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    CPS GRANTS ACCESS TO CRIME VIDEOS.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    Broadcasters look set to push for further concessions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after it

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    SIT-UP LOOKS AT ASIAN DEAL FOR BID-UP.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    Auction channel operator Sit-Up is in discussions with an Asian media group, which could see two

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    EMAP TO APPOINT KISS AND MAGIC MDS.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    Emap Performance is hunting for two managing directors for its Kiss and Magic networks in a

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    THOMPSON DISMISSES BBC JOB CUT CLAIMS.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has dismissed as 'preposterous' claims that up to half the corporation's

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    Peck honours cameraman.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    The British TV cameraman killed in the Gaza Strip while making a documentary for HBO was this week honoured posthumously with a Rory Peck award, writes Will Strauss.

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    Radio giants vie for Manchester.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue, writes Michael Rosser.

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    BBC creates indie quota for online.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    The BBC is to create a 25% indie quota for its internet content in a move

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    September poaches Lion exec.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    September Films has poached Lion TV producer Peter Davey to oversee its factual and reality slate, writes Susan Thompson.

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    Ratings - Simpsons are C4's new friends.

    2004-11-12T16:17:05Z

    The Simpsons looks set to successfully fill the hole left by Friends in Channel 4's Friday night schedule, after debuting this week with up to 4 million viewers, writes Jon Rogers.

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    ITV Tyne Tees to axe more jobs.

    2004-11-12T16:17:04Z

    Up to 30 jobs are set to go at ITV Tyne Tees as the company moves

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    MTV US takes Tiger Friend.

    2004-11-12T16:17:04Z

    A version of Tiger Aspect's comedy format My New Best Friend has been greenlit for a series by MTV in the US, writes Maria Esposito.

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    LEOPARD FILMS STARTS UP DRAMA ARM.

    2004-11-12T16:17:04Z

    Indie Leopard Films is setting up a drama division, Leopardrama, to focus on developing new returning

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    Five gives celebrities a baby in reality show.

    2004-11-12T16:17:03Z

    Five is to give celebrities the chance to show off their maternal skills in a new reality show that will see model Caprice attempt to care for a£40,000 baby doll, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Objective opens in north.

    2004-11-12T16:17:03Z

    Objective Productions, the company behind Derren Brown's Mind Control, has become the latest indie to set up a base in Manchester, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC bids to lure London indies up north.

    2004-11-12T16:17:02Z

    Manchester indies have criticised a BBC plan to encourage London-based indies to set up in the

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    Comment - Channel 4's PR problem.

    2004-11-12T16:17:02Z

    Big Brother is the main reason C4 faces an uphill struggle to convince policy-makers it can do the PSB thing, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.

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    Channels commit to docs.

    2004-11-12T16:17:02Z

    Five, BBC3 and ITV1 are to launch new documentary strands in a bid to boost their

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    Duncan reviews C4 International.

    2004-11-12T16:17:02Z

    Channel 4 could pull out of the international rights distribution business following a review of the company's commercial activities, writes Maria Esposito.

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    Government weighs up 'digital licence fee'.

    2004-11-12T16:17:02Z

    The Government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Injured Hell's Kitchen man gets $125,000.

    2004-11-12T16:17:01Z

    Granada has paid out around $125,000 (£67,000) to the contestant on the US version of Hell's Kitchen who was injured after a scuffle with hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay, writes Paul Revoir.