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    Joining the club

    2005-06-16T08:00:00Z

    Former top TV executive Richard Eyre's first novel, The Club, may take a few liberties with the truth, but Roy Addison couldn't help recognising the politics at the heart of the story

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    Reality check for broadcasters

    2005-06-16T08:00:00Z

    With half a dozen ITV reality shows suffering an ignominious fate in the past year, the stakes are high as everyone searches for the elusive formula for success. Katy Elliott looks at the shows that flopped and what can be learnt from their failure

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    Virgin goes head to head with Planet Rock

    2005-06-16T08:00:00Z

    Virgin Radio is taking its digital rock station live in a bid to go head to head with GCap rival service Planet Rock.

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    Commission me, you git

    2005-06-16T08:00:00Z

    TV executives claim to be always on the lookout for exciting ideas, but never seem to grasp them when they come their way.

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    Untouchable? Absurd

    2005-06-16T08:00:00Z

    The idea that the future of the BBC is somehow safeguarded today is wide of the mark. Thompson's reforms are critical.

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    BBC and Pact say WOCC can roll

    2005-06-16T07:50:32Z

    The BBC's controversial Window of Creative Competition (WOCC), which opens up a further 25% of output to external suppliers, will be introduced before the end of the summer.

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    Five invests in US imports

    2005-06-16T07:50:30Z

    Five has splashed out on a host of shows from the LA Screenings, including a comedy inspired by the childhood experiences of comic Chris Rock and a Jennifer Lopez-produced drama.

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    Nickelodeon to promote healthy eating

    2005-06-16T07:50:14Z

    Nickelodeon is hoping to discourage the government from banning lucrative fast food ads by ploughing over£1m into a series of programmes championing healthy eating.

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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.

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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.