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    Endemol launches Jamie-style show.

    2003-04-17T15:34:35Z

    Endemol UK is hoping to cash in on the success of Channel 4's Jamie's Kitchen with a new regional series offering students from the same catering college the chance to work in an expensive London restaurant, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Missiles and boycotts won't stop us reporting.

    2003-04-17T15:34:26Z

    Al-Jazeera paid the ultimate price for tenaciously adhering to its professional ethos: 'the opinion and the

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    Govt tries TV scheme to lure couch voters.

    2003-04-17T15:34:26Z

    Members of the public will be able vote for candidates in next month's local elections via their TVs for the first time, as part of a pilot scheme from Sky and NTL, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    BBC daytime joins battle for 'scud stud'.

    2003-04-17T15:34:21Z

    The competition for the services of much in demand BBC News correspondent Rageh Omaar is set to be joined by an unlikely contender - BBC daytime writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    News teams pulled out as conflict ends.

    2003-04-17T15:34:12Z

    News broadcasters are scaling back their commitments to the region in and around Iraq, following the

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    Channel 4 to air edgier late zone

    2003-04-17T15:15:29Z

    Channel 4 is introducing a new weekly block of low-cost experimental programming in order to inject more edgy shows into its late-night schedule, writes Penny Hughes

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    Mentorn wins Fox commission

    2003-04-17T15:11:16Z

    Robot Wars producer Mentorn, a subsidiary of The Television Corporation, has won a commission from Rupert Murdoch's US broadcaster Fox to make a new prime-time reality show, Paradise Hotel, writes Luke Satchell

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    Diller threatens to spoil Vivendi's entertainment sell-off

    2003-04-17T09:36:37Z

    Vivendi Universal executives were left wit additional reason yesterday for ruing the day they entered a partnership...

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    Blow for Glocer as Reuters is overtaken by Bloomberg

    2003-04-17T09:30:04Z

    Reuters admitted that its market share has slipped behing American rival Bloomberg in its core business of supplyin...

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    Reuters moves to ease bonus row

    2003-04-17T09:25:56Z

    Reuters will today attempt to ease shareholder discontent over directors' bonuses by promising discussions with inv...

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    FA faces slump in TV rights bidding

    2003-04-17T09:22:38Z

    The Football Association has invited bidders for the next three-year deal for the TV rights to the FA Cup and Engla...

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    Hopes for ITV ad sales pact fade

    2003-04-17T09:19:32Z

    Executives at Carlton and Granada have privately conceded that they are losing their battle to convince the competi...

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    Radio suffers in fog of war

    2003-04-17T09:15:22Z

    The war in Iraq has drastically reduced visibility in the radio advertising market, according to Kelvin MacKenzie, ...

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    Broker forecasts help BSkyB defy retreat

    2003-04-17T09:08:42Z

    BSkyB defied the wider blue chip retreat as a leading stockbroker raised its profit forecasts for the satellite bro...

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    Desperate EastEnders turn to hunk Will

    2003-04-17T09:03:26Z

    EastEnders bosses are drafting in Celebrity Fame Academy winner Will Mellor a Albert Square's latest hunk ...

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    Carlton and Granada form ITV Interactive

    2003-04-17T09:00:55Z

    Carlton and Granada have pooled their interactive TV departments under a new ITV branded business - ITV Interactive, writes Paul Revoir

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    TWG losses at£20.2m

    2003-04-16T16:25:21Z

    The Wireless Group (TWG) reported its 2002 preliminary results today (16 April), revealing the Kelvin MacKenzie radio outfit has doubled its losses over the past 12 months, writes Michael Rosser

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    TV companies up for youth development award

    2003-04-16T16:00:11Z

    Six broadcast companies have been shortlisted for the prestigious ?company talent development' award at this B+ Young Talent Awards.

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    UK Gold to stage Fawlty vs Brent

    2003-04-16T15:27:36Z

    John Cleese's classic comic creation Basil Fawlty and The Office's David Brent will go head to head on UK Gold in a new event, Battle of? the Monstrous Bosses, next month.

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    Women directors lead B+ shortlist

    2003-04-16T11:23:39Z

    Female directors dominate the shortlist for this year's best young director category at the B+ Young Talent Awards, writes Will Strauss