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    Never had it so good?

    2005-03-17T08:00:00Z

    The success of the big players in the indie world must not be allowed to threaten those working on a smaller scale.

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    Producers warn on rise of super-indies

    2005-03-17T07:50:55Z

    The rise of the super-indie is a growing concern for smaller independent producers who fear their increasing domination of the sector, according to this year's BroadcastIndie Survey.

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    RDF looks at April float

    2005-03-17T07:50:50Z

    RDF Media has hired stockbrokers Investec to prepare the company for flotation on the London Stock Exchange as early as the end of April.

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    Springer lined up for Trisha slot

    2005-03-17T07:50:18Z

    Controversial US TV talk-show king Jerry Springer is set to front a new ITV daytime show being lined up to replace Trisha.

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    ITV and C4 look at taking UKTV stake

    2005-03-17T07:50:16Z

    ITV and Channel 4 have held separate talks with UKTV's owners, the BBC and Flextech, about taking a stake in the multichannel network.

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    Channel 4 bans F words from The F Word

    2005-03-17T07:50:14Z

    Ofcom can breathe a sigh of relief - Gordon Ramsay's new cookery show, The F Word, will have to be subjected to the swear bleeper because Channel 4 wants it for a pre-watershed slot.

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    BBC braced for more job cuts

    2005-03-17T07:50:12Z

    BBC staff are bracing themselves for the second swathe of major job cuts, with director general Mark Thompson expected to announce on Monday that at least another 1,200 jobs will go over the next three years.

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    ITV sheds 95 staff across regions

    2005-03-17T07:50:10Z

    Nearly 100 jobs have been cut by ITV following Ofcom's decision to allow the broadcaster to halve its non-news regional output.

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    Ant & Dec to front classic ITV gameshows

    2005-03-17T07:50:08Z

    Ant and Dec are being lined up to host a series of classic gameshows such as Bullseye, The Golden Shotand Blockbusters, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary plans.

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    Jackson plans UK outfit

    2005-03-17T07:50:06Z

    Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson is looking to set up his own production outfit in the UK after his plans to buy up indies fell through.

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    World of Wonder puts price on Jacko trial

    2005-03-17T07:50:04Z

    World of Wonder is to investigate exactly how much money the Californian town of Santa Maria is making out of the Michael Jackson trial with a film for Sky One.

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    O'Hara victim of GWR merger

    2005-03-17T07:50:02Z

    John O'Hara, programme director of Capital Radio's regional network, has become the latest casualty of the groups£711m merger with Classic FM-owner GWR.

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    Interviews start for BBC1 head

    2005-03-17T07:50:00Z

    Interviews are underway for the new controller of BBC1, with an announcement on the successful candidate expected shortly after Easter.

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    TV news protest over hunt ruling

    2005-03-17T07:49:00Z

    News broadcasters have applied for a judicial review over a court ruling forcing them to hand over footage from last September's violent pro-hunt demonstrations to a police watchdog.

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    Kuraishe takes factual role at C4

    2005-03-16T17:02:34Z

    Channel 4 has appointed Ruby Kuraishe as editor of factual entertainment. Kuraishe moves from the C4 entertainment team, where as deputy commissioning editor she worked on Friday night projects and upcoming dating series Playing It Straight. In her new role she will work across C4 and ...

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    ITV1 falls to lowest peaktime share this year

    2005-03-16T12:34:15Z

    ITV1 slumped yesterday to its lowest peaktime share this year with just 18.8% as the first half of its new series First Love, Second Chanceaveraged just 2.2 million (12%) at 10pm.

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    GSB's Ovens made redundant

    2005-03-16T12:03:10Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting managing director Rob Ovens has been made redundant and will leave at the end of March.

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    Emma B quits Radio 1

    2005-03-16T11:54:54Z

    BBC Radio 1 DJ Emma B is leaving the station after seven years and will be replaced by 1Xtra presenter Letitia SD.

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    Website offers 'free' Sky channels

    2005-03-16T10:24:08Z

    BSkyB is investigating a website that is offering a selection of its subscription channels, including the Playboy Channel, for free.

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    Thompson faces Lords over Fearon payment

    2005-03-16T10:17:01Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has assured Parliament that a film about Tony Martin burglar Brendan Fearon will be vetted by executives at the highest level prior to transmission.