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NewsBrit films dominate Xmas
British films defied expectations last Christmas by pulling in three of the four biggest audiences for movies on terrestrial television over the festive period.
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NewsBBC to incentivise Manchester-bound indies
The BBC is looking to offer development deals to indies in a bid to encourage producers to make programmes in Manchester.
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NewsBristol indie consortium hires producer
Bristol indies Available Light, Icon Films, Quickfire Media and Testimony have stepped up their collaborative efforts, appointing a development producer to bid for large scale commissions.
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News8.9m see Welsh rugby victory
The Six Nations rugby union clash between Wales and England attracted a sizeable peak of 8.9 million (40%) tuning in to Six Nations Grandstandat 7.10pm on BBC1.
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NewsE4 chief joins Celador
Murray Boland, the head of Channel 4's youth offshoot E4, has quit to join Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?producer Celador Productions.
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NewsOfcom rules out C4 public cash injection
Ofcom today said there was 'no immediate case' for Channel 4 to receive additional direct public funding.
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NewsC4's Hollyoaks gets mobile
Channel 4 is to offer viewers exclusive storylines from teen soap Hollyoaksvia their mobile phones.
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NewsPhillis joins ITV board
ITV Plc has appointed the chief executive of Guardian Media Group Bob Phillis as a non-executive director.
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NewsS4C offers up£1m development cash
Welsh-language channel S4C has unveiled its biggest cash injection into development of new programmes to date.
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NewsOfcom: PSP cash could be shared out
ITV could bid for its regional news to be paid for by the taxpayer if Ofcom's plans to set up a new Public Service Publisher are given the green light.
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NewsUniversal appoints interim Sci-Fi chief
Universal Studios has parachuted in one of its top executives to run the UK Sci-Fi channel until a new president has been appointed.
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NewsCarter denies wish to 'park tanks' on BBC lawn
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter today denied that the regulator's call for more control over the BBC was an attempt to 'park its tanks' on the BBC's lawn.
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NewsOrgasmatron thrills 1.9m
Orgasmatron, the second documentary in Channel 4's latest BodyShock series, proved to be something of a turn-off for viewers with a peak of 1.9 million (8%) at the end.
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NewsUnion attacks Ofcom decision
Broadcasting union Bectu today attacked the news that Ofcom is to allow ITV to push ahead with cuts of 50% in its non-news regional output.
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NewsGovernment bans porn channel
The Government is to restrict access to pornography channel Extasi TV over concerns that the adult service was screening 'frequent episodes of sexual violence'.
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NewsCampbell blasts Newsnight team
Alastair Campbell has found himself at the centre of yet another media storm after he called a BBC reporter a 'twat' in a foulmouthed e-mail
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NewsITV shareholders agree US share buyback
ITV has been given the green light by shareholders to buy back shares from smaller US investors - a move it hopes will save it millions of pounds.
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NewsBig Brother boosts TV ad revenue
Channel 4's reality series Celebrity Big Brotherhas helped push television advertising revenues to a five year high, according to a leading media agency.
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News2.1m see MacArthur return
Ellen MacArthur's victorious return to the UK provided BBC1 with a morning ratings triumph as 2.1 million (37%) watched the Ellen Sailing into Historyspecial at 11am.
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NewsOfcom sets out digi-switch timetable
Ofcom today unveiled its proposals for turning off analogue signals, which it said would kick off in the ITV Border region from 2008, with London being one of the last to switch.