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    Ratings

    Viewers grow tired of Alam's revelations

    2004-08-10T12:12:36Z

    Faria Alam's revelations on a special edition of Tonight with Trevor McDonald only attracted 3.1 million (15.1%) at 10pm despite the massive media interest in her story.

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    Sky unveils new PVR

    2004-08-11T09:31:27Z

    Sky+ customers could soon be able send recorded TV programmes to each other over the internet and upload content onto devices such as laptop computers.

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    Virgin 1 probes police work in the Caribbean

    2008-04-09T15:12:55Z

    Virgin 1 is boosting the original content of its primetime schedule with a factual series that follows the activities of police in the Caribbean.

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    Knightrider & Only Fools in battle of TV cars

    2004-08-11T09:53:08Z

    Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.

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    Knightrider squares up to Morse in battle of TV cars

    2004-08-11T09:53:09Z

    Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.

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    R2 to push digital radio

    2004-08-11T10:23:41Z

    The BBC has enlisted the help of Terry Wogan and Johnnie Walker to run a month-long digital radio awareness campaign on Radio 2.

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    BBC meets indie quota

    2004-08-11T11:15:40Z

    The BBC commissioned 28.8% of its programmes from independents in 2003 - meeting its 25% indie target for the first time in four years, new figures from Ofcom have confirmed.

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    Letters

    2008-04-09T15:15:08Z

    TV must not exploit world's remote tribes

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    Ratings

    A bumper year for Big Brother

    2004-08-11T15:01:26Z

    The fifth series of Channel 4's Big Brother ended with a peak of 9 million (47.8%) as Portuguese transsexual Nadia Almada won the reality show.

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    Granada wins ABC pilot

    2004-08-12T07:50:00Z

    Granada USA has secured a broadcast pilot commission from US broadcaster ABC for a show in which two strangers swap wallets and use their contents to live new lives for a week.

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    NFTS brings in Bolland to build up TV courses

    2004-08-12T07:50:02Z

    The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has poached BBC Scotland head of entertainment and comedy Mike Bolland to head a revamped television department at the college.

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    BBC2 seeks advice from Widdecombe

    2004-08-12T07:50:04Z

    Tory MP and well-known battleaxe Ann Widdecombe is to become TV's latest agony aunt with a new BBC2 series in which she dishes out no-nonsense advice.

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    Thorogood takes ITV daytime job

    2004-08-12T07:50:06Z

    UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has taken the role of editor of daytime at ITV.

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    C4 talks over merger with Jowell

    2004-08-12T07:50:08Z

    Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has met with media secretary Tessa Jowell to discuss the viability of a proposed merger with Five.

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    Humphreys joins C4 as pact ends

    2004-08-12T07:50:10Z

    Channel 4 has marked the end of its no-poaching agreement with Five by signing the channel's recently departed commissioning editor for factual entertainment, Liam Humphreys.

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    RDF to make C4 rival to BBC2's The Apprentice

    2004-08-12T07:50:14Z

    Channel 4 is enlisting three charismatic millionaires for a formatted documentary to rival BBC2's The Apprentice.

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    Five movies rival pay-TV

    2004-08-12T07:50:40Z

    Five is to premiere Hollywood blockbuster Terminator 3 before any of its pay-TV rivals after securing a major new movie deal with Sony Pictures Television International.

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    Subs overtake ads as TV's main earner

    2004-08-12T07:50:42Z

    Subscription has overtaken advertising revenue as the biggest source of income for British television for the first time in the medium's history.

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    Ricochet scores property orders

    2004-08-12T08:30:00Z

    Lifestyle indie Ricochet has followed up the success of its Channel 4 hit Supernanny by winning more than 50 hours of commissions from both Channel 4 and the BBC.

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    UBC snaps up Smooth

    2004-08-12T08:30:00Z

    UBC Media has bolstered its production clout by acquiring Smooth Operations , the largest regional radio indie in the UK.