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    Digital rivals hit out at BBC

    2004-06-17T07:51:00Z

    The Satellite and Cable Broadcasting Group (SCBG), the trade body representing the multichannel sector, has hit out at the BBC's digital channels, claiming they are failing to meet their statutory requirements.

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    C4 shakes up indie rights deals

    2004-06-17T07:50:45Z

    The BBC, Channel 4 and Five will take an unexpected 15% cut of all secondary rights revenue from indie shows they have commissioned once the new terms of trade are signed off in coming weeks.

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    Rajar warns of cost of new ratings system

    2004-06-17T07:50:40Z

    Radio groups may have to dig deeper into their coffers to fund electronic measurement of radio audiences, after Rajar estimated it would cost up to£25m to operate.

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    Bravo chiefs plot Gazza FC

    2004-06-17T07:50:35Z

    Paul Gascoigne, the troubled former England football ace, is being lined up to run an amateur Sunday league football team for Flextech channel Bravo.

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    Granada on lookout for the next Trisha

    2004-06-17T07:50:25Z

    Granada has drawn up a wish list of replacement hosts for Trisha Goddard, as talks over the talkshow star's new contract reached crisis point this week.

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    Hadlow to give BBC4 star quality

    2004-06-17T07:50:20Z

    New BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow is looking to bring on a series of high-profile faces to the channel to raise its profile.

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    Freeview hits 4 million

    2004-06-17T07:50:15Z

    Digital terrestrial platform Freeview is now in 4 million households as sales of set-top boxes show no sign of slowing.

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    Squires vows Central will keep pitching

    2004-06-17T07:50:10Z

    ITV Central managing director Ian Squires has claimed the regional franchise will continue to pitch for network productions, despite halving its workforce and closing Nottingham Studios.

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    C4 charts troubles of Men Behaving Badly star

    2004-06-17T07:50:05Z

    Leslie Ash - the former Men Behaving Badly star whose recent sexual antics ended in a spell in hospital - is to be profiled by Channel 4.

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    One Last Job for C4's ex-cons

    2004-06-17T07:50:00Z

    Channel 4 is setting up six former prisoners in business as florists for a new documentary series produced by indie Lion.

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    BBC Technology staff balloted over strike

    2004-06-16T10:27:53Z

    BBC Technology staff are threatening strike action over potential redundancies arising from the sale of BBC Technology.

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    Hadlow departure prompts C4 restructure

    2004-06-16T09:54:40Z

    Janice Hadlow's appointment as the new controller of BBC 4 has sparked a restructure of Channel 4's commissioning department.

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    Mirror chief joins Charter review panel

    2004-06-16T09:51:04Z

    Sly Bailey, the high profile chief executive of The Mirror newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror, is to sit on a government-sponsored panel looking into BBC Charter renewal.

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    Sky rejigs board

    2004-06-16T09:32:11Z

    BSkyB has appointed two independent directors, reducing the number of News Corp employees on its board.

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    C4 reunites Band Aid stars

    2004-06-15T10:16:10Z

    Channel 4 is to reunite the array of 80's pop icons who sang the smash hit Do They Know It's Christmas , to mark the 20 thanniversary of the landmark charity single

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    ITV & BBC face off over Sherlock Holmes

    2004-06-15T10:14:36Z

    ITV and the BBC are set to slug it out in a Sherlock Homes battle after both channels revealed they have commissioned new dramas based on the fictional detective.

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    Government warns over repeats

    2004-06-15T09:52:26Z

    Broadcasters have been warned that if they use too many repeats of UK-produced programmes they may not be able to include them in their quotas in future.

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    C4's Hadlow takes BBC4 job

    2004-06-15T09:07:22Z

    Channel 4's head of specialist factual Janice Hadlow will this morning be confirmed as the controller of BBC4.

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    Ofcom slams Fox News

    2004-06-14T15:10:11Z

    Ofcom has upheld complaints against US broadcaster Fox News after one of its presenters branded the BBC as having a 'frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism'.

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    BBC KO's Harrison

    2004-06-14T10:36:21Z

    The BBC has dropped Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Audley Harrison, after deciding not to renew its exclusive UK TV and radio deal with the athlete.