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    Moving Wallpaper gets pasted

    2009-03-02T10:23:27Z

    The return of ITV1's comedy Moving Wallpaper was largely ignored by the viewing public on Friday with an audience of just 2.1m (9.1% share) at 9pm, the least watched terrestrial show at the time.

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    Heartbeat heading to Oz

    2009-03-02T10:26:17Z

    Heartbeat will be saying “G'day” to Australia in the upcoming summer series on ITV1.

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    Landmark to produce junior beauty pageant doc

    2009-03-02T10:43:35Z

    Indie Landmark Films is to make a documentary on junior beauty pageants for BBC3, marking a return to production for Nick O'Dwyer.

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    C4 plays down BT merger

    2009-03-02T11:20:24Z

    Channel 4 has poured cold water on reports that a merger with BT Vision is on its wishlist.

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    Adam Kemp to leave BBC

    2009-03-02T11:34:14Z

    Adam Kemp, the BBC's in-house commissioning editor for arts, music and religion, is to leave the corporation.

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    Corden and Horne to front Comic Relief clip show

    2009-03-02T11:56:08Z

    Gavin and Stacey stars James Corden and Mathew Horne have signed up to host the annual Comic Relief clip show for BBC1.

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    Penalty shoot-out brings 3m to Carling Cup final

    2009-03-02T12:11:44Z

    The nail-biting climax to the Carling Cup final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur was seen by a peak audience of 3m (19.5%) at 5.30pm.

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    CBBC aquires Angus & Cheryl

    2009-03-02T12:48:17Z

    The BBC has bought the rights to a Spanish cartoon that offers a children's view of the battle of the sexes.

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    7.2m say Let's Dance

    2009-03-02T12:55:00Z

    BBC1's Comic Relief show Let's Dance was on the rise on Saturday as 7.2m people (31.9% share) tuned in at 7.25pm.

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    Schneider-Sickert to leave FremantleMedia

    2009-03-02T17:55:58Z

    Christian Schneider-Sickert is to step down from his role as chief operating officer of FremantleMedia and is to leave the company.

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    University Challenge winners dethroned

    2009-03-02T18:22:04Z

    The BBC has sensationally dethroned the winners of this years University Challenge following a probe into claims that a member of the Oxford team was ineligible to compete.

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    Burnham urges channels to up audio description

    2009-03-03T08:47:14Z

    Media secretary Andy Burnham has appealed to broadcasters to follow Sky's lead in increasing the amount of audio description services they offer for their programmes.

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    Svengali seeks support

    2009-03-03T09:28:39Z

    Video: The team behind Channel 4 drama Wedding Belles is hunting support for a new series of internet-based shorts.

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    Life on Mars US axed

    2009-03-03T09:34:01Z

    ABC has axed the US remake of BBC1 hit Life on Mars after just one series - though it will still have beaten its UK predecessor by one episode.

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    Virgin Media beams up sci-fi dramas

    2009-03-03T09:45:27Z

    A swathe of sci-fi and fantasy dramas are heading for Virgin Media's VoD service following a deal with distributor Fireworks International.

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    UKTV to go Dancing with the Stars

    2009-03-03T09:52:26Z

    UKTV has bought the exclusive British broadcast rights to the eighth series of US series Dancing with the Stars.

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    Law and Order weakens grip

    2009-03-03T10:30:34Z

    The second instalment of ITV1's high profile drama Law & Order: UK averaged 5.8m viewers (24.2% share) at 9pm last night, a fall of 600,000 on last week as the show narrowly lost out to BBC1.

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    Nat Geo hires Mark Wild

    2009-03-03T10:32:53Z

    Mark Wild, who commissioned and exec produced Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet, has joined National Geographic Television.

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    Setanta/ITV may delay FA Cup payments

    2009-03-03T10:40:00Z

    Setanta and ITV are seeking to renegotiate the terms of contracts worth£425m for their FA Cup coverage due to financial pressures.

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    Profits double at Fuller's 19 Entertainment

    2009-03-03T11:47:29Z

    19 Entertainment, the indie owned by Pop Idol mogul Simon Fuller, has defied the economic gloom to post a profit of $92m (£65.4m) - almost double that posted in 2007.