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NewsLorraine Kelly to front DNA show for ITV
8am: GMTV host Lorraine Kelly has been lined up to anchor ITV1 daytime's new DNA testing series Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories.
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NewsLords attack BBC proposals
A House of Lords committee has criticised demands by the BBC for an inflation-busting licence fee rise and called for plans to replace the BBC governors with a Trust to be scrapped.
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NewsTV chiefs line-up for Manchester
BBC director of television Jana Bennett will deliver a key note speech on the BBC's future commissioning and production plans at the Broadcast Commissioning Conference in Manchester this month.
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NewsCountdown returns with 1.8m
The smooth presenting charm of Des Lynam looks to have been an instant hit with the Countdown viewers as his debut on the gameshow drew a strong 1.8 million (21.8%) at 3.30pm.
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NewsEx-TV Corp duo sell indie stake
Former TV Corp executives Chris Rowlands and Charles Thompson have sold a majority stake in their new indie to intellectual property and production group Apace Media.
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NewsGoldman Sachs man launches indie
8am: A former Goldman Sachs executive has launched a television production company to provide new revenue streams for high profile sporting clients of his financial services business.
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NewsSMG to support Gaelic channel
8am: Ofcom has raised a further£400,000 a year towards funding a new Gaelic TV Channel after agreeing to change ITV broadcasters Scottish TV and Grampian TV's indigenous language requirements.
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NewsSecond helpings for Beyond Boundaries
8am: BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a second series of disability adventure travel programme Beyond Boundaries while the first series is still on air.
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NewsC4 appoints new commissioning editor
8am: Channel 4 has hired Kashaf Chaudhry, the producer of The Real Da Vinci Code, to join its science, history and religion department.
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NewsPeter Kay to run 6 Music
8am: Comedian Peter Kay and various chart-topping acts are to take charge of BBC digital station 6 Music's programming as part of The BBC 6 Music Selector.
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NewsC4 revives Comic Strip
8.30am: Channel 4 is reviving Comic Strip Presents... 23 years to the day since it first aired on the broadcaster's opening night.
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NewsUnions bid to reduce World Service cuts
9.30am: Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of people set to be axed from the World Service staff.
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NewsSex Traffic up for five craft awards
Eight members of the production team that worked on the Granada-produced docu-drama Sex Traffic are up for gongs at this month's RTS Craft and Design Awards
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NewsTony Blair Rock Star headsC4 winter season
Tony and Cherie Blair both feature in Channel 4's winter season unveiled by the broadcaster this morning but the Prime Minister is unlikely to be happy with his TV portrayal.
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NewsBlaze confirms CD:USA deal
Blaze Television has secured a deal with US multichannel operator DirecTV to produce an American version of ITV1 pop show CD:UK.
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News...but misses the net on ITV1
ITV1's live coverage of Liverpool's Champions League tie against Anderlecht was something of a muted affair with a peak audience of just 5.6 million (24.3%) at 9pm.
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NewsFootball scores for ITV4's launch...
ITV4 had an impressive launch night yesterday as the channel soared to an all-hours share of 3.23% in multichannel homes.
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NewsITV plans 'imminent' acquisitions
ITV Consumer chief executive Jeff Henry said today he was close to making a series of acquisitions.
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NewsBroadcasting House architect dropped
The group developing BBC Broadcasting House has ditched the architect in charge of the scheme after running into 'creative differences' over the project.
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BBC1 updates Jekyll and Hyde
Coupling writer Stephen Moffatt is to write a modern version of DrJekyll and Mr Hyde for BBC1.