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    De Mol takes stake in Hit

    2004-12-08T10:11:36Z

    Endemol founder John de Mol has taken a 5% stake in Hit Entertainment sparking renewed speculation over ownership of the children's indie.

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    Ad revenue up at Jetix

    2004-12-08T10:08:58Z

    Pan-European kids entertainment group Jetix Europe has posted a 12% rise in revenue thanks to a hike in advertising sales during 2004.

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    BBC staff consider their futures

    2004-12-08T09:43:45Z

    BBC staff were this morning considering their futures following director general Mark Thompson's announcement yesterday that at least 2,900 of them will soon be out of a job and another 1,800 will have to re-locate from London to Manchester.

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    BBC's The Culture Show accused of titles rip-off

    2004-12-08T09:06:24Z

    A German broadcaster has complained that the opening titles for BBC2's new The Culture Showare strikingly similar to that of its leading arts strand.

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    PEER POLL SPECIAL: BBC shake-up

    2004-12-07T18:22:35Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the BBC emerge stronger from the job cuts and measures being proposed by Mark Thompson?

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    I'm a Celebrity final gets 10.9m

    2004-12-07T11:45:54Z

    The final of ITV1's reality show I'm a Celebrity? Get Me Out of Here! averaged 10.9 million, a fall of 3.2 million from the last series.

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    BBC staff braced for job cuts

    2004-12-07T10:43:50Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has unveiled sweeping changes to the corporation that will see up to 6,000 jobs cut and the children's department, sport and Radio 5 Live moved to Manchester.

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    Endemol fined£15,000 for asbestos exposure

    2004-12-07T10:41:04Z

    Big Brother creator Endemol has had to pay out almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos on the set of BBC talent show Fame Academy.

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    GSB sheds 23 jobs

    2004-12-07T10:38:24Z

    Twenty-three people have been made redundant at Granada Sky Broadcasting, in the first batch of departures since ITV bought BSkyB's stake in the channel operator.

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    Mowlam heads Emap Belfast FM bid

    2004-12-07T10:28:01Z

    Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Emap's bid to roll out its a Kerrang! rock music brand in Belfast.

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    Jowell dismisses MPs ITV rebellion

    2004-12-07T10:08:51Z

    ITV looks set to be given the green light to scrap its non-news regional programmes after media secretary Tessa Jowell agreed that the broadcaster was losing money on such programmes.

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    Absolute joins Manchester FM bids

    2004-12-07T09:50:19Z

    Absolute Radio has revealed it will bid for a lucrative new FM licence in Manchester with a music station aimed at the over 40s market.

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    Broadcast Awards shortlist published

    2004-12-06T13:00:32Z

    Green Wing , Shameless , Strictly Come Dancing and hard-hitting BBC3 drama Bodies , are among the programmes doing battle for the title of Best New Show at the ...

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    Top Gear finds 4.8m

    2004-12-06T12:50:42Z

    BBC2 raced ahead of its elder sibling last night as motoring show Top Gear in the ratings took 4.8 million (18%) at 8pm. BBC1 fell to its lowest Sunday night performance since May.

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    CBeebies editor quits

    2004-12-06T10:43:30Z

    The editor of the BBC's digital pre-school channel CBeebies is to leave the corporation to set up his own indie, but has denied his departure is connected to the impending move of the department to Manchester.

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    50 more jobs to go in ITV regions

    2004-12-06T10:35:25Z

    More than 50 jobs are facing the axe in Manchester and Leeds, as a result of the new digital news technology being introduced across ITV.

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    SMG spends£1.3m on SPL coverage

    2004-12-06T10:29:43Z

    SMG has pumped£1.3m into its production resources arm in a bid to make its coverage of the Scottish Premier League as good as Sky's coverage of the Premiership.

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    Woodward poised for C4 exit

    2004-12-06T10:25:01Z

    Channel 4's commercial director Rob Woodward is set to leave the broadcaster, casting doubt over the future of its commercial division 4 Ventures.

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    Gaydar beefs up with£1.5m investment

    2004-12-06T10:16:57Z

    Gay digital radio station Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division.

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    OFF THE RECORD - PARDON MY FRENCH.

    2004-12-03T16:42:40Z

    Speaking of wild and crazy guys, C4 chairman Luke Johnson had the Voice of the Viewer