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    SHAREHOLDERS GIVE BLESSING TO ITV MERGER.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Carlton and Granada shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger of ITV at separate extraordinary general meetings this

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    THAMES DRAMA BOOST.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Thames Television head of drama Paul Marquess has made two key drama appointments for The Bill

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    Five boosts commissioning.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Five has bolstered its senior commissioning team by appointing Steve Gowans as its new head of factual and promoting Liam Humphreys to head of factual entertainment, writes Glen Mutel.

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    BROADCAST LAUNCHES GREEN LIGHT.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Green Light - a new service that allows Broadcast readers to search more than 1,000 commissioned

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    PA/BBC NEWS DEAL.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Foreign news broadcasters will be able to use BBC news footage on the same day the

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    ITV kids launch doesn't take off.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    ITV's replacement for its Saturday morning children's show SM:TV Live failed to find a sizeable audience in its first outing at the weekend, writes Jon Rogers.

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    TWG UPS DRG STAKE.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    The Wireless Group is to increase its stake in DRG, owner of the London III digital

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    MCDONALD GETS ITV NEWS EDITORIAL ROLE.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald has been made associate editor of ITV1's new News at 10.30, which

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    Wilde takes entertainment post at Hat Trick.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Leon Wilde, co-devisor and producer of Granada's Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, has been poached by Hat Trick Productions to become its head of entertainment, writes Paul Revoir.

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    HOWIE MOVES TO UKTV.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    UKTV has appointed Diana Howie as editorial executive to develop event-based programmes for the network's entertainment

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    Schoonmaker looks at work outside radio.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Tim Schoonmaker, Emap's radio chief who quit suddenly last week after 20 years, is looking to broaden his skills base outside radio and is talking to venture capitalists and 'multinational corporations' about his next move, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Pedersen to join All3Media.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    Carlton International sales managing director Louise Pedersen is joining the distribution arm of All3Media - formerly Chrysalis TV Group, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Indie fixer leaves Channel 4.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    The chief architect of Channel 4's indie code of practice, Andrew Brann, has stepped down only a week after the broadcaster's submission was rubber-stamped by Ofcom, writes Glen Mutel.

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    BBC's Kilroy ban puts jobs at risk.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    Jobs will be threatened at Robert Kilroy-Silk's indie if the BBC's investigation into the presenter's controversial

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    BBC restricts reporters.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    The BBC is to rein in the amount of comment and speculation in its news output

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    Tory panel split over BBC.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    A former BBC high flier drafted in by David Elstein to advise the Tory party on

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    BSkyB to terror-proof transmission service.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    BSKYB is building a state of the art emergency back-up centre in Hampshire amid fears that its Osterley HQ could be exposed to an environmental disaster or a terrorist attack, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Celebrities enter Hell's Kitchen.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    ITV has signed highly strung chef Gordon Ramsay to star in a new live entertainment show in which he hires a group of celebrities to help him run a restaurant, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Comment - Foregone conclusions.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    We are promised a radical review of PSB, but there are signs that the status quo will largely survive the process.

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    Setanta puts off Freeview launch.

    2004-01-16T13:39:19Z

    Irish broadcaster Setanta has postponed plans to launch a digital free-to-air sports channel on Freeview.The company