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    Emmerdale (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2004-04-20T09:45:00Z

    'Emmerdale's skill is mixing the light-hearted with the serious.'...

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    Eastenders (BBC1) - Sarah Vine, The Times

    2004-04-20T09:46:00Z

    'As always with Eastenders, it's not the main plot that keeps you watching, it's the peripherals, the various sub-p...

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    Changing Rooms (BBC1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian

    2004-04-20T09:48:00Z

    'I think I'd rather watch the space left in the schedule by Changing Rooms. Or Polyfilla. It just feels so 1997.'...

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    CNN chief: Journalists in Iraq are 'targets'

    2004-04-20T09:53:11Z

    CNN chief Chris Cramer last night called on broadcasters to step up safety strategies for war reporters, claiming journalists covering Iraq have more chance of being killed than members of the US armed forces.

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    Britain's Secret Shame - Bullying (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-04-20T09:56:00Z

    'I wish it hadn't been made in a style that will one day, ideally quite soon, seem as dated as a Pathe newsreel.'...

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    Bafta awards ITV1 7.2m

    2004-04-20T11:27:40Z

    ITV1's 2-hour coverage of the The British Academy Television Awards brought 7.2 million viewers to the channel last night (19 April).

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    Thompson: I'll resist BBC headhunters

    2004-04-20T13:07:52Z

    Channel 4 unveiled a threefold increase in profits for 2003 as the broadcaster's chief executive Mark Thompson was once again put on the spot over his designs on vacant BBC director general position.

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    Sky launches viewer panel

    2004-04-21T09:04:01Z

    BSkyB is launching a 20,000 household-strong audience research panel to provide advertisers and broadcasters who use its platform with detailed viewing information on every channel.

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    No Angels (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror

    2004-04-21T09:14:00Z

    'No Angels is Casualty with naughty words, Peak Practice with nipples, Heartbeat with acting. It could have been a ...

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    No Angels (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-04-21T09:17:00Z

    'A likeable cast, lots of pace and perhaps the the best musical soundtrack of any recent drama series, and you've g...

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    My Foetus (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2004-04-21T09:20:00Z

    'The nationally taboo-busting footage here - that of a woman undergoing an abortion - wasn't really shocking at all...

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    My Foetus (C4) - Paul Hoggart, Times

    2004-04-21T09:23:00Z

    'Even by Channel 4's standards, an image of a legally dismembered baby makes disturbing viewing.'...

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    My Foetus (C4) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian

    2004-04-21T09:29:00Z

    'It's brave but it's not great television.'...

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    BBC America chief jumps ship to ABC

    2004-04-21T10:05:31Z

    The chief executive of BBC America Paul Lee has been poached for a top job at the US network ABC.

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    Revenue boost for Endemol

    2004-04-21T11:08:35Z

    Big Brother producer Endemol UK boosted its total revenue by£25m to£90m in 2003, thanks largely to a 125% increase in the receipts from its relationship with Channel 4.

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    BBC2 Birthday brings in 2.4m

    2004-04-21T11:18:18Z

    BBC2 celebrated its 40 thanniversary last night with a 3-hour tribute show, Happy Birthday BBC2, and drew 2.4 million (10.9%) to the channel between 20.00 and 23.00.

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    ITV3 to be backed by£20m budget

    2004-04-21T17:00:55Z

    ITV's new channel for the over-45s, ITV3, will be backed by a budget of£20m when it launches in the fourth quarter of this year, writes Glen Mutel.

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    Last Night of Proms to go global with HD

    2004-04-22T08:30:00Z

    BBC Outside Broadcasts is refurbishing an OB truck so that it can produce an HD version of The Last Night of the Proms for the international market, it was announced at NAB in Las Vegas.

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    invests in Avid ProEncode

    2004-04-22T08:30:00Z

    P3 last week became the first UK post house to purchase Avid's Unity ProEncode product as part of a raft of system upgrades costing£250,000, writes Rick Dacey.

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    All shook up at NAB

    2004-04-22T08:30:00Z

    Apple took the opportunity to announce Shake 3.5, its next step in shape-shifting special effects, among a number of new products and initiatives at NAB this week. Apple has integrated shape-based morphing and warping into Shake 3.5, which Apple's vice-president of application marketing, Rob Schoeben, claimed are 'the most highly ...