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Buyback ok for ITV
ITV has been given the green light by shareholders to buy back shares from smaller US investors - a move that it hopes will save it millions of pounds. The£3.5m buyout will see ITV acquiring back the stakes of about 600 shareholders in the US, who each own fewer than ...
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Extasi restricted
The government is to restrict access to pornography channel Extasi TV, which broadcasts outside the UK but can be picked up in Britain via satellite, over concerns that the adult service was screening 'frequent episodes of sexual violence'. From the end of this month it will become illegal to supply ...
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Big Bro boosts ads
Channel 4's recent reality series Celebrity Big Brotherhas helped push television advertising revenues to a five-year high, according to a new report by media buying agency Starcom Group. The agency said that the show, which pulled in 4 million viewers, helped to boost the overall level ...
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Jetix streamlines
Kids broadcaster Jetix Europe has confirmed that it has no plans to replace senior vice-president of programming and acquisitions Benoit Runel, who left the company unexpectedly last week. Director of European acquisitions Henrietta Hurford Jones and creative and development director Michael Lekes will now split Runel's role between them and ...
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C4 cracks 4m with Da Vinci Code
Channel 4's marathon investigation into the claims made in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Codebrought the broadcaster an audience of over 4 million.
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Ofcom gets it mostly right
Ofcom's reports have made a valuable contribution to the debate about the future of PSB - and that includes the BBC.
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Sky signs performer for Jackson trial
Sky has signed up a professional Michael Jackson impersonator to play the troubled singer in its daily reconstructions of the pop star's trial. Actor Edward Moss has been performing as Michael Jackson since 1996. The Michael Jackson Trial, a co-production with E! Entertainment, will air as ...
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Jono moves into weekend slot at LBC
Jono Coleman, the breakfast DJ axed from Chrysalis-owned Heart 106.2 last week, is to host a new weekend show on its sister speech station, LBC 97.3. Coleman will host his last show at Heart on 24 March and will take up his 10am to 1pm slot at LBC on 9 ...
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UK leads international TV format sales
The UK has cemented its position as the world leader in TV formats, as new figures show British titles represent nearly half of all global format sales. Shows such as Pop Idoland Who Wants to be a Millionaire?helped British distributors claim a ...
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Elstein to be Digital Classics chairman
Former Five chief executive David Elstein has been named chairman of arts programming distributor Digital Classics. Digital Classics owns a library of concert footage by artists including Miles Davis, and is valued at£9m.
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News8.8m support England game
England's lacklustre performance on the pitch in a friendly tie against Holland still brought in the viewers to BBC1 with a peak audience of 8.8 million (36.1%) at 9pm.
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Who should rule the BBC?
Charles AllenITV supports a strong BBC and the renewal of the Charter. But it has long been clear to the industry that the BBC governors' dual role as management and regulatory board does not work. The events of the past two years have proved that beyond doubt and now Lord ...
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC1
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Would BBC1 benefit from a change in controller?
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NewsBrown asks TV execs to back Year of Volunteer
Mark Thompson, Andy Duncan and Charles Allen were among a number of senior TV executives who met chancellor Gordon Brown this week to help raise the profile of the government's Year of the Volunteer initiative.
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NewsC4 sets up£10m new ideas fund
Channel 4 has stepped up its search for innovative programming by launching a new dedicated£10m fund.
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NewsPlayboy TV fined£25,000
Ofcom has slapped a£25,000 fine on softcore sex channel Playboy TV for broadcasting graphic sex.
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NewsSMG rebuffs Alli Virgin radio bid
SMG has rejected a£100m bid for its Virgin Radio business from a private equity group led by Labour peer Lord Waheed Alli.
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NewsMTV launches Advance Warning Europe
MTV is to roll its US new music show format Advance Warninginto Europe.
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NewsThe Brits entertain 7m
The glitz of the annual Brit Awardsbrought a peak audience of 7 million (31%) to ITV1 at 9.30pm.
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NewsSony eyes Jackson for Euro role
Sony Pictures Television International is looking to poach Granada America chief Paul Jackson to beef up its European production clout.