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    'ITV ignored me,' reveals O'Grady

    2006-01-11T09:13:18Z

    Paul O'Grady quit ITV for Channel 4 because he felt network executives ignored him and took him for granted.

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    Surviving Disaster interests just 3.4m

    2006-01-11T11:35:40Z

    BBC1's new Surviving Disasterseries had some severe problems of its own as it was pushed into fourth place at 9pm with a lowly 3.4 million (14%).

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    Government may widen switch-over support

    2006-01-11T14:35:38Z

    Thousands of TV viewers may get funding from the government to help them switch to satellite or cable TV if they cannot receive Freeview once the analogue signal is turned off.

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    Teachers' TV joins ITV Local

    2006-01-11T15:20:30Z

    ITV is extending its local broadband television trial until April, and adding educational channel Teachers' TV to the platform this month.

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    NUJ fights for axed BBC foreign language stations

    2006-01-11T17:19:51Z

    NUJ members are to lobby MPs in a bid to fight the closure of 10 foreign language services by the BBC's World Service.

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    Storyville plans global film simulcast

    2006-01-12T07:44:50Z

    The BBC's Storyvillestrand is pioneering an international project to commission 10 films from different countries and screen them simultaneously on channels across the world.

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    Sky to offer free film downloads

    2006-01-12T07:45:00Z

    BSkyB is to offer legal computer downloads of its premium movies and sporting events as part of a series of new services.

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    Frow in frame for Living

    2006-01-12T07:50:00Z

    Flextech has launched a search for the new controller of Living TV with Five's controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow a strong candidate.

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    News 24 to call on BBC1 newsreaders

    2006-01-12T07:50:02Z

    Head of News 24 Kevin Bakhurst is to draft in BBC1 newsreaders to boost the channel's profile.

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    Ofcom sets deadline for new media rights deal

    2006-01-12T07:50:06Z

    Ofcom this week ordered the TV industry to sort out codes of practice for new media rights or warned that it would intervene to impose them.

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    Thompson given strike deadline over BBC cuts

    2006-01-12T07:50:08Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson will today be told by unions to back down on compulsory redundancies or face corporation-wide strikes within a week.

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    Shaps: changes didn't cost us O'Grady

    2006-01-12T07:50:10Z

    ITV's director of television, Simon Shaps, has denied that his shakeup of the network centre had played a part in Paul O'Grady's decision this week to defect to Channel 4.

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    Profile: Nick Goodman - Changing Capital's tune

    2006-01-12T08:00:00Z

    Capital 95.8 has lost half its share of listeners in four years but its programme director, Nik Goodman, has plenty of ideas about how to reverse the slump.

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    The challenge of daytime

    2006-01-12T08:00:00Z

    In this exclusive extract from Broadcast's Commissioning Report 2006-2007, published this month, James Curtis looks at one of the hottest battlegrounds of the moment: daytime television.

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    Making of a drama: editor's cut

    2006-01-12T08:00:00Z

    Drama editors play an important role in bringing the visions of a director to life on screen. Kate Largereports on the processes involved.

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    Opinion - Carter's Ofcom legacy

    2006-01-12T08:00:00Z

    As Ofcom chief Stephen Carter moots the idea of moving on, Emily Bell considers the legacy Ofcom's early years would leave.

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    State of things to come

    2006-01-12T08:00:00Z

    2006 promises to be the year that witnesses significant changes in broadcasting. Robin Paxton reveals what will be big.

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    In my view - State of things to come

    2006-01-12T08:00:00Z

    2006 promises to be the year that witnesses significant changes in broadcasting. Robin Paxton reveals what will be big.

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    Fox to make Sky One show

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    A planned US version of Sky One's Double or Nothingis now being made for the Fox Reality Channel after NBC rejected the show.

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    Granada Int sells shows into South Korea

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold a series of shows into South Korea. Cable operator On Media has bought Granada America's Nanny 911, Marriage 911, Hell's Kitchenand Celebrity Fit Club, as well ...