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NewsBirt refuses Commons committee appearance
Tony Blair and former BBC director general John Birt have come under fire after No 10 declined a request for the 'blue skies thinker' to appear before a Commons committee.
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NewsMotive hopes to buy UK indie
Irish TV producer Motive Television is in an acquisitive mood, admitting it is in negotiations to buy a number of UK indies and confident of striking a deal soon.
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NewsBravo to air Booze Britain special
Bravo has commissioned an hour-long special spin-off of its Booze Britain series to be filmed on the night Britain's licensing laws change, allowing 24-hour opening.
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NewsPVR owners watch ads, says US research
8am: Fears that Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) will have a fatal effect on the advertising market may prove ungrounded, according to new research from the US.
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NewsGranada wins new Dimbleby politics show
The shake up of ITV's Sunday morning political slot has resulted in the old Granada show presented by Jonathan Dimbleby being replaced by a new Granada show - presented by Jonathan Dimbleby.
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NewsFive buys into Top Up TV
Update: Five has bought a stake in pay TV platform Top Up TV, in a deal designed to allow both companies to develop new free to air and subscription offerings on Freeview and other platforms.
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NewsDCMS: Trust will form part ofthe delayed white paper
Government proposals to replace BBC governors with a new Trust will definitely form part of the white paper, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has said.
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NewsDigital UK starts Borders marketing campaign
Digital UK is kicking off a seven year marketing campaign on Monday, aimed at preparing the public for analogue switch-off.
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NewsNTL unhappy with Premiership packages
NTL has slammed the European Commission competition authorities for 'failing' to take a tougher stance on the division of Premiership football rights.
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NewsLittle Britain is a ratings smash
The viewing public showed no signs of having fallen out of love with the BBC's hit comedy Little Britain as the debut of the third series on BBC1 attracted an enormous 9.5 million (39.4%) at 9pm.
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NewsThe critics: Little Britain - yeah, but no
10.30am: It seems that the backlash from the critics over the BBC's hugely popular comedy show Little Britain has got underway.
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NewsLittle Britain goes mobile
Little Britain is going mobile with full-length episodes of the hit BBC comedy being made available on phones.
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NewsBiography Channel to tell Oliver's story
9.15am: A&E Networks, parent company of The Biography Channel US, has commissioned Flashback TV to make a Jamie Oliver special including interviews with the TV chef's parents, sister, business manager and old friends.
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NewsOfcom mulls options for analogue sell-off
Ofcom has unveiled its timetable for selling off the valuable analogue spectrum, set to be freed up by the switch to digital broadcasting.
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NewsITV2 orders British Comedy Award spin-offs
TV2 is airing a series of spin-off shows for next month's British Comedy Awards, looking at some of the most outrageous moments from previous ceremonies and a programme about the after show party.
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NewsPostman Pat to deliver in France and Poland
Postman Pat is off to France and Poland with his black and white cat, after Entertainment Rights secured sales for the long-standing children's favourite.
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NewsPEER POLL: Alison Sharman
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will Alison Sharman help turn around ITV's performance?
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NewsPremier League on brink of deal with EC
The Premier League is proposing to create six 'balanced' packages of top flight football matches that will be sold to a minimum of two broadcasters for the 2007 season onwards.
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NewsTake That doc is a sure thing for ITV1
ITV1's documentary on the rise and fall of Take That proved there was still interest in the defunct boy band as an average of 5.7 million (25%) tuned-in at 9pm.
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Endemol and Fremantle on ITV Play list
ITV has shortlisted four companies to run its new transactional channel ITV Play including Endemol, interactive specialist Enteraction and Fremantle Media.