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    Xfm's O'Connell wins Sony.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Chris Moyles may have turned around the fortunes of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show but he was trumped at this week's Sony Radio Academy Awards by Xfm's Christian O'Connell, writes Michael Rosser.

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    ITV BUMPS TROUBLE IN PARADISE FROM PEAK.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    ITV has pulled Endemol's primetime reality show Trouble in Paradise after only two episodes after it

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    C4 FAVOURITE TO AIR FRIENDS SPIN-OFF JOEY.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Channel 4 is set to pick up Friends spin-off Joey. C4 has a first-look deal with

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    ONLY SIX LEFT FOR BBC2 CONTROLLERSHIP.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett this week began the second round interviews for the BBC2

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    PANORAMA TO MAKE IRAQ TORTURE SPECIAL.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    BBC1 is to screen a special 60-minute Panorama investigation at 21.00 on Wednesday (19 May) into

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    TV CORP RULES OUT DYKE FOR CHAIRMANSHIP.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The Television Corporation has ruled out appointing former BBC director general Greg Dyke as its new

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    BBC brings on black writers for Crouches.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The creator and writer of the controversial BBC1 sitcom The Crouches, about a black family in south-east London, has stood aside from the second series in order to allow new black writers to take over, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Ten Alps hires Norton exec.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Peter Kessler, producer of So Graham Norton and the Mrs Merton Show, has been appointed as Ten Alps TV's first head of programmes, writes Michael Rosser.

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    BBC3 criticised by governors.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and

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    ITV Westcountry secures first network order.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    ITV Westcountry has been commissioned to make its first drama programme for the network with a 90-minute broadcast pilot about a Devon-based detective, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Premiership struggles with form.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The Premiership, ITV1's football highlights show, has seen a fluctuation in its fortunes over the current season but still supplies a strong male audience, writes Jon Rogers.

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    10 MOST RECENT PREMIERSHIPS.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The show's audience, to some extent, will vary depending on who was playing that particular week.

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    LRC SEEKS MILLIONS.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The Local Radio Company (LRC), headed by the former management team of Jazz FM, is seeking

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    GRANADA MD SEARCH.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    Granada TV this week kicked off a round of interviews to replace managing director Brenda Smith

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    FREE RACING ON SKY.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The Horse Racing Channel, the channel being planned by racecourses to rival Arena/BSkyB consortium Attheraces, will

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    MERIDIAN MOVES NEWS.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    Meridian is moving its south-east news centre, now based in New Hythe, to the Maidstone Studios.

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    TWO BOSSES AT IF.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The BBC is to replace Peter Barron, the editor of BBC2's analysis strand If, with two

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    CHRYSALIS RADIO UP.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    Chrysalis has reported a 23% boost in revenues for its radio division. The group, which includes

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    COMMISSIONING - Voodoo to make video shock doc.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo has picked up a series of commissions, including a Saturday night

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    BBC drafts in its own 'Jane Tennison'.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The BBC is set to launch a new long-running crime series featuring a hard-edged female detective after buying the rights to six novels by author John Connor, writes Leigh Holmwood.