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Absolute claws back audience
Absolute Radio, which re-branded from Virgin Radio last year, has clawed back some of the audience it lost in its first Rajars but is still down nearly a third-year-on-year.
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Capital's Vaughan retains London breakfast crown
95.8 Capital FM's Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon have claimed a hat-trick after being crowned number one London commercial breakfast show for the third time in a row.
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Moyles closes gap on Wogan
Rajars: BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles closed the gap on Radio 2 stablemate and breakfast rival Terry Wogan with an audience rise to 7.7m from 7.3m, according to latest Rajar figures.
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ITN wins landmark China deal
ITN has struck a multimillion-pound deal to supply footage that will help Chinese students learn English.
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Tory plot to block licence fee rise
The Conservatives are threatening the stability of the BBC’s finances by forcing an unprecedented House of Commons vote on whether to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level.
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Tigress management in bid to launch MBO
The management team at Tigress Productions is attempting a buyout of the company from its parent, IMG Media.
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French in BBC2 minutiae of marriage sitcom
Bafta fellowship-winning comedian Dawn French is to swap her cassock for civvies in a comedy about married life for BBC2.
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Milne and Daybreak develop C4 drama
Paula Milne, the writer of Channel 4 drama Endgame, has re-teamed with Daybreak Pictures for a series about a therapist accused of murder. C4 head of drama Liza Marshall has put development money into scripts for the project, which has the working title Cleaver.
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Ex Dancing on Ice producer heads to Shine
Shine Television has hired former Dancing on Ice producer Alan Williams to replace Joe McLusky as director of production.
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Zig Zag builds on Dyer brand with fourth series for Bravo
Zig Zag Productions will send Cockney actor Danny Dyer to live with some of Britain's most feared men in the follow-up to Bravo's best performing commission of 2008.
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ITV to boost diversity with new internships
ITV is set to launch six entry level internships as part of a strategy to improve the diversity of its workforce.
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C4 heads stand firm as BBCW ruling looms
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has publicly backed chief executive Andy Duncan amid speculation that he could be forced out of his job if the government vetoes C4's preferred funding option of a tie-up with BBC Worldwide.
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Doherty to take fresh focus on food for BBC1
TV pig farmer Jimmy Doherty will visit the country's leading food manufacturers to discover the science behind mass production for his debut BBC1 series.
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At It pair make a break from Eyeworks parent
Eyeworks UK managing directors Chris Fouracre and Martin Cun-ning, who also ran the company under its former guise as At It Productions, have left the company.
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Indies hand BBC a WoCC bashing
External producers land three-quarters of orders in the Window of Creative Competition.
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Dispatches editor leaves C4
Channel 4 Dispatches editor Mehdi Hasan has left the broadcaster to join the New Statesman.
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Tough Cookie's founding duo leave Whizz Kid
Andy Wood and Neill Sullivan, the founders of web content specialist Tough Cookie, have left its parent Whizz Kid Entertainment to set up a new multiplatform company.
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Comedy to feature in BBC Radio cricket coverage
BBC Radio has unveiled its plans for the summer of cricket, which includes a six-part comedy hosted by comic Andy Zaltzman.
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French indie buys Hat Trick's Worst Week
The Worst Week of My Life is getting a Gallic makeover after Hat Trick International licensed the rights and the script to Les Productions de l'Abreuvoir.
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BBC looking for elusive Grange Hill audience
The BBC is working on ways to “reconnect” with working class children according to children's controller Richard Deverell.