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    UK programme sales hit£520m.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    The worldwide success of shows such as Living with Michael Jackson helped lift international sales and

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    Electric Sky provides spark for Fox Italia.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    UK Distributor Electric Sky has secured a major deal with Fox Italia that will see it become a significant provider for the network's new channel for women, writes Michael Rosser.

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    FORMAT FOCUS: BLANK CHEQUE.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    Hoping to reel in the Lottery audience, this quiz show format uses the winning numbers as its starting point and offers big cash prizes, writes Naomi Rovnick.

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    FORMATS & DEALS - American animation to debut on trouble.

    2004-05-17T09:40:31Z

    Flextech teen channel Trouble has bought Game Over, a new animation from US distributor Carsey Warner

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    Inquiry clears BBC staff.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The BBC's review of its editorial guidelines following criticism in Lord Hutton's report is set to make several 'broad-ranging' recommendations when it reports within the next few weeks, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Ofcom changes radio timetable.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Ofcom has altered the timetable for the award of at least 30 new commercial radio licences to give potential bidders more time to tailor their applications, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Parkinson adds son to ITV show.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Michael Parkinson has hired his son, Mike Parkinson, to produce his new show on ITV, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Sharman handed task of replacing The Simpsons.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The BBC has handed the task of finding replacement shows for The Simpsons to daytime controller Alison Sharman, as part of a new strategy to run cheaper long-running series in the weekday slot, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Endemol in Bristol talks.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Endemol UK is looking at setting up a£15m, 40,000sq ft reality TV production business in Bristol near to ITV's base there, writes Paul Revoir.

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    FX picks up rights to King of the Hill.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    FX has picked up hit Fox cartoon King of the Hill from News Corp that was

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    Xfm's O'Connell wins Sony.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Chris Moyles may have turned around the fortunes of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show but he was trumped at this week's Sony Radio Academy Awards by Xfm's Christian O'Connell, writes Michael Rosser.

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    ITV BUMPS TROUBLE IN PARADISE FROM PEAK.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    ITV has pulled Endemol's primetime reality show Trouble in Paradise after only two episodes after it

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    C4 FAVOURITE TO AIR FRIENDS SPIN-OFF JOEY.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Channel 4 is set to pick up Friends spin-off Joey. C4 has a first-look deal with

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    ONLY SIX LEFT FOR BBC2 CONTROLLERSHIP.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett this week began the second round interviews for the BBC2

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    PANORAMA TO MAKE IRAQ TORTURE SPECIAL.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    BBC1 is to screen a special 60-minute Panorama investigation at 21.00 on Wednesday (19 May) into

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    TV CORP RULES OUT DYKE FOR CHAIRMANSHIP.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The Television Corporation has ruled out appointing former BBC director general Greg Dyke as its new

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    BBC brings on black writers for Crouches.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The creator and writer of the controversial BBC1 sitcom The Crouches, about a black family in south-east London, has stood aside from the second series in order to allow new black writers to take over, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Ten Alps hires Norton exec.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    Peter Kessler, producer of So Graham Norton and the Mrs Merton Show, has been appointed as Ten Alps TV's first head of programmes, writes Michael Rosser.

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    BBC3 criticised by governors.

    2004-05-17T09:40:30Z

    The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and

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    Miramax eyes UK for fresh TV formats.

    2004-05-17T09:40:29Z

    Miramax, the US film company behind blockbusters such as Chicago and Kill Bill, is installing an executive in London to find new UK formats to export to the US, writes Naomi Rovnick.