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    ITV kids launch doesn't take off.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    ITV's replacement for its Saturday morning children's show SM:TV Live failed to find a sizeable audience in its first outing at the weekend, writes Jon Rogers.

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    PA/BBC NEWS DEAL.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Foreign news broadcasters will be able to use BBC news footage on the same day the

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    BROADCAST LAUNCHES GREEN LIGHT.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Green Light - a new service that allows Broadcast readers to search more than 1,000 commissioned

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    Five boosts commissioning.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Five has bolstered its senior commissioning team by appointing Steve Gowans as its new head of factual and promoting Liam Humphreys to head of factual entertainment, writes Glen Mutel.

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    THAMES DRAMA BOOST.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Thames Television head of drama Paul Marquess has made two key drama appointments for The Bill

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    SHAREHOLDERS GIVE BLESSING TO ITV MERGER.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Carlton and Granada shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger of ITV at separate extraordinary general meetings this

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    BBC DIGITAL CURRICULUM OPEN FOR PITCHES.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Indies have officially been invited to pitch for commissions for the BBC's controversial£150m digital curriculum

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    BBC SCOTLAND GAP.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    BBC Scotland is looking for a new controller after John McCormick decided to retire. He will

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    Oneword cuts all staff jobs.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    The entire full-time staff of digital radio station Oneword - twice winner of the Sony digital station of the year - have been made redundant ahead of a major restructure, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    JOWELL: NO PLANS TO BAN JUNK FOOD ADS.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell has ruled out implementing a ban on junk food advertising to children.

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    Uden goes into administration.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Indie Uden Associates has been forced into administration after 22 years of programme making owing to

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    BBC3 gives Vaughan another shot.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Johnny Vaughan, whose BBC3 chat show was dropped last year, is to return to the digital channel with a new live entertainment show, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    TOP 10 KIDS PROGRAMMES IN 2003.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    In 2003 BBC1 continued to occupy an apparently unassailable position among four to 15-year-olds. Old favourites,

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    US job for ITV's Jackson.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    Granada director of international production Paul Jackson has been named chief executive of Granada America, despite having said he was not going to apply for the job, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Setanta puts off Freeview launch.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    Irish broadcaster Setanta has postponed plans to launch a digital free-to-air sports channel on Freeview.The company

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    Comment - Foregone conclusions.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    We are promised a radical review of PSB, but there are signs that the status quo will largely survive the process.

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    Celebrities enter Hell's Kitchen.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    ITV has signed highly strung chef Gordon Ramsay to star in a new live entertainment show in which he hires a group of celebrities to help him run a restaurant, writes Paul Revoir.

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    BSkyB to terror-proof transmission service.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    BSKYB is building a state of the art emergency back-up centre in Hampshire amid fears that its Osterley HQ could be exposed to an environmental disaster or a terrorist attack, writes Paul Revoir.

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    BBC restricts reporters.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    The BBC is to rein in the amount of comment and speculation in its news output

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    Tory panel split over BBC.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    A former BBC high flier drafted in by David Elstein to advise the Tory party on