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NewsDCMS clears BBC Broadcast sale
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rubberstamped the£166m sale of BBC Broadcast to Australian consortium Creative Broadcast Services.
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NewsCelador International MBO bid fails
The managing director of Celador International (CI), the distribution business which sells the format to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, has failed in his bid to buy the firm.
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News4.6m join BBC2's Extras
Ricky Gervais' new comedy vehicle Extrasgot off to a flying start last Thursday (21 July) with an average audience of 4.6 million (24%) at 9pm, making it the most watched show at the time.
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NewsRoache hits out at 'superficial' Corrie
Veteran Coronation Streetstar Bill Roache has become the latest figure to criticise the soap, branding it too 'superficial'.
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NewsMXR appoints first MD
Regional digital radio consortium MXR has promoted Diane Wray to become its first managing director.
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NewsChorion buys Very Hungry Caterpillar
Chorion, the rights company that owns Noddyand Mr Men, has gobbled up the rights to classic kids book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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NewsBBC launches EPG design competition
The BBC is to let computer developers and designers re-build its TV schedules, in a competition to create their own customised electronic programme guides.
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Interview: Bridget Boseley - The facts of life
ITV controller of factual Bridget Boseley has faced scrutiny over ITV flops such as Fat Families and The Real Good Life, but she remains upbeat that she can pull off new ideas in peaktime.
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Production - What do Playboy and Andy Duncan have in common?
Always keen to get ahead, the adult entertainment industry has pioneered new internet, video and mobile phone technologies - and the TV world is quickly wising-up to what it can learn.
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Off the Record - Should be so lucky?
We know Aussie soap stars are always desperate to come over and make it big in
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Analysis - How low will they go?
With digital take-up gathering pace and the analogue switch-off date looming, terrestrial broadcasters are struggling to maintain their traditional share dominance, but is this slide inevitable, asks Philip Reevell.
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TV auction shows sold on
Orion TV has shifted its ITV daytime hits Bootsale Challenge and Trading Treasures to broadcasters in
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Comment - Can you repeat that?
The public can be relied upon to complain about repeats on the BBC, but it's unrealistic to think of banishing them entirely, says Conor Dignam, Editor.
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NewsUPN grows HD output
US network UPN is stepping up moves into High Definition (HD) after confirming half of its primetime line-up will be broadcast using the technology.
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NewsTV Corp pulls plug in US
TV Corporation has shut down its only US office after the stream of big commissions from the US networks dried up.
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NewsCNN unveils broadband service
CNN has unveiled further details of its on demand broadband video service.
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NewsFremantle appoints USA chief
FremantleMedia has promoted Cecile Frot-Coutaz to chief executive of its north American arm, filling the role left vacant by Tom Gutterdige's shock exit earlier this year.
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NewsKeating unveils BBC2 autumn
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has unveiled a strong factual slate for the channel's autumn season, featuring a new biopic of Bob Dylan, in a bid to claw back audiences.
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NewsSky to launch two new channels
BSkyB is planning to launch two more channels - Sky Two and Sky Three.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC repeats
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Michael Grade banish all repeats from BBC1 and BBC2?