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    BBC apologies for 'violent' trailer

    2005-06-15T10:08:14Z

    The BBC has been forced to apologise after complaints that a trailer for the Wimbledon 2005 tournament was 'violent and upsetting'.

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    Discovery poaches 3BM chief

    2005-06-15T10:14:20Z

    Discovery Channel has poached 3BM Television managing director Dan Korn to fill the new position of vice-president of production for the UK.

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    Jackson acquittal boosts Fox News

    2005-06-15T10:16:44Z

    US viewers flocked to the Fox News Channel to hear the verdict in the Michael Jackson case this week.

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    BBC appoints dedicated EU reporter

    2005-06-15T10:21:20Z

    The BBC has appointed a reporter to exclusively cover EU institutions as part of moves to bolster its European politics coverage.

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    US Office gets cautious welcome from UK

    2005-06-15T11:16:30Z

    The US version of the hit BBC series The Officegot off to a reasonable, if unspectacular, start on BBC3 with an average audience of 254,000 (1.7% of multichannel homes) at 9.30pm.

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    OFT investigates ITV SDN deal

    2005-06-15T11:24:08Z

    ITV's£134m acquisition of Freeview multiplex owner SDN is being investigated by The Office of Fair Trading for uncompetitive behaviour.

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    Warning on£200 licence fee

    2005-06-15T11:32:23Z

    Licence fee payers are facing an annual bill of£200 a year by 2012 to pay for the BBC and government's digital policies, it was claimed today.

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    Denis Norden's clip show draws 3m

    2005-06-15T12:19:13Z

    ITV1's decision to dump The Real Good Lifeand Fat Familiesin favour of a repeat episode of It'll Be Alright on the Nightbrought the channel only modest returns as the clip show averaged 3 million (14%) at 8pm.

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    C4 clinches racing deal

    2005-06-15T15:59:22Z

    Channel 4 has struck an eleventh hour deal to continue terrestrial horseracing coverage for at least another year.

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    T4 party gets a beach brand

    2005-06-15T18:26:26Z

    Design agency Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed and produced the branding for T4's summer party, T4 On the Beach. The brief covered the event from on-air trails and titles to billboards and a T4 bus livery. Director John Durrant and designer Carys Hull shot presenters ...

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    BBC picks indies for regions fund

    2005-06-16T07:48:50Z

    The BBC has unveiled the 11 indies set to benefit from its new£500,000 regional development fund.

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    BBC says C4 would be 'a good fit' for UKTV

    2005-06-16T07:49:00Z

    BBC Worldwide this week gave its blessing to Channel 4 becoming a joint-venture partner in UKTV, if Flextech decides to sell its 50% stake.

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    ITV opens doors at Prehistoric Park

    2005-06-16T07:49:35Z

    ITV is making a late bid to cash in on viewers' obsession with CGI-animated dinosaurs by commissioning a Jurassic Park-style series from the makers of Walking with Dinosaurs.

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    Sky mixes it up in bid to hit 10m target

    2005-06-16T07:50:00Z

    Sky is scrapping its basic package options and replacing them with a series of genre-based packages in a bid to help reach its target of 10 million subscribers.

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    The Thick of It's Iannucci to write BBC2 comedy

    2005-06-16T07:50:02Z

    Armando Iannucci is to write a new comedy series for BBC2, following the success of his BBC4 political satire The Thick of It.

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    Darlow signs up Sattin

    2005-06-16T07:50:04Z

    Factual indie Principal Television is being wound down after chief executive Richard Sattin accepted a new role at Darlow Smithson.

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    Diverse sets up shop in New York

    2005-06-16T07:50:06Z

    Diverse has won its first original commission in the US and opened a New York office to produce it.

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    Unions ready to talk on cuts

    2005-06-16T07:50:08Z

    Detailed talks on where exactly the first wave of job cuts at the BBC will fall could start within weeks following a meeting between BBC unions and director general Mark Thompson last week.

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    VH1 hunts for an INXS rock idol

    2005-06-16T07:50:10Z

    VH1 has bagged exclusive UK rights for a high profile American reality show following rock band INXS's search for a new frontman.

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    Sony takes a stake in Shine

    2005-06-16T07:50:12Z

    Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has bought a minority stake in Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine.