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    Mentorn to film Iraq debate

    2007-12-10T13:34:54Z

    Mentorn is to film an Intelligence Squared debate for the first time this week, marking the beginning of what the production company hopes will be a new regular strand for the BBC.

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    Rivals unite to lobby Ofcom over spectrum

    2007-12-10T12:36:37Z

    Commercial TV operators and media campaigners have lobbied Ofcom to develop a new tier of local TV channels for the counties and cities of the UK.

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    BBC1 dances all over The X Factor

    2007-12-10T12:29:30Z

    BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing turned up the heat in its battle with ITV1’s The X Factor as the corporation’s talent show attracted 10.1m viewers (46.2%) at 5.45pm on Saturday.

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    Weekend's TV Critics

    2007-12-10T12:14:27Z

    TV critics' verdict on programmes, including last night’s episode from BBC1’s period drama Cranford, broadcast between the 7 December and the 9 December 2007.

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    BBCW in talks with Virgin over UKTV stake

    2007-12-10T11:17:27Z

    BBC Worldwide is understood to be in early discussions with Virgin Media about buying the remaining share of UKTV that it does not already own.

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    Wedding Channel ties the knot with Jalipo

    2007-12-10T11:07:58Z

    The Wedding TV Channel has secured a content deal with online TV service Jalipo.

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    Royal Variety performs for ITV1 with 7.4m

    2007-12-10T11:07:38Z

    The annual Royal Variety Performance kept the viewers entertained on Sunday with an average audience of 7.4m viewers (27.2%) at 8pm.

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    History Channel delves into British past with Telegraph

    2007-12-10T09:36:11Z

    The History Channel and Telegraph Media Group (TMG) have signed an ad-funded deal for a major new series.

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    Weekend's TV Critics

    2007-12-10T09:09:12Z

    TV critics' verdict on programmes, including last night’s episode from BBC1’s period drama Cranford, broadcast between the 7 December and the 9 December 2007.

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    Hatton vs Mayweather makes£60m in TV revenues

    2007-12-10T09:07:12Z

    Sky scored a knock-out result from the Hatton vs Mayweather fight over the weekend, benefiting from global television revenues that topped£60m.

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    Film24 rolls out on Joost

    2007-12-10T08:56:51Z

    Film24 has launched on internet TV platform Joost just months are securing an EPG slot on the BSkyB platform.

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    Liz Murdoch honoured at awards

    2007-12-09T15:27:22Z

    Shine chief executive Elisabeth Murdoch and actress and writer Julia Davis were among the winners at this year’s Women in Film and Television awards.

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    Harris acquires Zandar

    2007-12-07T15:05:28Z

    Harris Corporation has acquired display processor specialist Zandar Technologies.

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    Bate returns as Talent chairman

    2007-12-07T13:08:26Z

    Terry Bate, the former chairman of TV Corporation, is returning to the TV industry as chairman of the Test the Nation producer Talent Group.

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    Tern scores doc hat-trick

    2007-12-07T12:37:52Z

    Tern Television has won three single documentary commissions from BBC Northern Ireland.

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    Rival Emap Radio bidders 'disappointed'

    2007-12-07T12:06:55Z

    Bidders who lost out on the sale of Emap’s radio assets have said they are “disappointed”.

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    BBC's Silverton gets wider remit

    2007-12-07T12:01:11Z

    Kate Silverton is to expand her brief across the BBC TV News, with a number of new presenting and reporting roles.

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    BBC to resist sharing licence fee

    2007-12-07T11:46:05Z

    BBC chiefs have told Parliament they will resist demands for it to give some of its£3.2bn licence fee to other broadcasters.

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    City positive over Darroch appointment

    2007-12-07T11:30:43Z

    City analysts have welcomed the appointment of Jeremy Darroch to succeed James Murdoch as chief executive of BSkyB, saying he is well placed to fight the company’s corner on regulation issues.

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    Viewers desert ITV's Sold

    2007-12-07T11:15:40Z

    The situation for ITV1’s drama Sold went from bad to worse last night with the series only attracting 2.2m viewers (9.7%) at 9pm as it struggled against all the other terrestrial channels at the time.