels BBC3 and BBC4 to become more mainstream, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Industry gathers to debate Ofcom's PSP.

    2004-12-10T16:51:52Z

    Ofcom's controversial proposal to create a public service publisher with a£300m annual budget was put

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    DE MOL INVESTS IN HIT.

    2004-12-10T16:51:52Z

    Endemol founder John de Mol has taken a 5% stake in Hit Entertainment. De Mol has

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    BROADCAST AWARDS.

    2004-12-10T16:51:52Z

    The 10th annual Broadcast Awards have attracted a record number of entries with more than 400

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    GRADE'S IDEA FOR AGM.

    2004-12-10T16:51:52Z

    BBC chairman Michael Grade has proposed creating a 'virtual AGM' for viewers and listeners as part

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    MAVERICK HIRINGS.

    2004-12-10T16:51:51Z

    Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has appointed two non-executive directors to the board. They are Sally Luton,

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    BHOPAL HOAX PROBED.

    2004-12-10T16:51:50Z

    The BBC has launched an investigation after it was tricked into broadcasting a live interview with