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    The freedom to offend

    2005-06-02T08:00:00Z

    With Ofcom's new broadcasting code about to come into effect, David Wood looks at the new freedoms broadcasters will be enjoying, from outraging religious sensibilities to getting companies to sponsor channels

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    C4's new media triple player

    2005-06-02T08:00:00Z

    Launching a mobile phone portal for Big Brotherfans is just the beginning for Channel 4's new media chief Andy Taylor, for whom three is the magic number. By Michelle Webster

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    Let the viewers decide

    2005-06-02T08:00:00Z

    Ofcom's broadcast code is over-protective towards viewers and risks stifling the creative and financial contribution advertisers can make to programming, writes Amanda Bannister.

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    Taking unfair advantage

    2005-06-02T08:00:00Z

    Exploitative employers get away with bad practice because staff who work in TV care about their work.

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    Extra£220m for BBC new media...

    2005-06-02T07:50:52Z

    The BBC is planning to spend around£220m a year, well over half of the money saved by its proposals to cut 3,780 jobs, on new media projects and digital services.

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    ... as unions give Thompson 7-day deadline

    2005-06-02T07:50:51Z

    Unions have fired off a letter to the BBC calling for further talks with director general Mark Thompson in the next seven days, or they will resume strike action.

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    ITV to make The Big Call

    2005-06-02T07:50:50Z

    ITV1 has greenlit a Saturday night primetime quiz show from Granada Manchester, which it hopes will match the unprecedented success of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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    Pact rejects compulsory code for indies

    2005-06-02T07:50:12Z

    Pact has done little to reassure freelancers in the wake of pressure group TV Wrap's campaign about exploitative working practices by independent production companies.

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    C4 hires Henwood for new business

    2005-06-02T07:50:10Z

    Channel 4 has handed former NTL director of television Rod Henwood the new role of new business director at the broadcaster, replacing former commercial director Rob Woodward.

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    Bidding war begins for US drama Prison Break

    2005-06-02T07:50:08Z

    Fox's Prison Breakhas emerged as this year's 'must have' drama at the LA Screenings, with Channel 4, Sky One, ITV and Five all locked in a bidding contest to secure UK broadcast rights for the show.

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    Baby Cow opens Manchester office

    2005-06-02T07:50:06Z

    Baby Cow Productions, the independent production company formed by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal and which is behind BBC comedy hit Nighty Night, is to set up a Manchester base.

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    ITN wins More4 news contract

    2005-06-02T07:50:04Z

    Channel 4 has handed ITN the contract to produce a daily news programme for its new free-to-air service More4.

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    ITV Yorkshire sports loss

    2005-06-02T07:50:02Z

    Former ITV Yorkshire head of sport Nick Beaumont has left to set up an indie taking with him regional flagship show Soccer Night Extraand two of its producers, following ITV's decision to halve regional non-news programming to 1.5 hours a week.

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    Bookies handed reprieve by C4

    2005-06-02T07:50:00Z

    Channel 4 has given the racing industry an eleventh-hour reprieve in a bid to keep coverage of the sport on TV.

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    C4 set to extend BB deal with Endemol

    2005-06-02T07:50:00Z

    Channel 4 is in advanced talks with indie Endemol to secure a further two series of reality juggernaut Big Brother, which kicked off its sixth series last week.

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    Broadcasters slam Ofcom privacy code

    2005-06-02T07:48:30Z

    Broadcasters have hit out at new privacy rules in the broadcasting code published by regulator Ofcom last week, claiming they will compromise their ability to cover major disasters.

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    ITV trials tec quiz

    2005-06-02T07:48:00Z

    Fans of TV detective shows are to get their own quiz show on ITV1.

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    Ludus lets France into secrets of magic

    2005-06-01T15:03:47Z

    Producer and distributor Ludus has shifted Objective Productions' Secrets of Magicto TF1 in France. The show, in which a series of accomplished magicians reveal the tricks of their trade, is being lined up by the commercial broadcaster for a one-off autumn special. Endemol France has been ...

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    Format focus: the law firm

    2005-06-01T15:01:06Z

    In this NBC format, 12 lawyers compete in a number of real court cases to win a $250,000 prize.

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    EU set to lift TV advertising restrictions

    2005-06-01T12:09:37Z

    Restrictions on the amount of advertising broadcasters can show could be lifted under plans devised by the European Union's media commissioner Viviane Reding.