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NewsMicrosoft and Sky in VOD tie-up
10.45am:Microsoft is teaming up with BSkyB to create a Windows Media Centre version of the satellite group's new service, Sky by broadband, which allows customers to access movies and sports clips from their PCs.
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NewsThree Men in a Boat plunges BBC into hot water
The BBC has been forced to apologise after a series of complaints about swearing in the BBC2 series Three Men In A Boat.
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NewsITV2 is 2005's most-watched multichannel
ITV2 became the most watched multichannel offering in 2005 for the first time, growing its audience by 17% from 2004 and beating rival Sky One.
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NewsIdeal World predicts record profits
8am:Ideal World shopping channel looks set to almost double its pretax profits in 2005, boosted by strong sales in the pre-Christmas period and its slot on the ever-popular Freeview platform.
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NewsITN adds footage to Google Video Store
ITN is adding its archive to Google's soon to launch Video Store, a service allowing consumers to buy and rent video content from television networks, programmers, independent producers and film makers.
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NewsApprentice final gives a ratings masterclass
The final of BBC1's The Apprentice gained a record audience of 8.9m viewers (36.6%) at 9pm.
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NewsPickard to set up RDF kids arm
Outgoing ITV1 director of programmes Nigel Pickard is to set up a children's division in his new role at RDF Media.
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NewsDiscovery chief calls for contestable PSB pot
Broadcast conference: Discovery Networks UK managing director Dan Brooke has called for a pot of contestable funding to be set up, to ensure the future of the single documentary.
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NewsOfcom unveils production sector review
Ofcom today published its long-awaited Television Production Sector Review, outlining a broad vision of how new media rights could be negotiated in the future.
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NewsSky goes on broadband and mobile offensive
BSkyB has launched a range of new media services enabling customers to access sky content via their mobiles and PCs.
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NewsGCap inks news deal
GCap Media's Gold Radio Network has penned an exclusive two-year content deal with radio sports bulletins provider Sportsmedia Broadcasting, and its sister financial news company, Businessmedia.
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News'ITV ignored me,' reveals O'Grady
Paul O'Grady quit ITV for Channel 4 because he felt network executives ignored him and took him for granted.
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NewsSurviving Disaster interests just 3.4m
BBC1's new Surviving Disasterseries had some severe problems of its own as it was pushed into fourth place at 9pm with a lowly 3.4 million (14%).
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NewsGovernment may widen switch-over support
Thousands of TV viewers may get funding from the government to help them switch to satellite or cable TV if they cannot receive Freeview once the analogue signal is turned off.
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NewsTeachers' TV joins ITV Local
ITV is extending its local broadband television trial until April, and adding educational channel Teachers' TV to the platform this month.
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NewsNUJ fights for axed BBC foreign language stations
NUJ members are to lobby MPs in a bid to fight the closure of 10 foreign language services by the BBC's World Service.
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Storyville plans global film simulcast
The BBC's Storyvillestrand is pioneering an international project to commission 10 films from different countries and screen them simultaneously on channels across the world.
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NewsSky to offer free film downloads
BSkyB is to offer legal computer downloads of its premium movies and sporting events as part of a series of new services.
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NewsFrow in frame for Living
Flextech has launched a search for the new controller of Living TV with Five's controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow a strong candidate.