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ITV chief slams RAB radio claim
An ITV sales chief has hit back at claims by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) that radio listening has overtaken total TV viewing, writes Steve Aston.
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RATINGS - Coronation Street loses head-to-head battle
BBC 1 came out on top in the first head-to-head battle of the country's favourite soaps, writes Jon Rogers.
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CABLE COMPANY LOSSES
Shares in United Pan European Communications (UPC) rallied earlier this week after the indebted European cable company reported a reduction in second quarter operating losses. Before interest tax, depreciation and amortisation,
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NIGELLA GETS BITE AT US
Channel 4 International has sold cookery show Nigella Bites to US cable network E! Entertainment for a 'high six-figure sum'. The first two series have been bought to air from 17
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RENTAL BUSINESS SALE
Granada is considering selling its Box Clever TV rental business. The sale of the joint-venture with finance company Nomura would raise around£1bn. Box Clever was formed in 1999 as a
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STAKEHOLDER REVIEW
United Business Media and the Daily Mail & General Trust are believed to want to offload their shares in ITN. The move would allow the three remaining shareholders, Carlton, Reuters and
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NEW EDITOR FOR APTN
News agency APTN has appointed MyMovies.net editor Nick Thomas as its entertainment editor. He is charged with overseeing the editorial content of the news agency's entertainment bulletins and programmes and will
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£200,000 FOR SKILLSET
Training body Skillset has been awarded a grant of almost£200,000 from the London Development Agency for training initiatives within the capital. Part of the money is earmarked to organise another
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C5 USES KIOSK MEDIA
Channel 5 is using kiosk media technology to add interactivity to its live Saturday morning kids show 5 Gets Out of its Box. The show, to tour Blackpool and Leeds in
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TALENT SIGNS SOAP STAR
Talent Television has signed actor Craig Fairbrass, who plays EastEnders villain Dan Sullivan, to star in three new drama series. The actor has already completed one non-broadcast pilot for ITV -
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PONGWIFFY FINDS STARS
Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to provide the voices for the two main characters in Telemagination animation Pongwiffy which is to be shown on CITV. The 26 x
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FESTIVAL NEWS UPDATE
Broadcast News, the daily online news service of produxion.com, will be updated regularly with breaking news from the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival from 24-26 August. For details, log on to
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Mersey ups drama
Mersey Television has promoted Jo Hallows to the new post of head of drama development as the independent's long-running Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks expands from three to four episodes every week
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Express plans radio venture
Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond last week appeared to confirm ambitions to expand into radio following the appointment of former Capital Radio director of programmes Richard Park as a consultant, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Radio First soccer station to air
Radio First is launching its first radio station dedicated to football fans this weekend to coincide with the start of the football season, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC property plan approved
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has approved the BBC's plan to hand over its central London properties to a private-sector developer in a£500m deal, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsMicrosoft stakes its claim as IPTV provider
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has hailed IPTV as the future of broadcasting, and announced that the company's Xbox 360 games console is to double as an IPTV set-top box.
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Sky puts reality in pole position
The UK version of controversial reality show Temptation Island will form the centrepiece of Sky One's autumn schedule.The 12 x 60-minute series has been produced for the channel by Granada and
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C4 orders doc on genital surgery
Channel 4 commissioning editor, science Dan Chambers has commissioned RDF Media to produce a series exploring genital operations, writes Penny Hughes.