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    JumpTV buys UK Cycling TV

    2007-08-10T10:30:00Z

    Canadian online broadcaster JumpTV has aquired UK internet TV channel Cycling TVin a $5m (£2.4) deal.

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    BBC4 plans two Britannia series

    2007-08-10T10:10:00Z

    BBC4 will broadcast two more series for its returning Britanniastrand next month, looking at the history of British comic books and dance trends. [ALL]

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    OFT probes Sky's Amstrad deal

    2007-08-10T10:00:00Z

    The Office of Fair Trading is to probe BSkyB's£125m purchase of Amstrad to see if the deal will hit competition in the TV technology market. [ALL]

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    Chelsea's Lampard to launch Frank TV

    2007-08-10T10:00:00Z

    Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard is launching a mobile TV channel on which Orange subscribers will be able to watch the player cook brussels sprouts and swap dressing room banter. [ALL]

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    Everton look to score with TV channel

    2007-08-10T08:00:00Z

    Everton FC look set to be the fifth premiership football club to launch a TV channel, following hot on the heels of arch rivals Liverpool FC. [ALL]

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    Zonemedia to roll out superheroes channel

    2007-08-10T08:00:00Z

    Zonemedia is developing plans to launch a kids channel in the UK called Zone Superheroes. [ALL]

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    GCap: no more profits from phone-ins

    2007-08-09T12:55:00Z

    GCap Media will no longer run premium rate phone-in competitions for profit after being rapped by regulator Icstis over a competition it ran on its One Network stations in January. [ALL]

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    Icstis slaps£30k fine on iTouch

    2007-08-09T12:50:00Z

    Phoneline regulator Icstis has fined iTouch£30,000 after ruling that a Deal or No Dealphone-in competition it ran misled viewers by pre-recording the outcome. [ALL]

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    Malcolm and Barbara touch 3m

    2007-08-09T10:25:00Z

    Paul Watson's Alzheimer's documentary Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewellgarnered huge critical acclaim last night, but could only pull in 3m viewers (14.8%) for ITV1 at 9pm, well down on the slot average. [ALL]

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    Malcolm and Barbara: what the critics say

    2007-08-09T10:00:00Z

    Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewellaired last night. So was it really worth the hullabaloo over whether or not it showed the actual moment of the Alzheimer's sufferer's death? Broadcasttakes a look at what the critics said. [All]

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    Malcolm and Barbara: what the critics said

    2007-08-09T10:00:00Z

    Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewellaired last night. So was it really worth the hullabaloo over whether or not it showed the actual moment of the Alzheimer's sufferer's death? Broadcasttakes a look at what the critics said. [All]

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    Up Close: Celia Taylor

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    A short profile of Virgin Media director of programming Celia Taylor.

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    C4I scores raft of Beckham sales

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International has pre-sold Zig Zag Production's Beckhamto seven overseas broadcasters.

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    NBC makes global hiring

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    NBC Universal International has hired Roma Khanna as president of global networks and digital initiatives.

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    Ultimate Journeys deal

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Parthenon Entertainment has signed a deal with Equator HD, one of the 15 US Voom HD networks, giving the channel global pay-TV rights to the indie's high-definition travel franchise Ultimate Journeys.

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    Global is favourite to bid for Emap Radio

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    The radio sector expects Emap Radio to be sold after its parent company launched a strategic review.

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    Nelson on 1Xtra breakfast

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 1Xtra is to revamp its schedule and has recruited Trevor Nelson from Radio 1 to host its new breakfast show, which will go on air on 8 October in the 8am to 11am slot.

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    R4 orders Whistledown pilot

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    London radio indie Whistledown has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to make a pilot for a new format called Based on a True Story.

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    Broadcast Letters - 10 August 2007

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Letters to the editor from issue of Broadcast dated 10 August

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    Mudbox developer sold

    2007-08-09T08:00:00Z

    Autodesk is acquiring Skymatter, the developer of Mudbox 3D modelling software.