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    BBC tops list at kids Baftas.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    BBC drama Behind Closed Doors, which looked at domestic violence from a child's point of view,

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    LNN MAN BACK TO BBC.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    London News Network (LNN) head of news Malcolm Balen is to return to BBC News as

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    BECK BACK IN RUSSIA.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    BBC World Service has appointed Sara Beck as head of its Russian division. Beck began her

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    Re:covered axed for TOTP spin-off.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    BBC3 IS TO axe its music show Re:covered after just two series and replace it with

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    NEW LAWS TO PROTECT AGAINST PIRATES.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    Broadcasters will be able to hit back against pirates who copy and sell their programmes, thanks

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    TV and radio ads may fall under ASA.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    ITV has welcomed proposals for new super-regulator Ofcom to hand over responsibility for television and radio advertising to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), writes Paul Revoir.

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    TOP 10 SPORTS EVENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

    2003-11-05T10:27:47Z

    While England's match against Samoa might have brought a healthy audience to ITV1 it was nowhere

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    Pilkington quits Sky for Monkey.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    Sky One's senior commissioning executive for factual entertainment, Jo Pilkington, is leaving to join independent production company Monkey, writes Paul Revoir.

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    ITV supports regional fund.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    ITV has again given its backing to a regional production fund that offers£2m to companies outside the M25 to make shows for the ITV network, writes Paul Revoir.

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    NEWS CONFERENCES IN MERGER TALKS.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    The organiser of Newsworld, the annual conference for the news industry, are in merge talks with

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    UKTV channel launch targets youth.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    UKTV is to drop its time-shift channel UK Gold 2, which shows UK Gold programmes 12 hours later, and replace it with a new channel with a target audience of younger, more contemporary viewers, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Comment - A question of cash.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    To compete for audience share, Five needs to keep its creative talent - and for that it needs more cash, says Conor Dignam, Editor.

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    LONDON TONIGHT WINS TOP RTS AWARD.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    London News Network's (LNN) London Tonight won best news programme at the Royal Television Society's London

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    ITV takes ad spots on terrestrial rival.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    ITV has begun promoting its programmes on a rival terrestrial channel for the first time in a bid to pull in new audiences, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 unveils winter shows.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    Bob Geldof's indie Ten Alps Broadcasting is to make a nightly topical debate show for Channel

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    At It to make C4 pop event.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to create a new live music event following confirmation that the annual broadcast events from Top of the Pops and Smash Hits have been dropped this year, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    ITV1 drama reveals Hitler invasion plan.

    2003-11-05T10:27:46Z

    Nazi troops are to be shown marching up The Mall while Adolf Hitler will be seen waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in a major new ITV drama that reconstructs Hitler's plans for the invasion of Britain, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Lighting to tell C4: no more poaching.

    2003-11-05T10:27:45Z

    Five's chief executive, Jane Lighting, is to hold talks with her Channel 4 counterpart, Mark Thompson, this week over claims that Kevin Lygo has broken the 'no poaching' agreement he signed with Five.

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    BBC3 turns to orient for new comedy show.

    2003-11-05T10:27:45Z

    BBC3 is to launch the UK's first comedy show entirely written by and starring British oriental talent with a new show to be made by Steve Coogan's indie, Baby Cow, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    OFF THE RECORD - MORE WHOZAT THAN HOWZAT FOR TUFNELL.

    2003-11-05T10:27:43Z

    Perhaps the most interesting revelation was that ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosen-crantz had told the