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NewsMore4 gives BBC4 a run for its money
11.15am: The multichannel battle for upmarket adult viewers has heated up over the previous month as More4 has successfully nestled into the market with a share of 0.52%.
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NewsC4 to unveil big budgetentertainment show
11am: Channel 4 will tomorrow unveil a major new primetime entertainment series in an attempt to compete with ITV in the crucial pre-Christmas schedule.
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NewsEmap's radio division on the up
10.45am: Emap has said revenues for its radio division grew 23% from£47m in the first half of 2004 to£58m in the six months to 30 September, when it included the former Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) stations it bought in August.
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NewsBBC defends broadband drive
The BBC's director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield has defended the corporation's drive into broadband broadcasting, claiming it is taking risks 'on behalf of the industry'.
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NewsC4 and Five battle it out for Freeview slot
10.30am: ITV has pulled out of bidding for the latest Freeview slot, leaving Channel 4 and Five to battle it out for the coveted channel space, which is thought to have attracted offers for as much as£12 million.
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NewsYoomedia forecasts lossesof£1.6m for 2005
10.15am: Interactive media and games group Yoomedia has warned it will not be profit making until at least the first quarter of 2006, following protracted re-negotiations of its William Hill contract.
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NewsRedgrave to front ITV1 rowing talent show
8am: Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrave, who bagged six gold medals for Great Britain, is to star in a new ITV1 factual show.
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NewsMock The Week wins second run
8am: Indie Angst Productions has won a recommission for a second series of its topical comedy series Mock The Week.
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NewsUBC rolls out Emap deal
8am: Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) stations, recently acquired by Emap, have signed up to carry UBC Media's daily entertainment news service.
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NewsProduction begins on Cracker
Former Coupling actor Richard Coyle will join Robbie Coltrane in ITV1's new two hour episode of Cracker, which went into production today in Manchester.
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NewsCowell named showbiz personality of the year
TV and radio presenters Simon Cowell, Victoria Derbyshire, and Gordon Ramsay all picked up gongs at the 53rd annual Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, last night.
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NewsAOL and Warner Bros enterTV over broadband market
AOL and Warner Bros are to up the ante in the fast-developing broadband TV market with an advertiser-funded online service offering viewers access to classic shows from the Warner's archive.
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NewsFremantleMedia adds to NorthAmerican arm
FremantleMedia's attempts to move into US drama have been given a boost with the appointment of veteran Steve Tao as senior vice president of scripted programming in North America.
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NewsAttenborough to retire from TV
Veteran TV presenter Sir David Attenborough has announced his retirement from television and pointed to Charlotte Uhlenbroek to succeed him as documenter of the natural world.
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NewsPact 'disappointed' at C4'snew media rights stance
Pact has today expressed frustration and disappointment in Channel 4's position over the unresolved issue of new media rights.
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NewsEngland victory scores for BBC1
BBC1 dominated afternoon viewing on Saturday when England faced Argentina and scored with 9.2 million (48.1%) from 4.35pm.
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NewsHomechoice to help deprived Londoners go digital
Video Networks, provider of Homechoice, is joining forces with community group The Shoreditch Trust to launch a subsidised TV over broadband pilot scheme in two of London's most deprived estates.
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NewsChrysalis report profit slide
Chrysalis Group has reported a 72% drop in pretax profits to£2.7 for 2005, blaming a slow radio advertising market for the slide.
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NewsChild of Mine chills 5.9m
ITV1's one-off psychological thriller Child of Mine managed to draw in a respectable 5.9 million (26.8%) at 9pm.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity lines-up for Sunday night
11am: Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost has emerged as the highest paid star of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, which kicks off on ITV1 this Sunday night.