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FREE TO AIR - Pseudo-celebrity listing
What are the top 10 'list' shows on television? Would you have 100 great TV moments, the 100 best ads, the 100 top TV personalities and the 100 worst newsreaders on
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Radio bodies near agreement
The Radio Authority and the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) are close to reaching a joint position over the thorny issue of ownership rules, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Off the Record - Mill boss trapped by his addiction
Anti-capitalist demo update£2: It already seems like a lifetime ago, but London was last week host to whistling hoards of anti-capitalist demonstrators who were corralled into the Oxford Street area
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Equity actors may strike over airing pay
Actors' Union Equity says it is prepared to take strike action over the deal its members receive when films in which they appear are screened on television, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ACTIV MEDIA GETS US REINCARNATION ORDER
Manchester-based independent Activ Media has secured its first commission from a major US network. UPN and Fox have asked for Reincarnation Live!, a 120-minute live broadcast of an archaeological dig in
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ACTION TIME SALES COUP
Action Time has unveiled international sales for interactive gameshow format The Trap and long-running game show Chance of a Lifetime. The Trap has sold to Seven network Australia and Future TV
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C5's fresh look at election coverage
In the week Richard and Judy jumped ship to Channel 4, a new husband and wife team are about to hit the small screen as part of Channel 5's general election coverage, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Lygo to lead C5 breakthrough
Incoming Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo will be expected to develop breakthrough entertainment programming in peaktime and late night, according to C5 chief executive Dawn Airey.'He's been brought in
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IMPROVED CHANNEL 5 RECEPTION FOR HANTS
Over 42,000 homes in Hampshire will now receive better Channel 5 broadcasts after the station completed the installation of a new transmitter in Basingstoke. The station had previously been barred from
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CHANNEL 5 TO LOOK AT VIOLENT SLEEPWALKING
Channel 5 has commissioned two new 60-minute educational documentaries to air later in the year, plus a one-off 60-minute natural history Christmas special. Sleepwalking, to be produced by indie Electric Sky,
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RADIO 5'S DJ SPOONY TO MEET FOOTBALL HEROES
BBC Radio 5 Live has commissioned indie Somethin' Else to make a 6 x 30-minute documentary series featuring BBC Radio 1 DJ and Dreem Team member DJ Spoony meeting leading footballers.
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Go Racing wins£400m TV deal
Horseracing consortium Go Racing is poised to clinch its£400m horseracing TV rights deal, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4 Comedy Lab reveals content
Channel 4 has unveiled the line-up for this year's Comedy Lab, the experimental comedy strand that uncovered on-screen talent such as Trigger Happy TV, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC and C4 unveil election line-ups
THE BBC has unveiled its planned general election coverage with the announcement that Question Time specials will be moved to peak-time slots throughout the election campaign, write Georgina Lipscomb and Penny Hughes.
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Liddiment backs Duffy over C4 coup
ITV director of channels David Liddiment this week leapt to the defence of controller of daytime Maureen Duffy in the wake of the defection of This Morning presenters Richard Madeley and
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Ratings - Embassy Snooker coverage pots C4 movie
BBC 2's coverage of the Embassy World Snooker Championship left the other channels snookered, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 ELECTS JON SNOW
Channel 4 News has launched a general election initiative, Jon Snow's Election Sweepstake, that invites viewers to correctly predict the winning party, the size of the majority, and - as a
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C4 TO AIR EDDIE IZZARD AMNESTY SPECIAL
Channel 4 is set to broadcast Amnesty International's comedy event We Know Where You Live. The programme will be produced by Initial after the company won the rights to the event
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BARKER GIVES DOGMA TV SECOND 4LATER RUN
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker has ordered a second series of Dogma TV from Ideal World. The 8 x 30-minute series, which gives first-time writers and
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C4 orders submarine and US boxing docs
Yorkshire Associated Producers (YAP) has picked up 2 x 60-minute documentary orders from Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes.