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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsUSP bags Five Live F1 contract
Radio indie USP has won the BBC Radio Five Live contract to cover the 2006 Formula 1 season - the first time the corporation has awarded coverage of a mainstream live sporting event to the independent radio sector.
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NewsITV to unveil rebrand
ITV will next week unveil a radical overhaul of its on-screen branding in a bid to give each of its four channels a similar look.
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NewsTinopolis takes Wedi 7 into HD
8am:Llanelli-based indie Tinopolis is to start making its long running weeknight magazine programme for S4C, Wedi 7, in high definition (HD).
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC bonuses
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is it right for BBC staff to be paid£15.5m in bonuses?
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NewsSportech terminates ITV betting contract
ITV's partner in interactive betting services, Sportech has terminated its contract with the broadcaster, predicting operating losses of up to£4m in 2005.
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NewsRome comes to an end with 3m
A feature-length edition of BBC2's Rome, which marked the end of the series, gave the channel a boost last night with 3 million (13%) watching at 9pm.
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NewsTurkey to make own Nanny 911
Nanny 911 , Granada America's hit US reality format, is to be made into local versions in the Middle East and Turkey.
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NFL Network looks at UK launch
American football channel NFL Network is looking to launch in the UK.
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The Newsroom comes to the UK on FX
FX has picked up UK first-run rights for The Newsroom, winner of the 2005 International Emmy for best comedy series, from CBC Canada. The ensemble comedy is based in a TV news station run by Machiavellian news director George Findlay, played by Ken Finkleman, who ...
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GI poaches business affairs head from C4
Granada International has poached an executive from Channel 4 International to become its new head of business affairs. Alison Lee, a lawyer who has also worked at BBC Worldwide, will report to Granada International's director of business affairs, Helen Fox-Gladwell. She will oversee all sales and licensing deals and co-production ...
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September sells I Don't Like Mondays to US
September Films has concluded a slew of sales, including shifting its forthcoming Channel 4 documentary I Don't Like Mondaysto the US Discovery Channel. The 60-minute film has also been picked up by Discovery in France and Italy, TVNZ and the Netherlands' Talpa TV. Talpa has ...
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Format focus: Fountain of Youth
On the back of Beauty and the Geek, Ashton Kutcher's creative team returns with another reality format.
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OFT gives nod to Telewest/NTL merger
Telewest and NTL are on track to complete their long-awaited merger by the spring after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cleared the deal.
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Ofcom bonus cash
More than half the staff at media regulator Ofcom were handed a bonus last year as part of a£1.2m payout. Ofcom employed 698 full-time staff in the 12 months to 9 December and 393 were given bonuses or performance-related payments. Only 59 staff members were not eligible for a bonus ...