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NewsUltimate Force a Casualty of BBC onslaught
ITV1 slumped to its second worst all-hours share ever last Saturday as Ultimate Forceproved to be less than fighting fit.
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Sarpong to continue with T4 'into 2007'
June Sarpong has signed a contract with Channel 4 to continue presenting teen weekend strand T4 'into 2007', dousing speculation she was about to leave for the BBC.
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Kids programming will remain on BBC2
Saturday morning kids programming on BBC2 is to become a permanent fixture after the trial schedule swap between BBC1 and BBC2 was deemed a success by BBC1 controller Peter Fincham.
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NewsVodafone to offer live sports coverage
Sky Sports and Vodafone UK are to offer live international cricket and live Football League playoff matches on mobile phones, starting from this weekend.
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Opinion - Comment - Grand theft indie?
London super-indies are opening offices in the nations - butElizabeth Partyka questions if it is a commitment that will lead to asustained production base or merely opportunism.
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NewsPEER POLL: The BBC under Thompson
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Mark Thompson has been director general of the BBC for two years. Has he been good for the corporation?
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NewsTerrestrial channels commit to new movies
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have committed to screening new blockbuster Hollywood movies on their main channels after Broadcastthis week revealed Five is considering dropping terrestrial premieres from its schedule.
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NewsWallace quits Sky One
Sky One director of original programming Jo Wallace has quit the channel just weeks after new director of programming Richard Woolfe arrived at the broadcaster.
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NewsNew Zealand minister blames BBC for tsunami panic
The New Zealand civil defence minister has lashed out at the BBC for causing panic in the country after its coverage of yesterday's tsunami warning for the Pacific basin.
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NewsSetanta pays£392m for two Premier League packages
Irish pay TV broadcaster Setanta has paid£392m for the rights to two Premier League packages for the next three football seasons, giving it 46 live games a year. BSkyB has paid£1.3bn for the other four packages, which total 92 games annually.
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NewsSony Pictures appoints new international vice president
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has made Tom Davidson vice president of its international networks. He will relocate to London, as the US studio giant prepares to roll out more channels internationally.
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VideoVideo: Superstars ready
Five has commissioned a series of promos ahead of its revival of iconic sport show Superstars.
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NewsNick Pollard leaves Sky News
Nick Pollard is to step down as head of Sky News after a decade - the last six months of which have been overshadowed by a poorly received relaunch.
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NewsLicence fee numbers don't add up, says Allen
Industry bigwigs witnessed a “clash of the titans” as BBC director general Mark Thompson and ITV chief executive Charles Allen locked horns in debate over the BBC's licence fee bid.
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NewsUltimate Force still can't cut it with 4.1m
The second episode of ITV1's SAS drama Ultimate Forcewasn't able to make the grade this week only attracting 4.1m (20%) at 9.10pm.
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Sony promotes European channel exec
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Tom Davidson to VP of international networks, with a brief to increase distribution of its channel brands AXN, Animax and Sony Entertainment Television.
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Pocoyo sold to over 100 countries
Granada International's pre-school series Pocoyohas been recommissioned by CITV for a second series, while the first 52 x 70-minute episodes continue to sell to more international broadcasters.
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NewsGranada sells Dancing on Ice to Russia
Granada International has secured another two format deals in Russia, this time with public broadcaster TV Channel Russia, which has picked up the rights to two ITV series.
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NewsSeptember wins US order for new ITV show
September Films has picked up its first order from US women's channel Oxygen, for a pilot based on its new ITV entertainment format It's Now Or Never.
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NewsSky axes PremPlus
Sky is to axe its pay-per view sports channel PremPlus after losing out on two Premiership football packages, or 46 live games a year, to Setanta Sports.