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    Capital shelves Party in the Park

    2005-05-09T10:37:24Z

    Capital FM has iced plans to run its annual Party in the Park charity event this year to allow Bob Geldof to stage his much-rumoured Live 8 event.

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    UTV offers£98m for TWG

    2005-05-09T10:29:53Z

    ITV broadcaster Ulster Television has made a£98.2m bid for The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station.

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    Cable duo prepare for merger

    2005-05-09T10:25:12Z

    Telewest has asked Deutsche Bank to sound out potential buyers for its content arm Flextech, as the company gears up for a£5.5bn merger with fellow cable operator, NTL.

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    Brits dominate rose D'Or awards

    2005-05-09T10:09:04Z

    British broadcasters cleaned up at the Rose D'Or festival this weekend, picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom performance categories.

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    BBC to open Birmingham drama centre

    2005-05-09T10:03:46Z

    The BBC will tomorrow push ahead with plans to boost production outside London, by opening a major TV drama hub in Birmingham.

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    Interview: John Keeling - The glass half full

    2005-05-06T15:19:02Z

    Being able to repeat the best of the BBC's programming is something to be proud of, says UKTV controller John Keeling, but that hasn't stopped him upping original programming every year.

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    Production - ITV at 50 - A happy 50th birthday for ITV?

    2005-05-06T15:19:01Z

    ITV this year celebrates its 50th birthday. Here five former executives explore the challenges facing the UK's big gest commercial channel as it prepares for its second half century in a rapidly changing broadcasting environment.

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    Commissioner's Q & A - Glenwyn Benson

    2005-05-06T15:18:56Z

    The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano.

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    PEER POLL: Celebrity

    2005-05-06T15:00:02Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks:

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    Election victory for BBC1

    2005-05-06T12:41:47Z

    ITV and the BBC may have shared last night's exit poll - but the BBC took the lion's share of ratings.

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    Lions Gate pulls out of Hit race

    2005-05-06T11:09:11Z

    Lions Gate Entertainment has said it will not be making an offer for Bob the Builder owner Hit Entertainment, leaving the way clear for Apax to acquire the business.

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    BBC/ITV exit poll comes up trumps

    2005-05-06T11:07:46Z

    The BBC and ITV's decision to commission their first ever joint exit poll appears to have been vindicated after the survey correctly predicted a labour majority of 66 seats.

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    BBC radio takes a lead over the nationals

    2005-05-06T08:52:29Z

    The BBC has expanded its lead over the national commercial stations, widening the gap in audience share to more than 10%.

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    Heart 106.2 takes biggest share of audience

    2005-05-06T08:51:34Z

    Heart 106.2 has overtaken rivals 95.8 Capital FM and Magic 105.4 to snatch the biggest share of London's radio audience.

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    Classic FM sees drop in listeners

    2005-05-06T08:49:22Z

    Classic FM has seen its lead over the national commercial stations narrow, as TalkSPORT overtakes Virgin Radio for the first time.

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    Apprentice ends on a high

    2005-05-05T12:06:35Z

    BBC2's hit business show The Apprenticecelebrated the end of its run last night, peaking with over 4 million viewers.

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    Web Film opens major new stage

    2005-05-05T08:30:00Z

    Web Film Studios has completed the first stage in its£70m plan to create a film village in Manchester. ...

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    Granada signs up content for mobile phone viewing

    2005-05-05T08:30:00Z

    Granada Ventures has signed a deal to sell programmes and films, ...

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    4 Creative MD role review as Green quits

    2005-05-05T08:30:00Z

    Lisa Green, managing director of 4 Creative and 124 Facilities, has resigned to pursue other interests. ...

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    Jelly recreates jungle for ITV1

    2005-05-05T08:30:00Z

    Jelly Television has created more than 90 graphic and photo-real visual effects shots for ITV1's natural history series Deep Jungle. Graphic effects are used to illustrate how jungle habitat changes over time and how it differs by geographical location. The sequences were designed ...