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NewsIndies serve up pilots for C4 breakfast slot
Channel 4 is moving ahead with plans to run topical news shows in its breakfast slot and is considering pilots from at least four indies including Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsDeparting Moyle considers future
BBC head of arts commissioning Franny Moyle is to leave the corporation after deciding not to re-apply for her job as part of the restructure of the factual commissioning system.
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ITV2 will film radio tsunami campaign
ITV2 has ordered a fast turn-around, behind-the-scenes documentary about UK Radio Aid, the fundraising marathon for young victims of the Asian tsunami.
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BBC's audience reach slips in 2004
The BBC, which suffered a ratings slump for BBC1 and BBC2 last year, has also taken a hit when it comes to average weekly audience reach with new figures showing 800,000 fewer people watched BBC television channels last year.
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Five makes model reality show
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
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
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
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
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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NewsAuschwitz doc draws 3.9m
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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NewsTeachers' TV launches early February
Teachers' TV, the government-backed digital TV service for education professionals, is to launch on 8 February.
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NewsGreer: Big Brother is a bully
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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NewsEvans to help present UK Radio Aid
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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NewsBBC struggles over 'terrorist' phrase
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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NewsSky to reconstruct Jackson trial
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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NewsPeers force second BBC inquiry
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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NewsLRC snaps up Liverpool radio station
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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NewsVote for Me appeals to just 1.2m
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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NewsCompanies unite for Radio Aid
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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NewsMurdoch eyes remaining stake in Fox
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.