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NewsEntertainment Rights bags more Barbie
7.30am: Entertainment Rights (ER) has signed a rights deal that will see it distribute three more Barbie movies worldwide.
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NewsCruising with Stelios
4.30pm: Two Four Productions has secured a deal to produce a US version of the Sky One documentary series Cruise with Stelios for The Travel Channel.
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NewsC4 pay£30,000 for disabled stripping
4.30pm: First-time director Havana Marking has scooped a£30,000 commission after winning a Channel 4 pitching contest, for her idea of following the UK's first disabled stripping troupe.
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NewsTV Corp's Hawk-Eye gets official approval
3.45pm: Indie TV Corp's ball-tracking system Hawk-Eye has been cleared by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for use as an official umpiring aid.
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NewsExtras heads down under
2.30pm: Comedian Ricky Gervais is to be seen on screens across Europe, Australia and New Zealand, after BBC Worldwide completed a series of sales for his sitcom Extras.
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NewsHallmark picks up Elizabeth I
2pm: The Hallmark Channel has secured a slate of three programmes from distributor All3Media, including the international rights to Channel 4's Elizabeth I, starring Helen Mirren.
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NewsNoel Edmonds back on TV
2pm: Noel Edmonds, the former face of BBC light entertainment, is returning to TV screens hosting a new Channel 4 gameshow.
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NewsBBC1's Dead topple ITV1's Jericho
Jericho and Waking the Dead went head to head on Sunday night but BBC1's established crime drama narrowly trumped ITV1's new offering with 6.9 million (27.6%).
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NewsViewers think ITV1 has the X Factor
First blood in the latest Saturday night ratings battle of the talent shows went to ITV1's The X Factor with 7.5 million (38.3%).
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NewsFreudenstein hits out over Premiership rights
BSkyB's chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein has criticised attempts by ITV and NTL to end Sky's monopoly of live Premier League coverage, saying they risk scoring a 'spectacular own goal'.
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NewsEnteraction & AIM to launch movie channel
Enteraction TV has teamed up with UK film and cinema consortium, All Industry Marketing (AIM) to launch a movie channel with a twist?it won't show any movies.
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NewsMurphy to join RDF
RDF is set to unveil BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy as its new creative director.
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NewsNeil sets up TV rights fund
10am: Andrew Neil, the broadcaster and former Sunday Times editor, is moving into the television rights business with a£30m TV fund.
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NewsHumphrys compensated over leaked after dinner speech
BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys has received a£10,000 payout from the event firm which leaked controversial remarks he made in an after dinner speech.
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NewsITV hires daytime exec
9.45am: Helen Warner, a former editor of Loose Women and This Morning, is joining ITV to find daytime shows from the regions.
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NewsSky in advanced talks with Easynet
9.45am: BSkyB is poised to buy telecoms company Easynet for an estimated£150m, and could announce a deal within the week.
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NewsBBC Manchester move gets£50m boost
8am: The BBC's proposed plan to move four departments to Manchester has been given a£50 million boost from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and public sector partners.
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NewsGCap put Xfm forward for north east FM licence
GCap Media is looking to extend its alternative music format Xfm into a national analogue network by putting it forward for the north east FM licence currently being advertised by Ofcom.
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NewsProducers slam BBC's desktop editing drive
The BBC's drive to bring in desktop editing for its factual department came under fresh criticism today, as producers slammed it as an unwise way to shrink production budgets.
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NewsO'Connell takes Xfm team to Virgin
New Virgin Radio breakfast host Christian O'Connell is taking his entire Xfm team with him, when he starts his new job on 23 January.