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    Immedia boosted by instore radio contract

    2005-10-25T16:25:55Z

    4.30pm: Immedia Broadcasting, the instore radio company set up by former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brooks, has been given a new lease of life following a deal with Northcliffe Retail.

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    Sky delays ITV4 launch

    2005-10-25T11:47:06Z

    ITV4 will not be available to Sky viewers until 7 November, a week after its official launch date on Freeview and NTL.

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    More than 13m greet the return of the Mitchells

    2005-10-25T11:22:14Z

    The return of the Mitchell brothers to EastEnders gave a much needed boost to the BBC1 soap with an average audience of 13.1 million (52.7%) at 8pm.

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    Hustle heads to US network AMC

    2005-10-25T10:31:41Z

    Hustle has become the latest British series to secure a US home after BBC Worldwide sold the Kudos drama to cable network AMC.

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    BSkyB shareholders remain uneasyat News Corp buyback

    2005-10-25T10:27:07Z

    10.30am: BSkyB faces a tense annual general meeting next week as the broadcaster failed to convince some of its biggest UK shareholders over plans for News Corporation to increase its holding in the satellite company.

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    BBC outlines public value tests

    2005-10-25T10:23:24Z

    The BBC's governors have unveiled plans for licences to control each of the corporation's services, and proposals for a market impact test for all new services launched.

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    Smith & Jones reunite for BBC1

    2005-10-25T09:54:26Z

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones are reforming their comedy double act for a new BBC1 series.

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    Hallmark goes late night with The Shield

    2005-10-25T09:39:54Z

    Hallmark has signalled a change in direction for its late night programming block by purchasing hard hitting cop series The Shield.

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    Premier League respond to EC over football rights

    2005-10-25T07:59:35Z

    The Premier League said yesterday [24 October] it has responded to European competition commissioner Neelie Kroes' letter asking for further clarity concerning the forthcoming auction of rights.

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    Living TV buys Boston Legal 2

    2005-10-25T07:59:30Z

    8am: Living TV has picked up exclusive rights to the second series of David E Kelley's Boston Legal, in which actor Michael J Fox guest stars.

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    Tames to join Nova International

    2005-10-25T07:59:20Z

    8am: Roger Tames, ITV Tyne Tees' head of sport, is to leave the broadcaster to join Brendan Foster's production company Nova International.

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    Kate Winslet to judge TCM Classic Shorts

    2005-10-25T07:59:17Z

    8am: Kate Winslet and Dame Helen Mirren are returning to judge the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Shorts competition, as part of a 16-strong panel.

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    BBC join with DJs Coldcut to launch contest

    2005-10-25T07:59:15Z

    8am: A website offering clips from the BBC archive has attracted a quarter of a million visitors since launching last month, and now hip-hop duo DJs Coldcut have created a music video from the footage.

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    Comment: Money go round

    2005-10-24T16:47:21Z

    It might have been a good market for Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, but the big buzz at last week's Mipcom was all about the money men rather than the talent, writes Dominic Schreiber.

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    BT look to end cross-promtion of Sky

    2005-10-24T16:28:37Z

    BT is set to dump its promotion of BSkyB following the broadcaster's£211m aquistion of BT rival Easynet.

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    Community Channel lines up Lenny Henry

    2005-10-24T16:21:47Z

    The Community Channel has commissioned another series of interviews hosted by Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow and has lined up comedian Lenny Henry to take part.

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    BBC not guilty of product placement

    2005-10-24T16:15:26Z

    A BBC inquiry into product placement has cleared programme makers of being caught out by a newspaper sting.

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    US expansion for Diverse

    2005-10-24T16:12:08Z

    Diverse Production has found a US home for its Channel 4 format Escape to the Legion and is gearing up for further expansion in the States after racking up over $5m worth of commissions this year.

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    Crime and poker pay for RDF Rights

    2005-10-24T16:09:35Z

    RDF Rights has chalked up a number of UK deals for US cable network Court TV and picked up 80 hours of poker programming from Welsh indie producer Presentable.

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    TWI to distribute BBC's Timewatch

    2005-10-24T16:08:11Z

    TWI has secured international rights to the BBC's long-running flagship history strand Timewatch.