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Hallmark snaps up BBC dramas
The Hallmark Channel is on the lookout for UK drama acquisitions and has kicked off its new strategy by buying BBC hits Spooks and Hustle.
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NewsFive in£10m-plus budget boost
4.15pm: Five is increasing its programme budget to over£200m next year, director of programmes Dan Chambers confirmed today.
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Goswami in new TV over broadband venture
2.15pm: Former BSkyB's commercial director Martin Goswami is launching Aggregator, an IPTV service designed to compliment Freeview.
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NewsMore4 not free-to-air for all
2pm: Channel 4 is being bombarded with complaints from angry Sky viewers unable to access its new 'free' digital channel, More4, launched on Monday [10 October].
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NewsEC media chief calls for 'light touch' media regulation
1pm: Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for media, this week said that regulators needed to apply 'a light touch' to internet, broadband and other emerging media platforms.
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NewsViewers indifferent to BBC2's Supernova
BBC2's new comedy series Supernova failed to dazzle the viewers last night with a relatively poor 1.7 million (8.2%).
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NewsPress reaction to the BBC'slicence fee request
10.30am: The Guardian provided a lone voice in support of the BBC's proposal to increase the licence fee above the rate of inflation while the majority of daily newspapers slammed the move.
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NewsChan quits Channel 4 for Firefly
10.30am: Channel 4 commissioning editor Angela Chan is to quit the broadcaster nine months after joining, to become an executive producer for indie Firefly.
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NewsNTL & ITV join forces in Premier League rights bid
NTL and ITV have teamed up to launch a bid for the next set of Premier League rights in an attempt to break BSkyB's stranglehold on the game.
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NewsITV & C4 join Freeview consortium
10.15am: ITV and Channel 4 have confirmed they are to join the Freeview consortium.
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NewsSky looks to raise£1bn
10am: BSkyB has said it is thinking of raising up to£1bn through the sale of its first bonds for more than five years, triggering speculation that the satellite giant may be in acquisitive form.
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NewsNat Geo buys Rough Trades
10am: National Geographic International has picked up the pay TV rights to Rough Trades, a series lookingat unusual professions throughout the world.
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NewsThompson: Manchester plan dependson licence settlement
10am: BBC chiefs have warned MPs they may have to think again about moving to Manchester if the government does not sanction their demand for an inflation-busting hike in the licence fee.
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NewsWood leaves the Street for Mersey
Coronation Street producer Tony Wood has confirmed that he is joining Mersey Television as creative director.
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NewsMPs lobby Jowell to keep cricket free
8am: Pressure is mounting on Tessa Jowell to call a broadcasting summit that will look at ways to keep cricket test matches free-to-air from next season.
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NewsFX bags two Comedy Central shows
8am: The FX channel has boosted its comedy slate by buying two sketch shows from Comedy Central.
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NewsC4 awarded for its portrayalof mental health
8am: Channel 4 was the big winner at last night's Mental Health Media Awards.
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NewsGrade denies New Statesman claims
BBC chairman Michael Grade has denied sanctioning any moves to give the government an easier ride in the run-up to having the charter renewed.
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NewsMP hits out at licence fee proposals
A Tory MP has given BBC chairman Michael Grade and director general Mark Thompson a taste of the licence fee battle ahead
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NewsSky Movies buys complete Star Wars set
BSkyB has signed a major content agreement to show the entire Star Wars saga in 2006.