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    Target name brand boss

    2008-05-16T12:09:34Z

    Target Entertainment has promoted Helen Howells to the newly created position of global brand director.

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    BBC to air US basketball online

    2008-05-16T12:20:25Z

    The BBC is screening daily US basketball highlights on the web after striking a deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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    Rhodes returns to UKTV Food

    2008-05-16T12:38:53Z

    Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes is to hunt for more of Britain's unsung culinary champions for UKTV Food.

  • people_martin_adams
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    Fremantle hires home entertainment exec

    2008-05-16T12:49:45Z

    FremantleMedia Enterprises has appointed a new executive for its home entertainment division.

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    GCap sets Global takeover date

    2008-05-16T12:53:03Z

    GCap Media has confirmed its£375m takeover by Global Radio will be completed by 6 June.

  • people_ynon_kreiz
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    Kreiz named Endemol CEO

    2008-05-19T09:13:38Z

    Endemol has hired Fox Kids Europe co-founder and venture capitalist Ynon Kreiz as its chief executive.

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    AOL completes $850m Bebo deal

    2008-05-19T09:34:30Z

    AOL is to integrate Bebo into its new People Networks division, which brings together AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ and other community platforms.

  • people_rupert_murdoch
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    News Corp cleared of hacking

    2008-05-19T10:05:20Z

    A subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has been cleared of charges in a corporate espionage lawsuit brought by satellite TV company DISH Network that claimed damages of almost $1bn (£510m).

  • people_john_mccarthy
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    John McCarthy to front religious art series

    2008-05-19T10:13:02Z

    Sky Arts has hired broadcaster and former hostage John McCarthy to narrate and present a three-part part documentary series on the art and architecture of religious buildings.

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    TV critics 19 May '08

    2008-05-19T10:14:24Z

    '... as purely spectacular as television is ever likely to get.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

  • people_russell_kane
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    Q Radio hires comedian

    2008-05-19T10:19:03Z

    Young stand-up comic Russell Kane and Acid Jazz records founder Eddie Piller will join Bauer-owned Q Radio when it launches on 2 June.

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    Primeval weekend unveiled

    2008-05-19T12:00:28Z

    ITV3 is to air a new behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of Primeval as part of a weekend devoted to the fantasy series.

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    Ultimate Force fires blanks

    2008-05-19T12:05:06Z

    ITV1 managed to secure an all hours share of just 13.3% yesterday, its lowest Sunday in nearly two years, as Ultimate Force returned with just 3.5m viewers (15.3%) at 9pm.

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    7.2m support FA Cup final

    2008-05-19T12:34:59Z

    BBC1's live coverage of the FA Cup final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City was the predictable ratings hit with the match being watched by 7.2m viewers, over half of the viewing public at the time.

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    Links of the week

    2008-05-20T09:06:39Z

    This week BSkyB unveiled its Sky Player, the BBC invited fans to make their own Doctor Who trailers and ITV revealed a new online football magazine.

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    Ionoco unveils phone-in graphics innovation

    2008-05-20T09:14:17Z

    Software developer Ionoco has come-up with a new technology for television phone-ins that it says will help to both restore public trust in broadcasters and act as entertainment.

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    Link Research sells wireless systems to SIS

    2008-05-20T09:21:37Z

    SIS Outside Broadcasts, formerly BBC Outside Broadcasts, has invested ‘several hundred thousand pounds' in L1500 wireless camera systems from Link Research.

  • Mobile_TV
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    Qualcomm snaps up mobile-TV spectrum

    2008-05-20T09:33:45Z

    American mobile technology firm Qualcomm has bought 40 Mhz of UK L-Band radio spectrum for£8.3m.

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    R4 listeners accuse BBC of censorship

    2008-05-20T09:39:14Z

    Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Today programme have accused the corporation of censorship after it announced that it would axe the show's online messaging board next month.

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    Extreme Sports gig goes to Arqiva

    2008-05-20T09:48:18Z

    Arqiva has won a five-year contract to playout the Chello Zone-owned Extreme Sports Channel to Sky.