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    Where next for Big Bro?

    2004-08-05T11:29:43Z

    This year's Big Brother has delivered tabloid coverage and ratings by the barrel-load, but there are many who argue that the format is no longer innovative. Is the onus now on Channel 4 to move on?

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    BBC unveils trade terms

    2004-08-05T08:52:38Z

    The BBC this week finally un-veiled its new terms of trade for indies that will see external producers own all the rights, including copyright, to the programmes they make in the future for the corporation.

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    Fusion nabs 'The Heist' job for C4

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Fusion has post-produced reality documentary The Heist for Windfall Films. The 3 x 50-minute series follows a team of reformed criminals as they try to outwit a team of security experts by planning and executing daring crimes, such as kidnapping and ransoming a racehorse. ...

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    Heart capitalises on Vaughan flop

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    The flagship station of the Capital Radio group was abandoned by 230,000 listeners in the three months to 20 June, recording an average weekly reach of only 2.11 million, according to ratings body Rajar.

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    Radio 2 continues ascendancy

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 has cemented its dominance of the national market, reporting yet another set of record-breaking audience figures.

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    GWR claims footie to blame for dip in revenues

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Classic FM-owner GWR has blamed the Euro 2004 football tournament for a dip in revenues at the station in June.

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    MacKenzie set for November day in court

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    The eagerly awaited legal clash between ratings body Rajar and Kelvin MacKenzie will be heard by a court in November.

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    BBC ahead of rivals

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has strengthened its dominance of the radio market with a 53.1% share of the audience to the 45% achieved by the commercial sector. The BBC's share is up from 52.6% in the previous quarter and from 53% a year ago. Commercial radio's share has fallen by 0.5% on ...

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    Real radio is top

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Real Radio has become the number one commercial station in Scotland for the first time, overtaking SRH-owned Clyde 1. The GMG-owned station reported 688,000 weekly listeners in the second quarter of the year, topping the 680,000 that tune in to Clyde 1. But Clyde still maintained the largest share of ...

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    HIT40UK comes top

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    The Hit40UK chart show has maintained its position as the UK's leading rundown of pop singles. The commercial radio chart show, produced by Somethin' Else, now attracts an adult audience of 2.05 million as opposed to the 1.63 million who listen to the Official Chart ...

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    Xfm breaks record

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Xfm has reported a record number of listeners around the country, breaking through the 700,000 mark for the first time. The Capital-owned new music station broadcasts nationwide on digital and boosted its listenership by 22,000 over the quarter. Its breakfast show, hosted by Christian O'Connell, is listened to by an ...

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    Saga ratings go up

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    The two Saga Radio stations in the Midlands have pulled in an extra 80,000 listeners over the quarter. Saga 105.7FM, which covers the West Midlands, boosted its listeners by 65,000 to report a total audience of 424,000 while Saga 106.6FM in the East Midlands has won another 15,000, taking it ...

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    Pembrokeshire reach

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Radio Pembrokeshire has claimed the greatest weekly audience share of any commercial or BBC radio station. The station, which covers Pembrokeshire and West Carmarthenshire, attracted only 57,000 listeners but it picked up a weekly reach of 66% meaning that two-thirds of the county's residents listen to the station every week.

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    Paradise Hotel heads to Israel

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Mentorn reality series Paradise Hotel is being adapted for Israel following a deal secured by Tele-vision Corporation International.

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    MTV calls on Murphy for ?dance idol' show

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Big Brother and Fame Academy series producer Sean Murphy has been drafted in by MTV to work on a new 'dance idol' series.

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    Fatboy Slim show goes down under

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Fatboy Slim is to see his radio show launch across Australia in a one-year deal between UBC Media-owned G-One and syndication group MCM Entertainment. The weekly two-hour show - Fatboy Slim's Brighton Beach Mix - will be syndicated on radio stations across the five Australian state capitals for a year ...

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    Format focus: Amish in the city

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    A reality show about people who normally shun modern life may have its critics, but it's also a ratings winner.

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    Granada Sells wildlife shows to AB Sat

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold more than 40 hours of wildlife shows to new German satellite channel AB Sat. When the channel launches this autumn, it will carry wildlife programmes such as Savage Planet (above), Savage Seas and ...

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    Toonami to air animated star wars

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    The new animated Star Wars series is to be screened on Turner-owned cartoon channel Toonami next year in a bid to generate interest in the forthcoming Star Wars movie. The animated series, which is also a co-production between Cartoon Network ...

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    Challenge picks up Property Rescue

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Challenge, the Flextech-owned entertainment channel, has picked up the rights to a new series of Property Rescue and commissioned UK-specific links for the first time. The show, made in New Zealand by Touchdown TV, follows a team of experts as they transform a property that ...