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Off the Record - Walsh X-Factor?
Louis Walsh's hissy-fit about his treatment by fellow judges Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne has apparently
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NewsWalking with Monsters snares 4.5m
The BBC's much-hyped story of evolution, Walking with Monsters, captured 4.5 million (19.5%) in its debut last night at 8.30pm.
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NewsDigital TV in two thirds of homes
Two thirds of all homes now have digital TV, according to new figures from Ofcom.
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NewsWomen in Film and TV award for BBC2's Tate
Comedian Catherine Tate was today commended for her hit BBC2 series, picking up a Women In Film and Television award.
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NewsSwire named as shadow media secretary
Conservative party leader David Cameron has picked Hugo Swire as his new shadow culture, media and sport spokesman to take on government minister Tessa Jowell.
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NewsTinopolis formalises TV Corp offer
The TV Corporation board today 'strongly urged' shareholders to resist Tinopolis'£36.4m offer, after the Welsh indie confirmed its bid to the Stock Exchange.
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NewsEnd of the black and whitelicence looms
Britain's dwindling army of black and white TV viewers will be forced to upgrade to a full-price colour licence during analogue switch-off - even if they choose to stay loyal to their monochrome boxes.
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NewsEicom to launch Performance Channel spin-off
Bristol-based broadcaster Eicom is launching a second Performance Channel, provisionally named Performance Mainstreet.
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NewsKeeling in UKTV promotion
8am: UKTV is undergoing an executive reshuffle, with controller John Keeling being promoted to chief operating officer and director of network programming Charlotte Ashton taking an expanded remit.
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NewsBSkyB: no plans to follow NTL into mobiles
BSkyB is not planning to offer mobile phones as part of its package anytime in the near future, Jeremy Darroch, chief financial officer has said.
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NewsFive to profile 45-stone woman
8am: A 45-stone woman who risked death to lose two-thirds of her body weight is the subject of a forthcoming Extraordinary People documentary on Five.
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NewsTWI wins African Cup commission
8am: TWI has bagged a£1m contract with the BBC to produce coverage of next year's African Nations Cup.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC3
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the appointment of Julian Bellamy be beneficial to BBC3?
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NewsC4's Space Cadets lifts off with 2.6m
Channel 4's Space Cadets experienced some signs of turbulence on its maiden voyage with an average of 2.6 million (11%).
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NewsSky One in output deal with Hallmark
Sky One has signed a two-year output deal with Hallmark Entertainment for rights to 15 mini-series including Human Trafficking, The Poseidon Adventure, Category 7: The End of the World and 10.5: Apocalypse.
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NewsVirgin Mobile rejects NTL bid
NTL's£817m takeover bid for Virgin Mobile has been 'unanimously rejected' by the mobile phone operator.
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Cadle Hunts Soho for Envy talent
Former Blue managing director, Dave Cadle is poaching 45 staff from around six Soho facilities for his new£5.6m post-production facility Envy which opens in the middle of February.
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Industry plays down threat of in-house editing
Broadcasters, facilities and key independents thrashed out the issues of desktop editing and in-house production at Broadcast's first post-production forum last week, held at London's Vinopolis.
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First Post to expand north
Skillset, the training body for the TV and film industry, is expanding its new entrants training scheme, First Post, to Manchester in the new year.
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Blue makes Shameless promo
Blue has completed the post-production for the promo of the new series of Company Pictures' Shameless for Channel 4. The promo, directed by C4's Phil Lind and produced by Peter Maynard, has main character Frank remove the '4' logo and text displayed on screen. Blue's head of visual effects, Chris ...