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Ex Celador exec sets up consulting company
Former Celador International commercial director Steve Lazarus has launched his own company Lazarus Consulting, which will help businesses get in to TV sales, ad-funded programming and licensing.
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NewsLiving TV commissions workplace special
Living TV has greenlit All3Media to make Now I'm The Boss, a 60 minute special following an employee who thinks she can do a better job than her manager.
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NewsEntwistle is BBC head of TV current affairs
The BBC has named George Entwistle as head of television current affairs, replacing Peter Horrocks who moved across to become head of television news in September.
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NewsSky News losing viewers since relaunch
Sky News has lost 300,000 viewers since the channel's multi-million pound re-launch two weeks ago, as the new state of the art set and re-jigged schedule fails to impress viewers.
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NewsEgypt loses 1m viewers
BBC1's Sunday night historical drama Egypt couldn't hold on to its viewers as the second instalment lost 1 million viewers from last week but still averaged a very respectable 6 million (23.9%) at 9pm.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing waltzes past The X Factor
The ongoing battle for Saturday night viewers heated up further as BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing pulled ahead of its arch-rival The X Factor for the first time in the current series with an average of 7.8 million (38.5%) at 6.20pm.
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NewsTV Commerce destined for America
10.30am: Interactive TV operator TV Commerce has extended its psychic TV service Your Destiny into the US, securing slots on both cable and local channels.
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NewsC4 axes Princess Michael of Kent show
Channel 4 has pulled a documentary about Princess Michael of Kent mid-way through filming.
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NewsDisney buys European mobilegame developer
10.15am: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has bought top Munich-based mobile game developer and publisher, Living Mobile, in preparation for the European rollout of Disney Mobile.
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NewsLiving TV picks up The Comeback
8am: Living TV has picked up the rights for Friends star Lisa Kudrow's HBO comedy The Comeback, which was panned by critics and axed by the network after one series in US.
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NewsS4C hands 20 years of programme rights back to indies
8am: Welsh broadcaster S4C is handing rights in all its programmes made before the introduction of the terms of trade back to the independent sector.
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NewsChinese broadcasters hope tolearn from UK TV
8am: One of China's most successful broadcasting groups is coming to the UK to ask for advice from British TV executives.
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NewsBSkyB ease share buyback through
BSkyB shareholders have approved the controversial share buyback scheme, allowing Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to raise its stake in the satellite broadcaster.
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Promax focus - Who will be the winners in 2012?
One of the themes at this year's Promax is future-proofing for 2012. So what will the media landscape look like then? Broadcast asks five industry figures to predict the trends and technologies that will affect TV's marketers and creative directors and th
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Analysis - Can they be trusted?
Michael Grade has promised the launch of any new services by the BBC will be scrutinised more closely, but commercial rivals remain concerned about the corporation's expansionist tendencies, writes Jenny Smith.
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NewsITV films from one of Britain'smost orthodox mosques
ITV's weekly act of worship will be held in a mosque for the first time ever, this Sunday [6 November], as the broadcaster marks the end of the Muslim month of Ramadhan.
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NewsLord Snowdon offered preview ofThe Queen's Sister
Channel 4 has offered the late Princess Margaret's ex-husband Lord Snowdon a special screening of controversial biopic The Queen's Sister.
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NewsOfcom proposes changes toSky's carriage charges
Ofcom is proposing changes to the carriage charges made to broadcasters by BSkyB in order to ensure the process is 'fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory'.
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NewsViewers lose interest in Bleak House
BBC1's literary drama series Bleak House took a tumble in the ratings to 5.6 million (24.1%) at 8pm, a fall of 1 million viewers from last week.
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NewsITV reportedly close tobagging Friends Reunited
ITV is reported to be the leading bidder for school reunion website Friends Reunited, after claims that it has put in a bid in the region of£170million for the business.