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    Selling loft insulation?

    2004-04-01T08:30:00Z

    What's the point of Mip - apart from the obvious sun, sea and French hospitalité? It's certainly not about closing deals, despite what the organisers and the barrage of press releases may say. We all know that anything half-decent will have been touted around and snapped up long ago, not ...

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    ITV and C4 call for BBC indie reforms

    2004-04-01T08:00:05Z

    The BBC's commercial rivals ITV and Channel 4 are calling for the corporation to strengthen the indie sector by setting up an independent commissioning arm and raising its external production quota to 50%.

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    Root's last act for drama

    2004-04-01T08:00:00Z

    BBC2 controller Jane Root, who last week confirmed she is to leave the station to head the Discovery channel in the US, has green lit a new drama strategy as one of her last major acts in the role.

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    Granada to return to films with Ant & Dec

    2004-04-01T07:59:50Z

    Granada is set to make a large-scale return to film production by developing two ambitious projects for cinematic release, including a romantic comedy starring Ant and Dec and a follow-up to Channel 4's hit drama The Deal.

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    Bennett holds back in race for DG's job

    2004-04-01T07:59:35Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett - tipped as one of the leading contenders for the director general post - has not applied for the job.

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    Endemol UK opens in Bristol and Glasgow

    2004-04-01T07:59:30Z

    Endemol UK, one of the country's largest independent producers, is to open offices in Glasgow and Bristol in a bid to take advantage of regional commissioning opportunities.

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    Hallmark put off by ITV's content

    2004-04-01T07:59:25Z

    US giant Hallmark Entertainment has admitted it is no longer interested in buying ITV because the channel's success relies on too many 'exploitative' reality shows such as I'm a Celebrity.

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    Final whistle goes for ITV's On the Ball

    2004-04-01T07:59:20Z

    ITV is to axe its long-running On the Ball football magazine show following the loss of its rights to the Premier League highlights package.

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    Top-Up TV claims convincing start

    2004-04-01T07:59:15Z

    Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview viewers that launched this week, has already attracted 'thousands' of subscribers, according to its chairman, David Chance.

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    Castle docu-soap for BBC1

    2004-04-01T07:59:10Z

    The BBC has commissioned a docu-soap which charts a 17-strong family's decision to quit their lives in England and move to a dilapidated 19th-century Scottish castle.

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    MP brands Ofcom a 'disgrace'

    2004-04-01T07:59:05Z

    Ofcom was plunged into a political row this week when MPs openly accused it of siding with ITV over production cuts rather than acting in viewers' interests.

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    Entwistle exits Newsnight

    2004-04-01T07:59:00Z

    The editor of BBC2's Newsnight George Entwistle is to leave the programme to head the BBC's new topical arts unit, overseeing the launches of new culture and media shows.

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    MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Rupert Smith, Guardian

    2004-03-31T10:09:00Z

    'MacIntyre's Big Sting was the most outrageous piece of television I've seen for a long time.'...

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    MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Simon Edge, Daily Star

    2004-03-31T10:07:00Z

    'This big sting was the kind delivered by a butterfly not a bee.'...

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    MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2004-03-31T10:06:00Z

    'Five has thrown its hat into the ring to provide the most unintentionally funny character of the week by returning...

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    MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

    2004-03-31T10:04:00Z

    'I found something grubby and unpleasant about the formula, with its use of deceit and its triumphalist tone as eac...

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    Terry Lloyd news bursary set up

    2004-03-31T10:02:27Z

    ITN and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have set up a bursary in memory of reporter Terry Lloyd, who was killed in Iraq a year ago, to give young journalists the opportunity to break into TV news.

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    Amnesia (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror

    2004-03-31T10:02:00Z

    'As is traditional with ITV two-parters, the whole thing turned bonkers.'...

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    Hustle (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2004-03-31T09:43:00Z

    'Hustle came to the end of its first run showing signs that it had reached the bottom of the plot barrel.' ...

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    Holidays in the Danger Zone (BBC4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-03-31T09:20:00Z

    'Such bleakness hasn't prevented these programmes from being gripping.'...