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NewsBBC2's Secretary takes 3.5m
BBC2 had a strong performance throughout peaktime last night with its most popular programme The Secretary Who Stole£4 Millionattracting a peak audience of 3.5 million (17%) at the end.
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CNN wired for broadband
Global news channel CNN International is set to be available to internet users from the autumn as part of planned new broadband service.
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Discovery looks to develop modern history channel
Discovery Networks Europe is considering setting up a contemporary history channel in the UK.
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Smooth FM sets 1 million target
Flextech-owned Living TV is hoping to persuade Freeview homes to upgrade to pay-television by broadcasting a taster of one its most popular shows, Most Haunted Live, on its sister channel, FTN.
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Ofcom poised to reveal Manchester FM licence winner
Ofcom will today (Thursday) announce who has won the FM radio licence for Manchester - one of the few major licences the regulator is putting up for grabs.
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Sopel to replace Marr in Politics Show
BBC News 24 reporter Jon Sopel is to take over from Andrew Marr as the host of BBC1's The Politics Show. He will take on the role in September and will also remain with News 24 for four days a week. Marr, the BBC's outgoing political editor, is trying to ...
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Ofcom raps ITV for skydiving footage
Ofcom has slammed ITV after it broadcast footage of a skydiver plummeting to his death in a daytime entertainment show. A viewer complained to the watchdog after ITV2 programme Sally Jesse Raphael showed two skydivers colliding in mid-air, leading to one of the men dying and the other being crippled. ...
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CBBC chief lined up as keynote speaker
New CBBC controller Alison Sharman is to give the keynote speech at this year's Showcomotion Children's Media Conference in Sheffield on 8 and 9 July. This year's event will focus on the pressures facing children's TV and will feature other speakers including CiTV controller Estelle Hughes, CBBC head of acquisitions ...
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London to showcase north west talent
The Northwest Regional Development Agency and North West Vision are holding an event in London to showcase the region's film and TV talent, production facilities and locations. Hosted by Newsnight's Gavin Essler, the event will be attended by head of BBC drama Jane Tranter, writer Frank Cottrell Boyce and Steve ...
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William Hill and At the races in 3G launch
Horseracing channel At The Races has teamed up with bookmakers William Hill to launch a 3G mobile phone service on phone network 3. The service, At The Races 3G, which launched this week, offers previews, news, analysis and UK and Irish horseracing content.
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Springwatch grows BBC2 share
Channel 4's Big Brotherand ITV1's Celebrity Love Islandmay have been receiving the most media attention, but BBC2 is slowly growing its own hit - a wildlife show fronted by Bill Oddie.
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ITV1 adds live element to package holiday show
ITV1 is bringing back holiday consumer show Package Holiday Undercoveras a live series this summer in a bid to make it more topical.
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Davies to look at technology framework
Ofcom's new director of radio and multimedia, Peter Davies, has said his first major task will be to establish a framework for regulating emerging technologies, such as broadcasting via the internet and mobile phones.
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Viacom interest
US giant Viacom, owner of MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy, is reported to have approached Telewest about buying Flextech and its 50% share in UKTV for as much as£800m. The interest, said to be preliminary at present, comes after Telewest appointed Deutsche Bank to examine the possibility of selling Flextech ...
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Replacing O'Grady
ITV has is tendering for a new live daytime show to fill the slot vacated by The Paul O'Grady Show over the summer. ITV1 is currently assessing non-broadcast pilots produced by Granada, Princess and So Television for the daily 5pm slot. The shows are all said to be live and ...
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No magic for White
Trevor White, the programme director for London station Magic 105.4, has quit to join digital rock station Planet Rock. He joins in July in the new role of executive producer, charged with overseeing all programming at the GCap Media-owned station and increasing listeners in its target audience of 35 to ...
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Springer success
The UK version of Jerry Springer's controversial talkshow launched on ITV1 to popular success with an audience of 1.1 million (28.3%) at 9.25am - winning its slot. The 65-minute The Springer Showalso found a sizeable audience of the available 16 to 34-year-old viewers with a share ...
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Root buys autocue
Autocue International, the company that owns the 50-year-old Autocue prompting business, has been bought by private equity company Root Capital for around£2m. Root Capital partner and Autocue chairman Simon Phillips would not comment on the price paid but said: 'We've got plenty of capital and we plan to invest.' No ...
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The Baby Channel chief calls for clear rules on licensing
The head of The Baby Channel has called for media secretary Tessa Jowell to provide 'urgent clarification over Ofcom's policy of licensing' after the regulator licensed the name Baby TV to a rival.
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Emap rethinks SRH takeover offer
Emap may have to boost its pound;374m offer for radio group Scottish Radio Holdings by a further£40m in order to take control of the Glasgow-based group.