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    Pickard: back to ITV's core values

    2004-09-02T07:50:10Z

    ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has signalled a return to ITV's core values of 'dramatic' content, claiming the broadcaster should not be copying other channels' output.

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    Indies urged to launch their own TV channels

    2004-09-02T07:50:08Z

    UK producers could soon launch their own TV channels to showcase content before pitching it to established broadcasters, according to key indie figures.

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    ABC exec hatches plan to beat copycats

    2004-09-02T07:50:06Z

    US broadcasters will have to form exclusive relationships with indies in a bid to stem the tide of copycat formats, according to a senior executive at US network ABC.

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    BBC warned against ?corporate cringe'

    2004-09-02T07:50:04Z

    Broadcast journalists warned the BBC against backing away from tough reporting and investigations in the aftermath of the Hutton inquiry.

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    Horrocks to reveal BBC's interview deals

    2004-09-02T07:50:02Z

    BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks has pledged to inform viewers when the corporation has paid someone more than£10,000 for an interview.

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    BBC2 and BBC4 win plaudits

    2004-09-02T07:50:00Z

    New BBC2 controller Roly Keating celebrated a double whammy at the festival awards when BBC2 was named terrestrial channel of the year and BBC4, which he previously ran, won best digital channel.

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    BBC to air Walking with Monsters

    2004-09-02T07:49:50Z

    The BBC is to travel 600 million years back in time for a big-budget prequel to the hit factual series Walking with Dinosaurs.

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    Starters orders for Racing UK

    2004-09-01T10:14:21Z

    Racing UK, the channel owned by 30 of the UK's leading race courses, has secured a permanent broadcast slot and announced that it will cost a maximum of£20 a month.

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    Murphy seeks therapy

    2004-09-01T10:07:00Z

    BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has said he wants to create a new portfolio of programmes dealing with issues such as therapy and bereavement as he seeks to build his channel's factual output.

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    Lyttle slams gay TV shows

    2004-09-01T09:29:31Z

    Prominent gay figures have rounded on Channel 4 for its portrayal of homosexuality claiming commissioners still rely on stereotyped camp imagery.

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    US broadcasters address copycat problem

    2004-09-01T09:21:38Z

    US broadcasters will have to form exclusive relationships with UK indies in a bid to stem the tide of copycat formats, according to a senior ABC executive.

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    Reality drives Five autumn line-up

    2004-08-31T10:48:20Z

    Five is to give reality and drama another shot in its new autumn schedule to sit alongside its staple of celebrity, arts and property shows.

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    Cast your vote on Humphrys attack

    2004-08-31T10:38:06Z

    Broadcast is giving the industry the chance to vote on whether John Humphrys was right when last week he used the MacTaggart Lecture to attack reality television for being harmful and corroding the values of British broadcasting and society.

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    Broadcasters pilot Court TV

    2004-08-31T10:16:53Z

    Television cameras will be allowed into English and Welsh courtrooms, as part of a pilot study, which could pave the way for permanent TV presence in the courts.

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    Sky One takes on C4 in battle of Springfield

    2004-08-31T10:12:26Z

    Sky One is to screen a brand new episode of The Simpsons every week from the autumn in a bid to capitalise on a major advertising campaign pushing the animated show on Channel 4.

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    Yentob 'to be cleared'

    2004-08-31T09:52:58Z

    BBC creative director Alan Yentob is set to be cleared of alleged expenses abuses by the internal inquiry set up by director general Mark Thompson.

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    WPP and Green in running for MPC

    2004-08-27T08:54:44Z

    Martin Sorrell's WPP firm and former Carlton chairman Michael Green have emerged as likely bidders for the post-production group The Moving Picture Company (MPC), which ITV plc are trying to sell.

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    Profits at Pinewood studios double

    2004-08-27T08:51:21Z

    Pinewood Shepperton film and television studios has seen its profits double in the first half of the year helped by movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the fourth instalment of Harry Potter.

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    PEER POLL: Edinburgh TV festival

    2004-08-27T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the Edinburgh TV festival relevant to the industry as a whole?

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    BBC considers formal protest

    2004-08-27T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is considering making a formal protest to the Iraqi government after local police forced its team in the beleaguered city of Najaf to leave their hotel at gunpoint.