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NewsWogan costs Radio 2£800,000 a year
10am: Sir Terry Wogan is top of the BBC Radio 2 salary tree, pulling in£800,000 a year for his two hour weekday morning breakfast show.
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NewsMTV UK launches free on-demand service
MTV has confirmed it is to bring its US video on-demand service, Overdrive to the UK allowing viewers to watch exclusive content online.
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NewsManchester Passion gains 539,000 for BBC3
BBC3's modern version of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday was a big hit for the digital channel with 539,000 (3.2%) at 9pm.
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NewsHungry Caterpillar launches on DVD
The Illuminated Film Company's classic children's series The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Storiesis to be released on DVD for the first time in the UK by Ventura International.
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TWI poaches BBC World exec
TWI has appointed Miles Palmer, the former head of business development at BBC World, as its new head of audio sales and distribution worldwide.
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OTF inks Scandi deals
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has sold a raft of key titles, including BBC3 series Changemakers, in Scandinavia.
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Reality Channel goes mobile
European channel operator Zone Vision Networks has struck a deal with mobile content publisher Player X to distribute clips from its Reality TV channel across Europe and Asia.
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Two awards for ITV's Pocoyo
ITV pre-school series Pocoyohas picked up two Pulcinella awards at Italy's annual Cartoons on the Bay animation festival.
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NewsTarget racks up deals for MTV's Next!
Target Entertainment has struck a number of deals for US comedy reality show Next! and has picked up another 40 episodes of the series, bringing its total to 110.
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NewsUS sale for All3Media family drama
All3Media International has secured further sales for its CBBC fantasy drama Maddigan's Quest(13 x 30 minutes), including deals in the US and the Middle East.
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NewsUK programme exports hit new high
Investor confidence in the indie production sector will be boosted by new figures out today which show that UK programme exports rose an impressive 21% to£632m in 2005.
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NewsPhillips to return to BBC
Recently retired BBC Worldwide deputy chief executive Mike Phillips is to return to the corporation's commercial arm to oversee projects including the big screen release of Planet Earth.
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NewsUK programme exports hit£632m
Investor confidence in the indie production sector will be boosted by new figures out today which show that UK programme exports rose an impressive 21% to£632m in 2005.
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NewsFriends reunited on ITV Play
8am: A spin-off of website Friends Reunited will be one of the flagship shows on ITV's new gaming channel, ITV Play, which launches today (Wednesday).
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NewsTrue Movies spin-off set for launch
The Chart Show Group is launching a second True Movies channel following on from the unexpected success of its original real life film offering.
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NewsPaxman latest BBC salary leak
The BBC has extended its investigation into leaked salaries after University Challengehost Jeremy Paxman's wage was revealed.
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NewsFourth series for C4's Shameless
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth series of drama hit Shamelessafter signing new contracts with key cast members including David Threlfall.
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NewsRDF poaches ABC exec
RDF Media has poached an executive at major American network ABC to run its US development operation.
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NewsSky to launch entertainment festival
Sky is launching an entertainment festival in Manchester this August, featuring over 30 events with contributions from over 25 channels including Discovery, FX and Paramount.
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Sparrowhawk poised to sell TV movies list
Sparrowhawk, owner of the Hallmark international business, is in talks with Fremantle International Distribution over the sale of its movies for TV library, thought to be worth more than£120m.