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NewsBSkyB ease share buyback through
BSkyB shareholders have approved the controversial share buyback scheme, allowing Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to raise its stake in the satellite broadcaster.
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Promax focus - Who will be the winners in 2012?
One of the themes at this year's Promax is future-proofing for 2012. So what will the media landscape look like then? Broadcast asks five industry figures to predict the trends and technologies that will affect TV's marketers and creative directors and th
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Analysis - Can they be trusted?
Michael Grade has promised the launch of any new services by the BBC will be scrutinised more closely, but commercial rivals remain concerned about the corporation's expansionist tendencies, writes Jenny Smith.
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NewsITV films from one of Britain'smost orthodox mosques
ITV's weekly act of worship will be held in a mosque for the first time ever, this Sunday [6 November], as the broadcaster marks the end of the Muslim month of Ramadhan.
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NewsLord Snowdon offered preview ofThe Queen's Sister
Channel 4 has offered the late Princess Margaret's ex-husband Lord Snowdon a special screening of controversial biopic The Queen's Sister.
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NewsOfcom proposes changes toSky's carriage charges
Ofcom is proposing changes to the carriage charges made to broadcasters by BSkyB in order to ensure the process is 'fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory'.
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NewsViewers lose interest in Bleak House
BBC1's literary drama series Bleak House took a tumble in the ratings to 5.6 million (24.1%) at 8pm, a fall of 1 million viewers from last week.
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NewsITV reportedly close tobagging Friends Reunited
ITV is reported to be the leading bidder for school reunion website Friends Reunited, after claims that it has put in a bid in the region of£170million for the business.
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NewsSky disappoints the City despite57,000 new subscribers
BSkyB said it grew its subscriber base by 57,000 to 7,844,000 in the three months ending 30 September, yet still failed to live up to City expectations.
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NewsVideo Networks to extend coverage
8am: Video Networks, the operator of broadband TV service Homechoice, has announced plans to quadruple its coverage to over 10 million homes.
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NewsCapital radio launches podcasting
8am: GCap's Capital 95.8 has become the latest station to launch a podcasting service, highlighting the best bits of its weekday schedule.
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NewsKyle wins two-year ITV morning deal
ITV has handed Jeremy Kyle, the broadcaster's new talent in daytime, a new two-year deal, following the growing success of his morning talk show.
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NewsPEER POLL: Mobile TV
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Would you watch television channels on your mobile?
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NewsITV poaches Trinny and Susannah
ITV has poached the BBC's acerbic fashion gurus Trinny and Susannah, the stars behind hit makeover show What Not to Wear.
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NewsQVC goes interactive on Freeview
11.15am: QVC has finally launched its interactive offering on Freeview enabling digital terrestrial (DTT) viewers to press the red button on their remotes to access a range of enhanced features.
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NewsBBC2's Rome conquers 6.6m
BBC2's new series Rome ran roughshod over all the other channels at 9pm with the programme attracting a gigantic 6.6 million (27.2%), the channel's highest audience for a drama this year.
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BBC sends celebs back to school
The BBC plans to make celebrities relive their school days with a new quiz show based on the national curriculum.
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Talent on trail of notorious bigamist
Talent TV is to follow a manhunt for one of the world's most infamous bigamists for its first commission for Channel 4.
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Paul Danan to front dating show
Paul Danan, the former Hollyoaks actor whose grating appearance on ITV1's Celebrity Love Island became this summer's watercooler talking point, has been given his own show. ITV2 has commissioned Target Entertainment to make a dating show in which Danan plays Cupid by
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French to profile comedy heroines
Dawn French is to interview her comedy heroines for a new in-house BBC1 series on the world's funniest females. Dawn's Funny Women will see the comedienne tour the world talking to famous entertainers. No names have yet been confirmed, but those being approached include Whoopi Goldberg and Ruby Wax. The ...