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    FIVE LICENCE FEE CUT.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    Five will save around #12m a year under new terms for its analogue licence drawn up

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    BBC DRAMA PROMOTION.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    The BBC's head of drama development for independents, Sally Woodward Gentle, is to take on a

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    MORE SKILLSET AWARDS.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    Skillset, the sector skills council for the audio-visual industries, is launching its fourth round of Millennium

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    ARAB DUO MAY FIGHT BBC.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    The two BBC World Service producers sacked by the BBC say they are considering legal action

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    Tully to front major BBC4 piece on India.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    A major new programme about the future of India from the BBC's controversial former India correspondent

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    Keating insists BBC4 critics miss point.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    BBC4 controller Roly Keating has defended the digital culture channel against accusations that it is not pulling in large enough audiences as it reaches its first anniversary on air, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Monogram picks talent to develop new C4 drama.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    Drama indie Monogram Wark Clements has selected three producers to develop ideas for a returning drama series for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Ratings - Corrie serial killer double bill slaughters BBC1.

    2003-03-03T16:06:22Z

    ITV1 got its highest audience in three years when nearly 20 million viewers saw the concluding act of Coronation Street's serial killer storyline, writes Jon Rogers.

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    West Wing fails to hold peaktime slot.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    Channel 4 is moving The West Wing out of its Saturday 20.00 slot after the president

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    Five to show docs in peak.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    Five is moving even further away from its association with Dawn Airey's 'three Fs' with a week of documentaries replacing movies in the peak 21.00 slot at the end of March, writes Penny Hughes.

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    FIVE BUYS JACKSON DOC.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    Five has bought the exclusive UK terrestrial rights to pop icon Michael Jackson's counterblast to ITV1's

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    BBC names Bedell as indie champion.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    The independent sector has given a mixed response to the BBC's appointment this week of former

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    Redmond accuses ITC of 'dumb regulation'.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    Brookside creator Phil Redmond this week attacked the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for 'dumb regulation' after it ruled that an armed siege in the Channel 4 soap was unsuitable for broadcast before the watershed, writes Hayley Treacy.

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    Ex-C4 current affairs editor joins Fulcrum.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    Former Channel 4 editor, current affairs Fran O'Brien has joined Fulcrum Productions as a development executive, writes Penny Hughes.

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    R3 TO REJIG SCHEDULE.

    2003-03-03T16:06:17Z

    BBC Radio 3 is to overhaul its schedule in the autumn to 'clearly signpost' its jazz

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    Opie tops Flextech list to fill Lighting's shoes.

    2003-03-03T16:06:16Z

    Flextech Television has drawn up a list of potential candidates for the replacement of chief executive of content Jane Lighting who takes over the reins at Five in April, writes Paul Revoir.

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    FIVE KNOCKS OUT DEAL FOR FROST-ALI HEAD-TO-HEAD.

    2003-03-03T16:06:16Z

    Five has secured broadcast rights to the first major interview with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in

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    Pop Idol's Mr Nasty to front dating show.

    2003-03-03T16:06:16Z

    Simon Cowell, Pop Idol's Mr Nasty, is to make an unlikely Cupid in a dating show being developed for ITV1, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Parliament to force open BBC's books.

    2003-03-03T16:06:16Z

    BBC chiefs are set to be compelled to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the #2.5bn a year they raise from the licence fee, writes David Rose.

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    US Discovery team stays away from UK.

    2003-03-03T16:06:16Z

    Discovery Channel's decision not to send a party of around 30 US executives to the BBC Showcase programme market in Brighton this week due to security fears, has raised questions about attendance at next month's Mip-TV event, writes Paul Revoir.