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    ITV hands Rider Top World Cup job

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC sport presenter Steve Rider has bagged the plum role of anchoring ITV's England games in next month's World Cup ahead of ITV regulars Gabby Logan and Jim Rosenthal.

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    Production - Achtung baby!

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Series producer Dan Goldsack on finding suitable families for theattentions of a 'by mind reader' and making sure the psychic's efforts didnot fall foul of Ofcom regulations.

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    Ratings - Are blockbuster soaps slipping out of favour?

    2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

    The three big broadcasting events of the week were Big Brother's Live Launch Show on Channel 4 on Thursday at 9pm, ...

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    PEER POLL: Soccer Aid v Big Brother

    2006-05-26T07:45:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Can ITV1's Soccer Aid compete with C4's Big Brotherin the ratings?

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    Ofcom repeats new media rights warning

    2006-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Ofcom chief operating officer Ed Richards has once again urged Pact and the UK's public broadcasters to reach an agreement over the ownership of new media rights, ahead of the regulator's deadline next Wednesday.

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    Eurosport nets Wenger and Houllier

    2006-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Eurosport has lined-up Arsene Wenger and Gerard Houllier to provide expert analysis during the World Cup.

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    ITV's Henry to map out future at Broadcast Live

    2006-05-26T08:00:00Z

    ITV Consumer chief executive Jeff Henry is to give the keynote speech at Broadcast LIVE's Delivery Day conference next month, mapping out where he believes audiences will be in five years' time.

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    Most OAPs have problems with digital TV equipment, study finds

    2006-05-26T10:45:00Z

    Almost three quarters of pensioners and people with significant disabilities will need substantial help switching to digital television, according to the results of a nine-month trial.

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    Sky and AETN confirm UK crime channel launch

    2006-05-26T11:30:00Z

    A&E Television Networks (AETN) and BSkyB have confirmed they are to launch a crime channel in the UK and Ireland, as first revealed by Broadcast (11.03.05).

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    Big Brother watched by 4.9m

    2006-05-26T11:50:00Z

    The build-up to Dawn Blake's exit from the Big Brother house ensured an easy victory for Channel 4 at 9pm with 4.9 million (22.3%).

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    Müller boss takes commercial radio job

    2006-05-26T12:00:00Z

    Müller managing directer Andrew Harrison has been named as chief executive of the newly formed commercial radio industry body RadioCentre.

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    Blogcast: Dan Wootton at the American Idol final

    2006-05-26T12:15:00Z

    Entertainment events that bring the US to a standstill have previously been limited to the annual Oscars ceremony and the Superbowl. Not any more. A British format has joined that list and is being touted by broadcasting pundits as the biggest US TV show in history.

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    Campaign to move a terrestrial channel out of London launches

    2006-05-30T08:00:00Z

    A campaign to move one major television channel out of London - either BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 or Five - has been launched this week.

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    BBC issues new public speaking rules

    2006-05-30T08:00:00Z

    The BBC has updated its guidelines on public speaking to news and current affairs staff, following the row over a controversial after-dinner speech by Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys last September.

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    Industry pays tribute to British journalists killed in Iraq

    2006-05-30T10:30:00Z

    Tributes have been paid to former ITN cameraman Paul Douglas and his British colleague James Brolan, who were both killed in a car bomb blast in Iraq yesterday.

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    Images of BBC central Manchester site revealed

    2006-05-30T10:55:00Z

    Central Manchester has released the first images of its vision for a BBC-centred 'Media Zone' in the city, responding to Salford's bid to become the corporation's home in the area.

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    Falcon Beach proves popular for Fremantle

    2006-05-30T11:00:00Z

    Fremantle Media has secured a raft of sales for its new teen drama Falcon Beachafter promoting the series to international broadcasters at last week's LA Screenings.

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    Blogcast: CD:UK but with an American twist

    2006-05-30T11:20:00Z

    The original CD:UKmay be temporarily off air after being unceremoniously axed by ITV only to be picked up by Five, but the format is thriving in the most lucrative of markets - the US. Broadcast goes behind the scenes at ...

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    ITV1's celebrity X Factor grabs 5.5m

    2006-05-30T12:45:00Z

    The X Factor: Battle of the Stars, ITV1's latest weapon against Channel 4's Big Brother, had the upper hand with the new series gaining 5.5 million (24.9%) at 9pm.

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    Pay windfall for BBC Trust team

    2006-05-30T14:25:00Z

    BBC chairman Michael Grade is to pocket an extra£57,000 a year when he takes over as chairman of the new BBC Trust which is to replace the governors.