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NewsTop Gear heads to Australia
Top Gear is motoring its way down under after BBC Worldwide secured a deal with Australian public broadcaster SBS.
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NewsITV grows interactive arm
ITV has beefed up its interactive department drafting in the former marketing director of Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) to become controller of ITV interactive and ITV.com.
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NewsBBC2's hairy bikers drive off with first series
BBC2's gourmet hairy bikers have bagged their own series after a successful one-off show for the channel in January this year.
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NewsFremantle secures raft of sales
Jamie's School Dinners and The Sex Inspectors have been picked up by Dutch and Belgian broadcasters, as part of a series of deals by Fremantle International Distribution (FID).
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NewsPEER POLL: Sky News
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Sky News' relaunch a success?
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NewsTheakston closes breakfast gap
Jamie Theakston picked up 163,000 extra listeners, taking his breakfast show on Heart 106.2 to within just 10,000 listeners of his rival Johnny Vaughan on GCap-owned Capital 95.8.
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NewsBBC Radio strides ahead in record style
3.30pm: BBC Radio logged record share, and second highest ever reach in the UK radio market, leaving its commercial rivals lagging behind in the latest Rajar results.
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Commissioning - Talkback seeks Aztec gold for C4
Maverick author DBC Pierre is to attempt to track down the missing treasure of the Aztec
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Comment - Is this the revolution?
Are changes to governance at the BBC more window-dressing than genuine transformation, asks Lisa Campbell, Deputy Editor.
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Off the record - 30 second guide - Robin Hood
Robin Hood, Robin Hood with his set-top box ... Eh? Robin Hood, Robin Hood, cunning as a fox
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NewsNational TV Awards gain 7.1m
ITV1's coverage of the National Television Awards, which saw the BBC's Doctor Who walk off with three awards, was a big hit with viewers with 7.1 million (31%) at 8pm.
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NewsHeart is number one with Londoners
GCap's Capital 95.8 FM has lost its top spot in the battle for London listeners, falling from first to third, as Chrysalis' Heart 106.2 surged to the number one commercial station.
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Indie Done and Dusted opens in New York
Indie Done And Dusted has set up a New York office after winning the contract to film the Victoria's Secret fashion show in the city.
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UK radio groups band together for music week
Commercial radio groups are looking to revisit the success of UK RadioAid and UK Leaders Live, by uniting for a new event dubbed British Music Week.
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ITV4 competes for male attention
ITV's latest multichannel venture, ITV4, will launch next week into an already competitive market for male viewers.
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ITV politics bids in
ITV has closed bids for the contract to produce its new Sunday morning political format, with a shortlist due within the next few weeks. Eight indies - Mentorn, Juniper Communications, Talkback Thames, Flame, North One, Lion Television, Ten Alps and Granada ' have put in bids for the show, which ...
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Five airs bird flu doc
Five is to bring the battle against bird flu to UK screens after acquiring a National Geographic and Electric Pictures co-production with the working title Race Against the Killer Flu. The documentary uses CGI and re-enactments to explain how a bird flu pandemic could develop and what its impact would ...
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Sky News gains
The relaunch of Sky News on Monday (24 October) brought modest gains but the 24-hour news channel was still outperformed by BBC News 24. Across the day Sky News ended with a share of 0.53%, marginally behind BBC News 24 on 0.58% and largely in line with what both channels ...