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    Mobile video deals for Premier League

    2006-03-06T13:39:39Z

    Mobile content publisher and distributor Player X has licensed mobile video rights to the Premier League to operators in the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark.

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    Interactive Millionaire launches in Italy

    2006-03-06T13:42:29Z

    Celador International has teamed up with French technology company HTTV to launch the interactive version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on Sky Italia.

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    Jowell in push to convert last 30% to digital TV

    2006-03-07T10:38:26Z

    Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has revealed that 70% of households have now switched to digital television - up from 66% three months ago.

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    Hallmark hires Russell for channel launches

    2006-03-07T10:47:24Z

    Hallmark Channel parent Sparrowhawk has hired one of the consultants who worked on the acquisition of Hit Entertainment by Apax last year.

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    I'm a French Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

    2006-03-07T11:48:13Z

    Endemol is recruiting French celebrities willing to eat bugs and pick up snakes to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

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    Gray completes ITV entertainment team

    2006-03-07T18:22:16Z

    ITV's new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson has successfully lured Duncan Gray back to ITV, four years after he left the broadcaster's production arm Granada.

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    Grenside in shock Hallmark exit

    2006-03-08T07:59:20Z

    8am:Sparrowhawk Media's Mark Grenside has quit the company to take up new business interests.

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    ITV Play to make£20m in first year

    2006-03-08T09:48:48Z

    ITV chief executive Charles Allen has predicted that ITV Play will make£20m in profit in its first 12 months.

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    Ian Wright in bid to wean London teens off junk

    2006-03-09T07:48:50Z

    Arsenal legend Ian Wright is set to 'do a Jamie Oliver' by embarking on a health crusade for Channel 4 tackling the UK's growing teenage obesity problem.

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    Macqueen takes on C4 docs role

    2006-03-09T07:49:00Z

    Acclaimed documentary producer Angus Macqueen has been appointed as the new head of documentaries at Channel 4, signalling a new direction for the broadcaster's factual output.

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    Sarpong set for first BBC project

    2006-03-09T07:50:00Z

    T4 presenter June Sarpong has been lined up to host a primetime debate show for BBC3 - her first project for the corporation.

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    Lay-offs at BBC down to 93

    2006-03-09T07:50:06Z

    The number of BBC staff facing compulsory redundancy has dropped below 100, less than one year after BBC director general Mark Thompson announced that 3,780 jobs would be lost across the corporation.

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    Pact: DTI's rules don't make sense

    2006-03-09T07:50:08Z

    Producers alliance Pact is to protest against rules outlawing unpaid work experience, during a meeting with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) this week.

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    Older viewers give BBC2 a mid-life crisis

    2006-03-09T07:50:20Z

    BBC2 has the oldest viewers of any terrestrial channel, sparking concern within the corporation over the rising age of the audience.

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    ITV records bumper profits

    2006-03-09T07:50:37Z

    ITV reported bumper profits yesterday (Wednesday), despite the continued decline of ITV1's performance over the period.

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    How to stay alive in a hostile situation

    2006-03-09T08:00:00Z

    Increasingly, journalists are risking their lives to report from war zones, but, with the dangers rising, news organisations are paying more attention to keeping their staff safe from harm. Robert Gray reports.

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    Plays for a new day

    2006-03-09T08:00:00Z

    With the BBC announcing a dedicated one-off drama strand, many are predicting a return to the golden age of television. But, as Paul Hoggart discovers, has the death of single dramas been greatly exaggerated?

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    The new kings of content II

    2006-03-09T08:00:00Z

    In the second of a two-part series we look at the giants of the new media world who are muscling in on television's territory. By James Curtis.

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    Profile - Playing for high stakes

    2006-03-09T08:00:00Z

    With a career which has seen him consistently at the forefront of interactive television, William van Rest is well placed to oversee the launch of ITV Play.

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    Leader - Problem with ITV is ITV1

    2006-03-09T08:00:00Z

    ITV's progress in the digital arena is being hampered by the poor performance of ITV1, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.