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    Virgin Media builds customers

    2008-05-08T14:36:36Z

    Virgin Media added a net 4,900 new customers across all products in the first quarter.

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    Up for a bit of Bully

    2008-05-08T15:18:30Z

    The creator of the long-running ITV show Bullseye has put the brand up for sale.

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    Fry defends BBC

    2008-05-08T17:30:54Z

    Stephen Fry last night launched a robust defence of the BBC, warning that “a diminution of any part of its great whole” would damage Britain.

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    Tinopolis set for£45m takeover

    2008-05-09T09:34:41Z

    Question Time producer Tinopolis is poised for a takeover by a venture capitalist consortium for£44.7m.

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    C4 wins triathlon rights

    2008-05-09T10:27:39Z

    Channel 4 has won the broadcast rights to new athletics tournament the British Triathlon Grand Prix.

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    New plays head to radio

    2008-05-09T10:33:27Z

    Radio and TV indie Made in Manchester (MIM) will turn extracts from plays by 16 new writers into radio after winning a prestigious PR contract.

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    BBC1 and ITV1 fail to impress

    2008-05-09T11:10:33Z

    Neither of the two main terrestrial channels could really impress the viewers at 9pm as their respective dramas failed to even make the 4m mark.

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    Make your vote count

    2008-05-09T11:11:19Z

    Broadcast is seeking your vote for one of the most prestigious prizes in its Digital Channel Awards. The Individual Achievement Award, sponsored by Skillset, will go to the person you think has made an outstanding contribution to the development of digital media.

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    C4 orders more Vodafone gigs

    2008-05-09T12:08:44Z

    Bands including Gnarls Barkley, the Sugababes and the Feeling are to appear in the third series of Vodafone TBA concerts to be broadcast on Channel 4.

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    TV critics 9 May '08

    2008-05-09T12:32:38Z

    '... as bonkers as a pair of amorous foxes in the garden.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Links of the week

    2008-05-09T13:23:29Z

    The full list of links featured in this week's issue of Broadcast.

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    BBC to apologise for keeping charity cash

    2008-05-09T13:31:31Z

    The BBC is to make an on-air apology for keeping£106,000 from premium-rate phone calls that should have gone to charity.

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    All3Media targeted by NBC

    2008-05-12T09:26:43Z

    All3Media has been approached about a takeover by US studio NBC Universal.

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    Gladiators pummels rivals with 1.5m

    2008-05-12T09:53:41Z

    Sky One's revival of the 1990s hit Gladiators was an instant ratings hit last night with a huge 1.5m viewers (11.6%) at 6pm, nearly five times more than the channel's average audience.

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    Bafta Craft Awards: Winners

    2008-05-12T10:27:23Z

    The full list of winners at the Bafta Craft Awards 2008.

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    Boy A sweeps Craft Baftas

    2008-05-12T10:53:48Z

    Channel 4's drama Boy A stole the show at last night's British Academy Television Craft Awards picking up a hat trick of trophies.

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    TV critics 12 May '08

    2008-05-12T10:56:50Z

    'Perhaps the tourist board had some input, too; it certainly looks like it.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on the weekend's TV.

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    BBC blow as Denise heads to Sky

    2008-05-12T11:04:21Z

    Sky One has hired Denise Van Outen to host a musical show based on the hit movie and musical Hairspray.

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    CBBC signs distribution pact

    2008-05-12T11:42:53Z

    CBBC in-house production has signed a distribution deal with Studio100 Media NV & Co., a subsidiary of Studio100 (Belgium), for hit shows and formats The Slammer, Trapped and Beat the Boss.

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    Media accountants join forces

    2008-05-12T12:03:36Z

    A media powerhouse in the accountancy field has been created by the merger of leading practices Willott Kingston Smith and Dover Childs Tyler.