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    Ratings

    A Thing Called Love seduces 5.2m

    2004-09-29T12:21:53Z

    BBC1's new drama A Thing Called Love kicked-off with 5.2 million (23.9%) in the face of live football action.

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    News

    Ofcom to set out future framework of PSB

    2004-09-29T12:47:42Z

    Ofcom will tomorrow propose a new framework for public service television in the UK - amid growing speculation over the BBC's monopoly on the licence fee.

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    Lewis quits GWR for ITV Wales

    2004-09-30T07:50:00Z

    Roger Lewis has quit as managing director of GWR's Classic FM to become managing director of ITV Wales.

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    Ex-ITV head to take Mentorn creative post

    2004-09-30T07:50:05Z

    ITV's former controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion, Steve Anderson, is joining the indie sector as creative director of Mentorn.

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    BBC loses second drama head as 19 hires Young

    2004-09-30T07:50:10Z

    BBC controller of continuing drama series Mal Young is to join Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment as director of drama.

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    Wrigley in exit from Talkback

    2004-09-30T07:50:15Z

    Talkback Thames' head of factual entertainment, Ruth Wrigley, has quit the company amid a restructuring of her department and a raft of new arrivals.

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    BBC mulls over Panorama shift

    2004-09-30T07:50:20Z

    Proposals to move Panorama back to a weekday peaktime slot have been prepared by BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks.

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    Carling considers music TV channel

    2004-09-30T07:50:25Z

    Lager giant Carling is exploring launching a music TV channel to showcase concerts from major venues like Brixton Academy.

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    BBC: watershed move jeopardises factual

    2004-09-30T07:50:30Z

    Important factual programmes could be pushed out of peaktime slots under Ofcom proposals to tighten up the watershed, the BBC has claimed.

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    Nickelodeon set to take ITV1 kids slot

    2004-09-30T07:50:32Z

    ITV1 is close to signing a deal with Nickelodeon UK, which will see the terrestrial broadcaster handing over its weekday afternoon CiTV schedule to the Viacom and BSkyB joint-venture.

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    Sky exec exits suddenly after heckling Dyke at RTS

    2004-09-30T07:50:34Z

    BSkyB's commercial director, Martin Goswami, has left the satellite giant suddenly just days after he loudly heckled Greg Dyke during the former director general's speech at a special RTS dinner last week.

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    New owner lined up for TWI

    2004-09-30T07:50:36Z

    TWI, one of the UK's biggest indies and the producer behind Superstars , is about to be bought out by a new owner - pumping significant investment into the company for acquisitions and expansion.

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    Wright buys into Portman

    2004-09-30T07:51:00Z

    Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright has taken a controlling stake in Portman Film and TV, the distributor of shows including Buffalo Pictures' ITV drama Doc Martin.

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    Carter: we won't top slice the BBC

    2004-09-30T07:51:02Z

    Ofcom chief Stephen Carter has told Broadcast that the BBC should continue to be 'fully funded' - suggesting Ofcom will not propose 'top slicing' the licence fee as part of its strategy for public service broadcasting beyond 2007.

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    BBC2 to examine world disasters

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to recreate how some of the world's most horrific recent disasters occurred, in a new series of drama-documentaries for BBC2.

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    Channel 4 targets grey market for daytime

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to cash in on the grey market in its daytime schedule, ordering a long-running series about middle-aged people undergoing major life changes.

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    C4 to air health treatment doc

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is continuing the quest for self-improvement with a documentary series in which a series of celebrities try extreme health treatments around the world.

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    Channel 4 rebooks Green Wing

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered a second series of hospital comedy Green Wing from indie Talkback before the first run has even finished.

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    Tiger to make Vicar Christmas special

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Tiger Aspect is producing a Christmas special of comedy series The Vicar of Dibley for BBC1. Richard Curtis will be writing the show with Paul Mayhew-Archer, as well as executive producing alongside Jon Plowman and Peter Bennett-Jones. While the storyline has not been re-vealed, the ...

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    C4 orders second Shariah TV series

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4's commissioning editor for religion, Aaquil Ahmed, has ordered a second series of Shariah TV. The 8 x 60-minute show explores what it means to be British and Muslim in the current political climate. Produced by CTVC, the series will feature Islamic scholars ...