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All3Media tops $1m with Serious sales
All3Media International has sold all three of the available series from the the BBC children's factual strand Serious? to Discovery Kids in the US.
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News8.1m think ITV1 has The X Factor
ITV1's The X Factor increased its lead over BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing in the battle for Saturday night viewers with an average audience of 8.1 million (37.8%) at 6.15pm.
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News6.4m say farewell to BBC1's Monarch
The last ever episode of BBC1's gentle Sunday evening drama Monarch of the Glen bowed out with a peak of 6.4 million (24.8%) at 9.45pm.
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Paul Ross to produce Ant and Dec Xmas special
11am: TV and radio presenter Paul Ross is to executive produce the ITV Christmas special of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsRoss to produce Ant and Dec Xmas special
TV and radio presenter Paul Ross is to executive produce the ITV Christmas special of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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NewsFive extends rights to Noddy until 2012
Five has picked up seven more years of children's classic Noddy, extending its rights deal to 2012.
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NewsBSkyB can buy over 80%of Premiership games
The European Commission will allow BSkyB to buy over 80% of Premier League football matches for the 2007 to 2010 seasons.
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NewsSwimming champ sets up Manchester indie
Former world swimming champion and BBC commentator James Hickman is taking advantage of the corporation's move north with the launch of a new indie, Made In Manchester.
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NewsBBC3 news gets the chop
BBC3 is axing its nightly news bulletin and ploughing the money saved into factual programmes.
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NewsC4 chief attacks 'bully boy' ITV
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has attacked ITV's bid to have its post-merger advertising constraints lifted, claiming the broadcaster will only return to its 'bully-boy' sales tactics.
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NewsBBC launch rival service to al-Jazeera
The BBC's World Service is to launch an Arabic language TV news channel that will put it into competition with al-Jazeera.
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NewsITV London charts 7/7 attacks
ITV London is to revisit this summer's terrorist attacks that crippled the capital, with two documentaries from Mosaic Films.
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NewsBBC's Africa Live heads to America
Africa Live, the concert movie featured in BBC4's Africa Lives season in August, has been sold to US public service network, PBS.
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Production - Different kind of soul
A Channel 4 documentary uncovers the fascinating story of Islamic soul music, writes Robert Gray.
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NewsBBC shortlists four sitesfor Manchester move
BBC governors have officially thrown their weight behind the corporation's plan to move five key departments to Manchester, and are costing up four possible sites in the city and neighbouring Salford.
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Living TV clinches six figure sponsorship deal
2pm: Living TV has struck a six-figure sponsorship with Sheilas Wheels, a new car insurance brand for women.
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NewsEC: Premier League has not gone far enough
European Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has demanded more clarification over the auction of live football matches, and has given the Premier League until Monday to respond.
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NewsC4's drama gets a very social 1.9m
Channel 4's satirical drama A Very Social Secretary charmed a healthy 1.9 million (9%) at 9pm despite already having aired on its digital channel More4.
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NewsDesperate Housewives picks up Mobile TV Award
10.30am:Desperate Housewives weekly mobile recaps made by Buena Vista International scooped the Orange grand prize for best innovation in mobile content at the inaugural Mobile TV Awards.
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NewsSky News in talks to supply footage to C4
Sky News is in talks with Channel 4 over the possibility of supplying the broadcaster with footage for its news bulletins, which are at present produced by ITN.