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    Five makes model reality show

    2005-01-13T07:50:06Z

    Five's next foray into reality television will be a hunt for a new supermodel in a show hosted by Rod Stewart's ex-wife Rachel Hunter.

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    Hat Trick can Think Big

    2005-01-13T07:50:04Z

    Hat Trick Productions has won a slice of the BBC's£12m 'Think Big' fund to produce a major reality series about nine young couples on the brink of parenthood.

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    ITV and BBC tie over top shows

    2005-01-13T07:50:02Z

    Honours for the number of most watched shows of 2004 were largely split between ITV1 and BBC1 with the commercial network slightly ahead with 50 programmes in the top 100.

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    UPC set to buy Zone Vision

    2005-01-13T07:50:00Z

    Zone Vision, UK-based owner of the Reality TV channel, is likely to be bought by Europe's biggest cable operator, United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC).

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    Yorkshire tops TV hours table

    2005-01-13T07:49:30Z

    Independent producers in Yorkshire and Humber produced more hours of television than any other UK region or nation outside London last year.

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    Auschwitz doc draws 3.9m

    2005-01-12T11:50:46Z

    BBC2's harrowing documentary series on the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz was a surprise hit with viewers, reaching a peak of 3.9 million (15%) half-way through.

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    Teachers' TV launches early February

    2005-01-12T11:10:40Z

    Teachers' TV, the government-backed digital TV service for education professionals, is to launch on 8 February.

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    Greer: Big Brother is a bully

    2005-01-12T09:48:45Z

    Feminist writer and academic Germaine Greer has branded Channel 4's CelebrityBig Brothera psychological bully after her shock exit from the reality show yesterday (Tuesday).

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    Evans to help present UK Radio Aid

    2005-01-12T09:42:35Z

    Chris Evans is to return to the airwaves after an absence of nearly four years as part of a nationwide fundraising campaign for victims of the Asian tsunami.

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    BBC struggles over 'terrorist' phrase

    2005-01-12T09:34:36Z

    The BBC has admitted to MPs that it is still struggling to find acceptable language to describe 'terrorists' which does not upset the Muslim community.

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    Sky to reconstruct Jackson trial

    2005-01-12T09:11:58Z

    Courtroom reconstructions of Michael Jackson's forthcoming trial are to be shown on Sky One and Sky News as part of a deal between BSkyB and US network E! Entertainment Television.

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    Peers force second BBC inquiry

    2005-01-12T09:05:39Z

    Ministers and BBC executives are to be forced by peers to face a second Parliamentary inquiry into the BBC's future.

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    LRC snaps up Liverpool radio station

    2005-01-11T11:57:16Z

    The Local Radio Company (LRC), the business founded by the former chief executive of Jazz FM, has made its first acquisition in Liverpool.

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    Vote for Me appeals to just 1.2m

    2005-01-11T11:52:56Z

    ITV1's new Political Idol-style show, Vote for Me, failed to win over the viewers with just 1.2 million (11%) at 11pm.

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    Companies unite for Radio Aid

    2005-01-11T11:49:37Z

    The UK's biggest commercial radio groups are to join together for the first time in a bid to raise money for the young victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.

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    Murdoch eyes remaining stake in Fox

    2005-01-11T10:42:21Z

    News Corporation is set to buy back the remaining 18% of Fox Entertainment Group that it does not already own, in a move that would see Rupert Murdoch further consolidate his vast media empire.

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    Five develops Milkshake channel

    2005-01-11T10:38:20Z

    Five has confirmed it is developing a new digital channel based on its early morning children's strand Milkshake.

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    Endemol loses second board member

    2005-01-11T10:26:07Z

    Endemol Holding, the parent umbrella company of the separate national Endemol companies, has lost another board member as speculation continues over its potential sell-off by parent company Telefonica.

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    Broadcast Freelancer to launch in June

    2005-01-10T12:25:37Z

    Broadcast is to launch Broadcast Freelancer a major new electronic service for the 50,000 freelancers currently working in the broadcast business.

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    Ofcom issues apology over mix up

    2005-01-10T12:13:57Z

    Ofcom has issued a rare apology after blaming the wrong person for swearing on a Channel 4 show during an adjudication over a complaint.