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NewsOver 2m to resist switchover say Ofcom
Around 10% of UK TV homes, or 2.5m households, will not voluntarily switch to digital and will collectively be forced to spend£572m on new equipment, according to figures published by Ofcom today.
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NewsNot much of a do for BBC1
BBC1's launch of its Shakespeare season was scuppered by ITV1's Trial and Retribution as Much Ado About Nothing interested 4.6 million (19%).
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NewsRadio groups trial DAB alternative
10am: BBC World Service, Kiss 100, TalkSport and Virgin Radio have joined forces to launch a six week DRM digital broadcast trial in London.
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NewsShameless star launches indie
Shameless star Chris Bisson and former ITV Granada executive Eamonn O'Neal have set up a Manchester-based independent production company called Centini.
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NewsITV linked with£120m bidfor Friends Reunited
ITV has offered a reported£120m for school reunion website Friends Reunited in a deal that has raised scepticism in the City.
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NewsBBC to trial HD over World Cup period
8am: The prospect of the 2006 World Cup broadcast in high definition came a step closer today as the BBC announced it will trial HD broadcasting next year.
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NewsNew Popworld chief exec
8am: ITV's former director of licensing Martin Lowde has been appointed the new chief executive of TV venture Popworld.
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NewsFM licence winners forNorthallerton & Swansea
8am: The Local Radio Company (TLRC) has clinched its 30th FM radio licence from Ofcom, as the regulator announces the award of two further local stations.
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Ex Celador exec sets up consulting company
Former Celador International commercial director Steve Lazarus has launched his own company Lazarus Consulting, which will help businesses get in to TV sales, ad-funded programming and licensing.
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NewsLiving TV commissions workplace special
Living TV has greenlit All3Media to make Now I'm The Boss, a 60 minute special following an employee who thinks she can do a better job than her manager.
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NewsEntwistle is BBC head of TV current affairs
The BBC has named George Entwistle as head of television current affairs, replacing Peter Horrocks who moved across to become head of television news in September.
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NewsSky News losing viewers since relaunch
Sky News has lost 300,000 viewers since the channel's multi-million pound re-launch two weeks ago, as the new state of the art set and re-jigged schedule fails to impress viewers.
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NewsEgypt loses 1m viewers
BBC1's Sunday night historical drama Egypt couldn't hold on to its viewers as the second instalment lost 1 million viewers from last week but still averaged a very respectable 6 million (23.9%) at 9pm.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing waltzes past The X Factor
The ongoing battle for Saturday night viewers heated up further as BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing pulled ahead of its arch-rival The X Factor for the first time in the current series with an average of 7.8 million (38.5%) at 6.20pm.
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NewsTV Commerce destined for America
10.30am: Interactive TV operator TV Commerce has extended its psychic TV service Your Destiny into the US, securing slots on both cable and local channels.
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NewsC4 axes Princess Michael of Kent show
Channel 4 has pulled a documentary about Princess Michael of Kent mid-way through filming.
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NewsDisney buys European mobilegame developer
10.15am: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has bought top Munich-based mobile game developer and publisher, Living Mobile, in preparation for the European rollout of Disney Mobile.
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NewsLiving TV picks up The Comeback
8am: Living TV has picked up the rights for Friends star Lisa Kudrow's HBO comedy The Comeback, which was panned by critics and axed by the network after one series in US.
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NewsS4C hands 20 years of programme rights back to indies
8am: Welsh broadcaster S4C is handing rights in all its programmes made before the introduction of the terms of trade back to the independent sector.
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NewsChinese broadcasters hope tolearn from UK TV
8am: One of China's most successful broadcasting groups is coming to the UK to ask for advice from British TV executives.