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    THOMSON TO QUIT BBC AFTER REVIEW.

    2004-12-16T16:39:53Z

    BBC director of policy and legal Caroline Thomson is to leave the corporation next year following

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    OFCOM OPENS DOOR FOR RADIO NEWS HUBS.

    2004-12-16T16:39:53Z

    Local commercial radio stations could be allowed to increase automation and create central news hubs, Ofcom

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    WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

    2004-12-16T16:39:53Z

    Broadcast will now be taking a break and our next issue will be published on 6

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    C4 to follow urban musical.

    2004-12-16T16:39:53Z

    Channel 4 is giving new talent the chance to develop an urban musical as part of a creative partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East, writes Maria Esposito.

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    Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong.

    2004-12-16T16:39:53Z

    Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000, writes Susan Thompson.

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    Popstars gives way to X Factor.

    2004-12-16T16:39:53Z

    ITV has scrapped plans for a third outing of Popstars after director of programmes Nigel Pickard

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    Sky deal is not cricket, says angry MP.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    The government is facing renewed calls to review the 'crown jewels' sporting events that must be

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    Comment - The year of Freeview.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    2004 was the year Freeview ensured that digital TV tipped over into the mainstream, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.

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    BBC and ITV in exit poll deal.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    The BBC and ITV are to commission their first joint exit poll for next year's general

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    C4's cricket loss frees 200 hours.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    Channel 4 is to put an extra 200 hours worth of commissions up for grabs after losing the rights to cover live cricket, writes Susan Thompson.

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    Dyke brands Thompson reforms 'debilitating'.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has launched a stinging attack on the reforms of his successor, Mark Thompson, claiming they could 'debilitate' the BBC, writes Conor Dignam.

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    Bill Oddie fronts BBC2 springtime special.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    Ornithologist Bill Oddie is to return to BBC2 screens next year to front a huge interactive survey into the British springtime, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC lines up Norton pilots.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    The BBC has lined up three light entertainment formats for comedian Graham Norton as it tries to find the right Saturday night vehicle for its£5m star signing, writes Maria Esposito.

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    BBC1 pitches cop drama at Sunday night revival.

    2004-12-16T16:39:52Z

    BBC1 is set to reschedule the second series of its police drama 55 Degrees North to

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    Channel 4 to take E4 onto Freeview.

    2004-12-16T16:39:51Z

    Channel 4 is planning to turn its digital entertainment network E4 into a free-to-air service and

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    Pilsworth looks to buy up indies.

    2004-12-16T16:39:51Z

    Mick Pilsworth, the former Chrysalis TV chief, is putting together City investment to fund a buying

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    Only gays in the village are not for Sky One.

    2004-12-16T16:39:50Z

    Sky One has dropped its light-hearted reality series The Only Gays in the Village, in which four gay men were sent to work in 'gay-free' rural village, over concerns it didn't fit the channel's new image, writes Paul Revoir.

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    A BBC Christmas carol

    2004-12-16T15:20:01Z

    Mrs Broadcast has endeavoured in this ghostly little tale, to raise the ghost of an idea, which shall not put our readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season or with us.

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    Royal Variety show draws 8.5m

    2004-12-16T12:18:04Z

    The glitz of The Royal Variety Performance drew viewers to BBC1 as the show attracted a peak of 8.5 million (38%) at 9.40pm.

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    Five orders Zig Zag gossip show

    2004-12-16T08:30:00Z

    FIVE has commissioned Zig Zag Productions to make a humorous, weekly popular culture review show, in which up-and-coming comedians look back at the week's celebrity gossip and news.