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    £400M BILL TO SWITCH OVER-75s TO DIGITAL.

    2004-11-25T16:13:03Z

    Financial assistance should be given to the over-75s and the vulnerable during the switchover to digital

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    Street-Porter to star in second reality show.

    2004-11-25T16:13:02Z

    She may have branded it 'brain-rotting' television, but Janet Street-Porter is to appear in yet another reality TV series - this time with Five, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Murphy's Law to go to US.

    2004-11-25T16:13:02Z

    BBC1 detective drama Murphy's Law is the latest British drama series to be picked up for a US remake, writes Maria Esposito.

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    JOHN WILLIS IN CALL FOR AUTHORED DOCS.

    2004-11-25T16:13:02Z

    BBC director of factual and learning John Willis has called for less homogenised television and more

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    Allen offers staff help with setting up indies.

    2004-11-25T16:13:02Z

    ITV is trying to persuade regional programme-makers facing the axe to set up indies by offering

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    BBC3 drops Liquid Assets.

    2004-11-25T16:13:02Z

    The BBC3 series examining celebrities' finances, Liquid Assets, has been axed as part of the channel's shift away from showbiz-based content, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    AUCTIONWORLD FOLDS WITH DEBTS OF£14M.

    2004-11-25T16:13:02Z

    Teleshopping channel Auctionworld has gone into administration with debts of around£14m. The station went off

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    Sony Pictures looks at stake in Shine.

    2004-11-25T16:13:01Z

    Sony Pictures Television International has held informal talks with Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, about buying a stake in the indie, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Heggessey bullish over Young drama.

    2004-11-25T16:13:01Z

    BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has defended a controversial decision to allow drama chief Mal Young to take a major new series he was working on with him to 19TV, which he joins in January, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Duncan bids for licence fee.

    2004-11-25T16:13:01Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for direct access to the licence fee and

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    Comment - Best in the world.

    2004-11-25T16:13:01Z

    Despite the soul-searching, we'll all be misty-eyed about the current era of British television in a few years' time, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.

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    Bazalgette gains global brief.

    2004-11-25T16:13:01Z

    Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette has become the indie's global head of creative operations as part of a move by Spanish owner Telefónica to shift power from the Big Brother creator's Dutch base to Britain, writes Maria Esposito.

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    All3Media launches German TV offshoot.

    2004-11-25T16:13:01Z

    All3Media is to further expand its international clout by launching a TV production company in Germany, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Off the record - Spoof Mark Thompson email.

    2004-11-25T16:13:00Z

    This is the spoof email doing the rounds at the BBC purporting to be from the

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    BBC set to cut 250 jobs with factual merger.

    2004-11-25T16:13:00Z

    The BBC's specialist factual and documentaries and contemporary factual departments - homes to shows such as Pompeii and What Not to Wear - are set to merge, in a move that could cost at least 250 jobs, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ITV launches 'Strictly Ice-Skating' show.

    2004-11-25T16:12:59Z

    ITV is to take on the BBC with its own ice-skating show and has signed the king and queen of the ice rink, Torvill and Dean, to front it, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Five gets£17m boost to budget.

    2004-11-25T16:12:59Z

    Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has been handed a£17m budget boost to strengthen the

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    Race for the PSP prize

    2004-11-25T12:03:58Z

    It's interesting to speculate what Ofcom's proposed public service publisher (PSP) could look like. Perhaps it might be an offshoot of Channel 4, with a brand name of E5 and run by Roly Keating out of Birmingham. Perhaps a mobile phone giant could run it. Perhaps its proposed budget of£300m ...

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    MPC sale hits snags

    2004-11-25T08:30:00Z

    Reports of the sale of ITV-owned The Moving Picture Company (MPC) to French technology group Thomson appear to have been premature. The sale is yet to go through with the main stumbling blocks thought to be price and terms offered to the existing management. This may have opened up an ...

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    Golden Sq new staff

    2004-11-25T08:30:00Z

    Golden Square Post Production has recruited two new staff. Senior producer Andrew Swepson joins from Pepper, where he was facility manager and senior producer. His recent credits include the BBC documentary Dirty War and ITV's Lawless. Senior Inferno artist ...