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NewsBuerk's polemic attracts only 700,000
Michael Buerk's polemic on Five's new series Don't Get Me Startedonly managed an average of 700,000 (3.4%) at 7.15pm despite acres of media coverage.
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NewsThe critics
Two new series stole the screen last night on the strength of their subject matter. Michael Buerk in Don't Get Me Started(Five) provoked a tyrade by the critics, and Channel 4's Kill Me If You Canproved fascinating.
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NewsFX launches timeshift channel
FX, the Fox-owned channel airing on Sky, is launching a time-shift service.
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NewsCasualty viewers to play God
The BBC is gearing up for a major experiment in interactive TV, offering viewers of this Saturday's Casualtyprogramme the chance to vote on how the programme ends.
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NewsITV lines up live soap quiz
ITV1 has commissioned a live soap quiz that will pit three 100-strong teams of fans from EastEnders, Coronation Streetand Emmerdaleagainst each other.
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NewsBarker departs IWC
IWC Media director of contemporary factual Adam Barker has left the company for family reasons.
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NewsUtley joins Cosgrove Hall
BBC Worldwide director of TV distribution Anthony Utley has been appointed managing director of animation house Cosgrove Hall Films, the company behind Engie Benjyand Danger Mouse.
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NewsUKTV hires commercial director
UKTV has poached Discovery's Laurence Dawkin-Jones to take up the role of commercial director.
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NewsThe Bigger Picture entertains 3m
BBC1's investment in poaching comedian Graham Norton from Channel 4 looks like it is finally beginning to pay-off as The Bigger Picturegot its highest audience of its run so far with 3 million (21%) at 10.35pm.
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NewsTV execs unclear of switch off plans
The majority of TV executives say the government needs to outline a clearer strategy for digital switchover.
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NewsThe critics: Taxidermy: Stuff the World
Taxidermy: Stuff the World- a rare insight into the little-known world of taxidermy - was a strange and absorbing hit, according to the critics.
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NewsFlextech sales chief quits
Mark Howe, the managing director of Flextech sales house IDS, has left the company after 13 years with no job to go to.
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NewsDr Who goes mobile
BBC Worldwide has signed its first deal to licence full-length TV programmes for broadcast on mobile phones.
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NewsBBC embroiled in Canadian TV row
The BBC has been accused by broadcasting unions of helping undermine a strike at Canadian broadcaster CBC.
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NewsSky unveils HD line-up
BSkyB has unveiled the first six channels to be offered as part of its High Defnition (HD) TV package, which launches next year.
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News'Birt to call for end to BBC's licence fee monopoly'
Former BBC director general Lord Birt is expected to tell broadcasters that the corporation should share out licence fee money with other television companies, when he gives his keynote MacTaggart lecture in Edinburgh later this week.
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NewsVirgin signs up Champion
Virgin Radio has recruited Horizon 103.3 FM drivetime DJ Sarah Champion to host a Friday and Saturday 10pm chill out show.
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NewsX Factor off to a flying start with 6.6m
The opening episode of The X Factorgot off to a cracking start this Saturday with 6.6 million (40%) tuning in to watch Simon Cowell berate another batch of eager contenders.
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NewsLocal TV services call for digital spectrum
Commercial Local TV operators are meeting with Ofcom this week in a bid to persuade the regulator to offer them digital spectrum for their services.
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NewsThe critics: C4 comedies
The trio of new comedies on C4 was a mixed bag of triumphs and failures, according to the critics.