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    BBC pledges£8m a year for factual

    2008-05-07T17:37:40Z

    The BBC has said it will invest at least£8m a year in landmark factual content over the next five years, in a fresh bid to shore up its public service credentials.

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    Five launches spin-offs to bolster Milkshake! Strand

    2008-05-07T17:39:09Z

    Five is looking to beef up its children's strand Milkshake! with the launch of further spin-off series, and has also unveiled plans to commission a Tracey Beaker-style drama series aimed at four to seven year-olds.

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    Comedy veterans set up indie Eceni

    2008-05-07T17:43:34Z

    Veteran BBC comedy producer Roy Gould and comedy writer Penny Croft are to move into broader entertainment shows with their new indie.

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    Tiger Aspect wins teen diary rights

    2008-05-07T17:47:00Z

    Tiger Aspect is to develop a six-part comedy drama billed as a real-life female Adrian Mole.

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    TV critics 8 May '08

    2008-05-08T10:25:00Z

    'Clarissa Dickson Wright is the antidote to Nigella Lawson.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Soap Awards bring 6m to ITV1

    2008-05-08T12:18:29Z

    ITV1's annual coverage of The British Soap Awards made an impression with the viewers attracting an audience of 6m (27.5%) at 8pm but couldn't topple BBC1's The Apprentice.

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    Record Ofcom fine for ITV

    2008-05-08T12:26:42Z

    Ofcom has fined ITV a record£5.68m for serious breaches of its code regarding misconduct in viewer competitions and votings.

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    ITV braced for further criticism

    2008-05-08T13:24:58Z

    ITV is bracing itself for further censure from Ofcom following the publication of the Oslwang report into phone voting for the British Comedy Awards in 2005.

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    Grade: Ofcom fine is ‘sorry reading'

    2008-05-08T13:29:16Z

    Ofcom's record fine “makes for sorry reading”, ITV executive chairman Michael Grade said today as he sought to draw a line under the affair by spelling out the new measures he has introduced to improve its compliance procedures.

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    Virgin Media builds customers

    2008-05-08T14:36:36Z

    Virgin Media added a net 4,900 new customers across all products in the first quarter.

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    Up for a bit of Bully

    2008-05-08T15:18:30Z

    The creator of the long-running ITV show Bullseye has put the brand up for sale.

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    Fry defends BBC

    2008-05-08T17:30:54Z

    Stephen Fry last night launched a robust defence of the BBC, warning that “a diminution of any part of its great whole” would damage Britain.

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    Tinopolis set for£45m takeover

    2008-05-09T09:34:41Z

    Question Time producer Tinopolis is poised for a takeover by a venture capitalist consortium for£44.7m.

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    C4 wins triathlon rights

    2008-05-09T10:27:39Z

    Channel 4 has won the broadcast rights to new athletics tournament the British Triathlon Grand Prix.

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    New plays head to radio

    2008-05-09T10:33:27Z

    Radio and TV indie Made in Manchester (MIM) will turn extracts from plays by 16 new writers into radio after winning a prestigious PR contract.

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    BBC1 and ITV1 fail to impress

    2008-05-09T11:10:33Z

    Neither of the two main terrestrial channels could really impress the viewers at 9pm as their respective dramas failed to even make the 4m mark.

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    Make your vote count

    2008-05-09T11:11:19Z

    Broadcast is seeking your vote for one of the most prestigious prizes in its Digital Channel Awards. The Individual Achievement Award, sponsored by Skillset, will go to the person you think has made an outstanding contribution to the development of digital media.

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    C4 orders more Vodafone gigs

    2008-05-09T12:08:44Z

    Bands including Gnarls Barkley, the Sugababes and the Feeling are to appear in the third series of Vodafone TBA concerts to be broadcast on Channel 4.

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    TV critics 9 May '08

    2008-05-09T12:32:38Z

    '... as bonkers as a pair of amorous foxes in the garden.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Links of the week

    2008-05-09T13:23:29Z

    The full list of links featured in this week's issue of Broadcast.