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NewsUBC rolls out Emap deal
8am: Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) stations, recently acquired by Emap, have signed up to carry UBC Media's daily entertainment news service.
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NewsMock The Week wins second run
8am: Indie Angst Productions has won a recommission for a second series of its topical comedy series Mock The Week.
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NewsRedgrave to front ITV1 rowing talent show
8am: Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrave, who bagged six gold medals for Great Britain, is to star in a new ITV1 factual show.
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NewsYoomedia forecasts lossesof£1.6m for 2005
10.15am: Interactive media and games group Yoomedia has warned it will not be profit making until at least the first quarter of 2006, following protracted re-negotiations of its William Hill contract.
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NewsC4 and Five battle it out for Freeview slot
10.30am: ITV has pulled out of bidding for the latest Freeview slot, leaving Channel 4 and Five to battle it out for the coveted channel space, which is thought to have attracted offers for as much as£12 million.
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NewsBBC defends broadband drive
The BBC's director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield has defended the corporation's drive into broadband broadcasting, claiming it is taking risks 'on behalf of the industry'.
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NewsEmap's radio division on the up
10.45am: Emap has said revenues for its radio division grew 23% from£47m in the first half of 2004 to£58m in the six months to 30 September, when it included the former Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) stations it bought in August.
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NewsC4 to unveil big budgetentertainment show
11am: Channel 4 will tomorrow unveil a major new primetime entertainment series in an attempt to compete with ITV in the crucial pre-Christmas schedule.
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NewsMore4 gives BBC4 a run for its money
11.15am: The multichannel battle for upmarket adult viewers has heated up over the previous month as More4 has successfully nestled into the market with a share of 0.52%.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE - Sharman quits BBC for ITV
ITV has poached Children's BBC controller Alison Sharman to oversee an expanded department as director of factual and daytime.
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NewsBBC1's Macbeth haunts 3.4m
Macbeth, the second of BBC1's modern adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, proved to be a turn-off with viewers as it only attracted an average audience of 3.4 million (13.7%) at 8.30pm.
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NewsC4's Snow hits out at new generationof news readers
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has attacked the rise of news anchors with no experience of covering major news stories in the field.
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NewsMore4 to air Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Channel 4's new digital offering More4 has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
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NewsBBC Prime expands into Korea
BBC Prime has become the first British channel to launch in Korea, broadcasting everything from The Catherine Tate Show to Parkinson.
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NewsThomson: BBC should be exempt from spectrum tax
BBC director of strategy Caroline Thomson has argued that the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five should be exempt from paying a spectrum tax being considered by Ofcom.
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NewsPlayboy TV rolls out free-to-air channel
Playboy TV has launched its first free-to-air channel on Sky, offering viewers a toned down version of the adult programming available on its subscription channels.
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NewsSharman takes Edinburgh TV Festival chair
5pm: On the same day as announcing her departure from the BBC, Alison Sharman has been confirmed as the advisory chair for the 2006 Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsOctober in first-look deal with RDF
8am: October Films has signed a first-look deal with RDF Rights, covering all international TV and consumer product rights.
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NewsTony Robinson to front C4 politics show
8am: Comic actor-turned history presenter Tony Robinson is to turn his attention to the world of modern politics for a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsITV beefs up for winter
ITV has unveiled its winter schedule which ITV1 director of programmes Nigel Pickard has branded 'classic ITV at its best'.