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    MTV exec heads to History Channel

    2006-04-24T07:58:30Z

    8am: The History Channel UK has poached MTV Networks executive Ian McDonough to become its commercial director.

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    Local agency offers£30m towards BBC Manchester move

    2006-04-24T07:58:45Z

    8am: The Northwest Regional Development Agency has agreed to stump up£30m towards the BBC's plan to set up a Media Enterprise Zone in Great Manchester.

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    Strike action threatens BBC's World Cup coverage

    2006-04-24T10:46:53Z

    Broadcasting union Bectu is threatening the BBC's World Cup coverage as a potential target for strike action, after the corporation confirmed it is to close its final salary pension fund to new members.

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    Grant to build ITV gym sparks outrage

    2006-04-24T10:52:59Z

    11am: The National Lottery's decision to give ITV Productions a£15,000 grant to build a gym for staff has sparked outrage amongst charitable organisations.

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    Gervais helps The Simpsons take 2.2m

    2006-04-24T11:58:52Z

    Sky One's The Simpsonsspecial featuring Ricky Gervais took a massive 2.2 million (15.3%) in multichannel homes, the second highest ever programme on the channel.

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    Muller joins Capital Radio as programme director

    2006-04-24T12:25:41Z

    GCap has appointed former GWR executive Scott Muller as programme director of flagship station Capital Radio, replacing managing director Keith Pringle and programme director Nik Goodman.

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    Shaun the Sheep animator joins CBeebies

    2006-04-24T13:17:34Z

    The man who brought the Aardman animation Shaun the Sheepto the small screen has been appointed to the new role of creative director of the BBC's pre-school programming CBeebies.

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    Kilgarriff gears up for broadband network launch

    2006-04-24T15:00:03Z

    Former Turner executive Richard Kilgarriff is launching a broadband TV service called ib.tv in partnership with digital and on-demand specialist Ioko.

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    OTF secures further factual sales

    2006-04-24T15:15:03Z

    Off the Fence has sold a package of five documentary titles to Scandinavian broadcaster Viasat, including the one-hour specials Of Dogs and Gods, Atlantic Oases, The Forgotten Atoll and Science ...

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    NGTI racks up factual sales

    2006-04-24T15:19:55Z

    National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has confirmed a raft of deals for new factual programmes that launched at MipTV, including multiple sales for current affairs titles The New Mafiaand Reign of Terror.

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    Teen drama heads Fremantle's LA slate

    2006-04-24T15:22:38Z

    Teen drama Falcon Beachwill spearhead Fremantle International Distribution's catalogue of new drama, entertainment and comedy programming at next month's LA Screenings.

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    New goals for new Frapa MD

    2006-04-24T15:36:50Z

    International format protection body Frapa is looking to add more broadcasters to its membership and to expand its scope to cover new media platforms, following the appointment of new managing director Eva Stein.

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    Fremantle names Swedish MD

    2006-04-24T15:42:00Z

    FremantleMedia is expanding its presence in the Nordic region, with the appointment of Claes Leinstedt as managing director of its newly-created Swedish production outfit, Blu Sweden

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    K-9 heads to Jetix

    2006-04-24T15:44:00Z

    Dr Who's robot dog K-9 is to get his own spin-off series- although not on the BBC.

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    Nickelodeon launches pre-school spin-off

    2006-04-24T15:50:31Z

    Nickelodeon UK is launching a second pre-school offering, Nick Jr 2, designed to compliment the existing channel.

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    Should new media play by old media's rules?

    2006-04-24T15:51:00Z

    The EU's efforts to overhaul its Television Without Frontiers directive for a rapidly evolving new media landscape were always going to run into some serious challenges, writes Dominic Schreiber.

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    RDF Media signs first-look deal with At It

    2006-04-25T00:00:00Z

    RDF Media's growing distribution arm has snared T4 producer At It Productions as part of its drive to tie up small and medium-sized indies in first-look deals.

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    Yoomedia to raise£7.5m to fill black hole

    2006-04-25T07:59:00Z

    Interactive entertainment group YooMedia has been given the go-ahead by shareholders to raise£7.5m in order to repay bank debt.

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    Grandstand to be dropped

    2006-04-25T08:41:55Z

    Legendary sports strand Grandstandis to be dropped after 48 years on air, the BBC has confirmed.

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    UKTV Gold to revisit EastEnders highlights

    2006-04-25T08:45:04Z

    8.45am:UKTV Gold is to follow its series where Terry Wogan looked back at the highlights of his chat show with a season in which former EastEnders actor Mike Reid presents classic episodes from the past 21 years of the show.