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    Brits dominate rose D'Or awards

    2005-05-09T10:09:04Z

    British broadcasters cleaned up at the Rose D'Or festival this weekend, picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom performance categories.

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    Cable duo prepare for merger

    2005-05-09T10:25:12Z

    Telewest has asked Deutsche Bank to sound out potential buyers for its content arm Flextech, as the company gears up for a£5.5bn merger with fellow cable operator, NTL.

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    UTV offers£98m for TWG

    2005-05-09T10:29:53Z

    ITV broadcaster Ulster Television has made a£98.2m bid for The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station.

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    Capital shelves Party in the Park

    2005-05-09T10:37:24Z

    Capital FM has iced plans to run its annual Party in the Park charity event this year to allow Bob Geldof to stage his much-rumoured Live 8 event.

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    ITV revisits old classics

    2005-05-09T11:07:49Z

    ITV has commissioned more than 30 hours of primetime television to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year.

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    BBC religious shows 'lack impact'

    2005-05-09T11:14:46Z

    BBC governors and executives are to hold a seminar on how to deal with religious programming, in the wake of a scathing governors report into the issue.

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    More Baftas for Sex Traffic

    2005-05-09T12:28:45Z

    Sex Trafficswept the board at the Bafta Craft Awards last night winning six of its seven nominated categories.

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    VE Day celebrations bring 6.4m to BBC1

    2005-05-09T12:37:57Z

    BBC1's VE Day celebrations went off with a bang as its coverage of A Party to Remembermanaged a peak audience of 6.4 million (26%) at the end.

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    Celeb Wrestling draws just 2.6m

    2005-05-09T12:48:27Z

    ITV1's show Celebrity Wrestlingsuffered its lowest audience so far with a mere 2.6 million (14%) tuning in from 6.30pm-7.45pm on Saturday.

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    Ofcom clears Springer Opera

    2005-05-10T09:29:17Z

    Ofcom has backed the BBC's decision to broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera, rejecting complaints about bad taste, swearing and blasphemy.

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    Aardman animates Roddy Doyle book

    2005-05-10T09:37:58Z

    Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman is making a stop motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment.

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    TWG sale ends MacKenzie reign

    2005-05-10T10:15:43Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.

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    ITV unions accept new pay terms

    2005-05-10T10:19:03Z

    ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay conditions.

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    NTL offloads Irish divison

    2005-05-10T10:24:22Z

    NTL has sold its Irish division for Euro325m (£220.6m), increasing speculation that the cable firm is poised to enter into merger talks with rival Telewest.

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    ITV dumps Celebrity Wrestling

    2005-05-10T11:27:25Z

    ITV1 has confirmed it has axed its high profile Saturday evening show Celebrity Wrestlingafter viewers shunned the show in favour of BBC1's Doctor Who.

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    New Tricks comes up trumps with 7.8m

    2005-05-10T12:02:17Z

    BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.

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    New Tricks comes up trumps for BBC1 with 7.8m

    2005-05-10T12:02:27Z

    BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.

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    Sony glory for Xfm's O'Connell

    2005-05-10T12:15:15Z

    Xfm DJ Christian O'Connell dominated the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night, bagging three awards.

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    Industry unveils first National Skills Day

    2005-05-11T08:00:00Z

    A masterclass on the making of the new Doctor Who, digital camera workshops and opening up offices and buildings to other companies, are all on the agenda for the first ever National Skills Day taking place on Thursday 26 May 2005.

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    E4 goes 24 hour

    2005-05-11T09:24:25Z

    Channel 4 is making digital entertainment channel E4 a 24 hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.