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    UBC rolls out Emap deal

    2005-11-15T07:58:50Z

    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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    Mock The Week wins second run

    2005-11-15T07:59:00Z

    8am: Indie Angst Productions has won a recommission for a second series of its topical comedy series Mock The Week.

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    Redgrave to front ITV1 rowing talent show

    2005-11-15T07:59:05Z

    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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    Yoomedia forecasts lossesof£1.6m for 2005

    2005-11-15T10:21:24Z

    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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    C4 and Five battle it out for Freeview slot

    2005-11-15T10:28:47Z

    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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    BBC defends broadband drive

    2005-11-15T10:45:32Z

    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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    Emap's radio division on the up

    2005-11-15T10:52:52Z

    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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    C4 to unveil big budgetentertainment show

    2005-11-15T11:07:22Z

    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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    More4 gives BBC4 a run for its money

    2005-11-15T11:26:10Z

    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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    EXCLUSIVE - Sharman quits BBC for ITV

    2005-11-15T12:13:11Z

    ITV has poached Children's BBC controller Alison Sharman to oversee an expanded department as director of factual and daytime.

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    BBC1's Macbeth haunts 3.4m

    2005-11-15T12:38:19Z

    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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    C4's Snow hits out at new generationof news readers

    2005-11-15T12:47:48Z

    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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    More4 to air Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech

    2005-11-15T12:52:41Z

    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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    BBC Prime expands into Korea

    2005-11-15T14:44:39Z

    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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    Thomson: BBC should be exempt from spectrum tax

    2005-11-15T14:51:09Z

    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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    Playboy TV rolls out free-to-air channel

    2005-11-15T16:53:02Z

    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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    Sharman takes Edinburgh TV Festival chair

    2005-11-15T17:12:38Z

    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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    October in first-look deal with RDF

    2005-11-16T07:59:00Z

    8am: October Films has signed a first-look deal with RDF Rights, covering all international TV and consumer product rights.

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    Tony Robinson to front C4 politics show

    2005-11-16T07:59:10Z

    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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    ITV beefs up for winter

    2005-11-16T07:59:20Z

    ITV has unveiled its winter schedule which ITV1 director of programmes Nigel Pickard has branded 'classic ITV at its best'.