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    He's Having a Baby interests just 1.8m

    2005-09-05T11:34:17Z

    BBC1's He's Having a Babycontinued to have a troubled labour with the third part only attracting 1.8 million (11%) at 6.50pm as the channel fell to its lowest ever all-hours share for a Saturday.

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    Birt floats Ofcom-style BBC regulator

    2005-09-05T11:49:50Z

    Lord Birt has suggested he wants to see the BBC overseen by an Ofcom-style body, in an interview in which he fleshed out his Edinburgh festival MacTaggart speech.

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    Beazley takes on Lush BBC entertainment role

    2005-09-05T12:19:00Z

    The BBC's mainstream entertainment commissioner Jon Beazley is temporarily taking over as head of entertainment commissioning after Jane Lush left the corporation to set up her own indie.

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    WB to screen Supernatural on web

    2005-09-05T12:33:31Z

    The WB Network in the US is partnering with Yahoo! to show the first episode of its new series Supernaturalon the web before it appears on TV screens.

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    Celeb Shark Bait fails to lure the viewers

    2005-09-05T12:37:44Z

    ITV1's long-awaited Celebrity Shark Baitfailed to deliver, attracting a disappointing 3.6 million (16.3%) at 9pm.

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    Emmis waits for Solent licence announcement

    2005-09-05T12:47:43Z

    US radio operator Emmis International will learn this afternoon whether its attempts to break into the UK radio market have been successful.

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    Canadian firm wins Solent FM licence

    2005-09-05T17:35:47Z

    Ofcom has awarded the Solent region licence to Original 106 FM, a bid backed by Canadian media giant CanWest - the first licence ever awarded to a foreign media company.

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    CD:UK backs new radio chart

    2005-09-06T10:05:26Z

    Emap Radio and GCap Media have joined forces with ITV pop show CD:UKto launch a new cross-media interactive chart.

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    Hadlow plans BBC4 seasons

    2005-09-06T10:08:10Z

    BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow is looking to develop the channel by putting on a season of programmes every three months.

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    More complaints over C4 Lost ads

    2005-09-06T10:20:48Z

    Channel 4's new hit show Lostcontinues to come under fire for featuring too many ad breaks, with complaints to Ofcom more than doubling.

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    Ofcom hands out local FM licences

    2005-09-06T10:36:53Z

    Ofcom has awarded two more local FM licences for Torbay and Swindon.

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    ITV to unveil pension plans

    2005-09-06T10:42:11Z

    ITV is expected to tell investors exactly how it plans to plug its£580m pension deficit at its results presentation tomorrow.

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    New channel launches for fledgling producers

    2005-09-06T11:01:27Z

    A new channel devoted to showing new TV and film-makers is set to launch next year.

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    Marian drama brings 6.3m to ITV1

    2005-09-06T11:21:07Z

    ITV1 made a solid start to its autumn season with its drama Marian, Againattracting an average of 6.3 million (28.7%) at 9pm.

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    Andi Peters quits TOTP

    2005-09-06T11:35:18Z

    Top of the Popsexecutive producer Andi Peters has quit the show, after it was axed from BBC1 and moved into a Sunday slot on BBC2.

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    Allan: I'm happy I leaked Humphrys tape

    2005-09-06T14:26:20Z

    Former Labour deputy press secretary Tim Allan has stood by his decision to leak a tape of BBC broadcaster John Humphrys ridiculing politicians to The Timesnewspaper.

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    Lords committee to probe TV cricket deals

    2005-09-07T08:57:42Z

    BBC chiefs are to be grilled by parliament over their bidding policy to broadcast sports events amid protests about the loss of live coverage of test match cricket to Sky.

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    BBC: Humphrys comments 'inappropriate'

    2005-09-07T09:08:37Z

    The BBC has reprimanded veteran BBC presenter John Humphrys over his 'inappropriate and misguided' comments about senior Labour politicians.

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    ITV and BBC to launch Freesat

    2005-09-07T10:02:14Z

    ITV and the BBC are to take on BSkyB by launching a free digital satellite service next year, targeting the 25% of homes that cannot pick up Freeview.

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    UKTV buys Paris Hilton reality show

    2005-09-07T10:54:39Z

    UKTV Style has bought NBC reality sitcom I Want to be a Hilton,which sees Paris Hilton's mother teach wannabe it-girls how to fit into high society.