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    Bragg:£200m 'super tax' penalises ITV

    2005-05-11T10:10:30Z

    ITV arts chief Melvyn Bragg has called for the government to lessen the£200m tax burden on the network, claiming that it was an 'absolute nonsense'.

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    NTL beefs up basic package

    2005-05-11T10:01:00Z

    NTL is to offer more channels in its basic TV package in a bid to better compete with BSkyB and Freeview for low paying customers.

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    BBC and ITV lose youth vote

    2005-05-11T09:41:29Z

    BBC1 and ITV1 are losing the interest of younger viewers, according to a ten-year study backed by Channel 4.

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    Digital channels trial mobile phone broadcasts

    2005-05-11T09:29:30Z

    Sky, Discovery and Turner have signed up to trial live mobile phone broadcasts from September.

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    E4 goes 24 hour

    2005-05-11T09:24:25Z

    Channel 4 is making digital entertainment channel E4 a 24 hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.

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    Industry unveils first National Skills Day

    2005-05-11T08:00:00Z

    A masterclass on the making of the new Doctor Who, digital camera workshops and opening up offices and buildings to other companies, are all on the agenda for the first ever National Skills Day taking place on Thursday 26 May 2005.

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    Sony glory for Xfm's O'Connell

    2005-05-10T12:15:15Z

    Xfm DJ Christian O'Connell dominated the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night, bagging three awards.

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    New Tricks comes up trumps for BBC1 with 7.8m

    2005-05-10T12:02:27Z

    BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.

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    New Tricks comes up trumps with 7.8m

    2005-05-10T12:02:17Z

    BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.

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    ITV dumps Celebrity Wrestling

    2005-05-10T11:27:25Z

    ITV1 has confirmed it has axed its high profile Saturday evening show Celebrity Wrestlingafter viewers shunned the show in favour of BBC1's Doctor Who.

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    NTL offloads Irish divison

    2005-05-10T10:24:22Z

    NTL has sold its Irish division for Euro325m (£220.6m), increasing speculation that the cable firm is poised to enter into merger talks with rival Telewest.

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    ITV unions accept new pay terms

    2005-05-10T10:19:03Z

    ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay conditions.

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    TWG sale ends MacKenzie reign

    2005-05-10T10:15:43Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.

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    Aardman animates Roddy Doyle book

    2005-05-10T09:37:58Z

    Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman is making a stop motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment.

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    Ofcom clears Springer Opera

    2005-05-10T09:29:17Z

    Ofcom has backed the BBC's decision to broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera, rejecting complaints about bad taste, swearing and blasphemy.

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    Celeb Wrestling draws just 2.6m

    2005-05-09T12:48:27Z

    ITV1's show Celebrity Wrestlingsuffered its lowest audience so far with a mere 2.6 million (14%) tuning in from 6.30pm-7.45pm on Saturday.

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    VE Day celebrations bring 6.4m to BBC1

    2005-05-09T12:37:57Z

    BBC1's VE Day celebrations went off with a bang as its coverage of A Party to Remembermanaged a peak audience of 6.4 million (26%) at the end.

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    More Baftas for Sex Traffic

    2005-05-09T12:28:45Z

    Sex Trafficswept the board at the Bafta Craft Awards last night winning six of its seven nominated categories.

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    BBC religious shows 'lack impact'

    2005-05-09T11:14:46Z

    BBC governors and executives are to hold a seminar on how to deal with religious programming, in the wake of a scathing governors report into the issue.

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    ITV revisits old classics

    2005-05-09T11:07:49Z

    ITV has commissioned more than 30 hours of primetime television to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year.