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NewsAnt and Dec extend ITV golden handcuffs deal
ITV has locked in its star presenters Ant and Dec after tying down exclysive deals with the Geordie duo.
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RatingsC4's Gladiator puts The Farm to the sword
Channel 4's showing of Gladiator last night beat off the drama challenges from both BBC1 and ITV1 as Five's new reality show The Farm was left trailing with 1.1 million (6%).
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NewsSowerbutts quits C4 International
Channel 4 International (C4i) head Paul Sowerbutts has quit the company to become managing director of producer Diverse, the indie recently acquired by Fact Based Communications (FBC).
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NewsRacing UK goes broadband
Racing UK, the horseracing channel constructed out of the ashes of Attheraces, is launching a broadband service.
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NewsTalkback hit goes continental
France and Denmark are due for a domestic clean-up as Channel 4's hit grime-busting show How Clean Is Your House? is lined up for local adaptations.
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NewsByford: Panorama will remain 'serious'
BBC deputy director general Mark Byford has said Panorama will continue to be a
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NewsRajar sets 2007 target for electronic testing
Rajar is planning to wipe out its diary system of measuring radio audience figures and replace it with electronic methods by 2007.
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NewsBBC soap chief to join 19TV
BBC controller of continuing drama series Mal Young is set to join Simon Fuller's 19 TV firm early next year in a deal thought to be worth around£600,000.
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NewsSky hit by City fears
BSkyB's share price took another battering yesterday - dropping 14p - after rumours that the satellite giant has signed up just 15,000 new customers in the last quarter.
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RatingsWorld's Strongest Boy takes on 2.9m
Five's documentary profile The World's Strongest Boy attracted a sizeable 2.9 million viewers (11.9%) last night.
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NewsSuper Size Me director heads to Sheffield
The director of the Super Size Me , Morgan Spurlock, has been lined up to talk about the impact of his excoriating attack on fast food giant McDonalds, at this year's Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF).
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NewsBBC confirms Young departure
The BBC has confirmed controller of continuing drama series Mal Young is to join Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment as director of drama.
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NewsGWR and Capital unveil merger terms
The boards of radio groups GWR and Capital Radio today said they had agreed terms for their proposed£700m merger.
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NewsClassic FM chief quits for ITV role
Roger Lewis has quit as managing director of GWR's Classic FM to become managing director of ITV Wales.
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RatingsA Thing Called Love seduces 5.2m
BBC1's new drama A Thing Called Love kicked-off with 5.2 million (23.9%) in the face of live football action.
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NewsOfcom to set out future framework of PSB
Ofcom will tomorrow propose a new framework for public service television in the UK - amid growing speculation over the BBC's monopoly on the licence fee.
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Lewis quits GWR for ITV Wales
Roger Lewis has quit as managing director of GWR's Classic FM to become managing director of ITV Wales.
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Ex-ITV head to take Mentorn creative post
ITV's former controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion, Steve Anderson, is joining the indie sector as creative director of Mentorn.
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BBC loses second drama head as 19 hires Young
BBC controller of continuing drama series Mal Young is to join Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment as director of drama.
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Wrigley in exit from Talkback
Talkback Thames' head of factual entertainment, Ruth Wrigley, has quit the company amid a restructuring of her department and a raft of new arrivals.