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    ITV says sorry to Celtic fans

    2005-11-11T10:29:03Z

    ITV has written to Celtic Football Club to apologise to fans after a reference to the sudden death of a former manager during an episode of Mike Bassett: Manager, caused offence.

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    Doc Martin attends to 8.3m

    2005-11-11T11:03:09Z

    ITV1's popular drama Doc Martin came back with a bang as the second series kicked-off with a hefty average of 8.3 million (35.3%) at 9pm.

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    BBC radio refuses to reveal budgets

    2005-11-11T11:13:19Z

    Commercial radio companies have lodged a formal complaint with the information commissioner after the BBC refused to reveal its programme budgets.

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    At The Races goes to court

    2005-11-11T13:30:00Z

    The on-going dispute between At The Races (ATR) and 31 of the UK's leading racecourses reaches the High Court today (14 November).

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    UKTV publishes The Next Big Thing

    2005-11-14T07:55:00Z

    8am: The UKTV-backed book of collected media essays is published today [Monday], with contributors such as Elisabeth Murdoch, Alan Sugar and Lorraine Heggessey predicting what the next major leap in British broadcasting will be.

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    Prever takes on Smooth breakfast slot

    2005-11-14T08:07:04Z

    8am: London's 102.2 Smooth FM has poached LBC's afternoon DJ David Prever as its new breakfast show host, making Smooth the latest London station to revamp its breakfast line up in the hope of boosting listeners.

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    Desmond resurfaces on Avanti board

    2005-11-14T09:20:16Z

    Avanti Screenmedia, the retail TV supplier set to become a high definition satellite broadcaster, has appointed former ITV Broadcasting chief Mick Desmond as a non executive director.

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    Keating launches Dragons' Den spin-off

    2005-11-14T09:51:39Z

    BBC2 controller Roly Keating is hoping to repeat the success of Dragons' Den with another series about entrepreneurial skills.

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    Frost to front new ITV politics show

    2005-11-14T09:56:32Z

    Sir David Frost has been signed up to present ITV London's new politics show, as the network revamps its regional political programming.

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    I'm a Celebrity lines-up for Sunday night

    2005-11-14T11:06:59Z

    11am: Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost has emerged as the highest paid star of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, which kicks off on ITV1 this Sunday night.

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    Child of Mine chills 5.9m

    2005-11-14T11:34:58Z

    ITV1's one-off psychological thriller Child of Mine managed to draw in a respectable 5.9 million (26.8%) at 9pm.

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    Chrysalis report profit slide

    2005-11-14T11:43:50Z

    Chrysalis Group has reported a 72% drop in pretax profits to£2.7 for 2005, blaming a slow radio advertising market for the slide.

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    Homechoice to help deprived Londoners go digital

    2005-11-14T11:59:26Z

    Video Networks, provider of Homechoice, is joining forces with community group The Shoreditch Trust to launch a subsidised TV over broadband pilot scheme in two of London's most deprived estates.

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    England victory scores for BBC1

    2005-11-14T12:27:32Z

    BBC1 dominated afternoon viewing on Saturday when England faced Argentina and scored with 9.2 million (48.1%) from 4.35pm.

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    Pact 'disappointed' at C4'snew media rights stance

    2005-11-14T14:47:43Z

    Pact has today expressed frustration and disappointment in Channel 4's position over the unresolved issue of new media rights.

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    Attenborough to retire from TV

    2005-11-14T15:42:24Z

    Veteran TV presenter Sir David Attenborough has announced his retirement from television and pointed to Charlotte Uhlenbroek to succeed him as documenter of the natural world.

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    FremantleMedia adds to NorthAmerican arm

    2005-11-14T15:54:34Z

    FremantleMedia's attempts to move into US drama have been given a boost with the appointment of veteran Steve Tao as senior vice president of scripted programming in North America.

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    AOL and Warner Bros enterTV over broadband market

    2005-11-14T16:32:59Z

    AOL and Warner Bros are to up the ante in the fast-developing broadband TV market with an advertiser-funded online service offering viewers access to classic shows from the Warner's archive.

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    Cowell named showbiz personality of the year

    2005-11-14T16:52:33Z

    TV and radio presenters Simon Cowell, Victoria Derbyshire, and Gordon Ramsay all picked up gongs at the 53rd annual Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, last night.

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    Production begins on Cracker

    2005-11-14T17:15:18Z

    Former Coupling actor Richard Coyle will join Robbie Coltrane in ITV1's new two hour episode of Cracker, which went into production today in Manchester.