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    Radio 4 plots Bond season

    2008-05-02T13:15:21Z

    BBC Radio 4 will mark the 100th anniversary of James Bond creator Ian Fleming with a Bond season, including the first full-length radio adaptation of Dr No.

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    Lisa Opie quits

    2008-05-02T16:13:43Z

    Five managing director of content Lisa Opie has resigned, following chief executive Jane Lighting out of the business.

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    BSkyB plans£600m bid for Virgin cable channels

    2008-05-06T09:19:25Z

    BSkyB is considering a£600m offer to buy rival Virgin Media's cable channels.

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    James Whale sacked

    2008-05-06T09:23:23Z

    TalkSport has fired controversial radio presenter James Whale after he breached broadcasting rules regarding impartiality.

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    BBC to track history of Westerns

    2008-05-06T09:50:23Z

    Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to create a one off documentary charting the rise and fall of the Western, to be fronted by comedian Rich Hall.

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    Freesat launches today

    2008-05-06T10:25:41Z

    The free-to-view Freesat platform is finally set to launch today (6 May) as the BBC and ITV aim to counter Sky's dominance of the satellite market.

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    TV critics 6 May '08

    2008-05-06T11:33:16Z

    'Disastrous-in-every sense.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Flood makes a splash for ITV1

    2008-05-06T11:45:01Z

    The concluding episode of ITV1's two-part drama Flood over the bank holiday weekend pulled in the viewers with 6.2m (27.9%) watching yesterday at 9pm.

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    New BBC sitcom for Meera Syal

    2008-05-06T12:09:27Z

    BBC2 has greenlit Meera Syal's first comedy project since The Kumars at No 42.

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    BBC issues warning over titles

    2008-05-06T12:17:46Z

    The BBC has warned staff to inform contributors about any changes to the titles of their programmes, after Ofcom upheld a complaint over The Bulls**t Detective.

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    Showtime orders more Ullman

    2008-05-06T12:30:07Z

    US network Showtime has commissioned seven new episodes of Tracey Ullman show State of the Union from Allan McKeown Presents Inc.

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    GI secures Taiwan deals

    2008-05-06T12:36:34Z

    Granada International has sold more than 300 hours of high definition programming to Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan.

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    1.4m take a Peep at C4

    2008-05-06T12:38:00Z

    Channel 4's cult comedy Peep Show made a strong start to the fifth series with 1.4m viewers (8.5%) at 10.30pm on Friday (2 May).

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    Al Jazeera English chief promoted

    2008-05-06T13:00:15Z

    Al Jazeera English's London bureau chief Sue Phillips has been promoted to the newly created position of director of foreign bureaux and development.

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    Freesat to air Beijing Olympics in HD

    2008-05-06T13:09:45Z

    Viewers will be able to watch up to 300 hours of HD Beijing Olympic coverage on Freesat this summer.

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    Disney exec joins marketing firm

    2008-05-06T13:22:16Z

    Disney executive Mel Alcock has joined digital marketing company iCrossing as its new UK-based chief client officer.

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    Jalipo sold to ROK

    2008-05-06T13:24:02Z

    ROK Entertainment Group has bought IPTV company Jalipo Ltd for 600,000 ordinary shares.

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    Sky hits out at ITV over Freesat

    2008-05-06T16:35:42Z

    BSkyB has hit back at Michael Grade and ITV over its Freesat HD positioning accusing the broadcaster of wanting to “have their cake and eat it”.

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    Sky slams ITV's Freesat stance

    2008-05-06T17:09:23Z

    Sky has hit back at Michael Grade and ITV over its Freesat HD positioning accusing the broadcaster of wanting to “have their cake and eat it”.

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    Avid unveils new Raid arrays

    2008-05-06T17:18:58Z

    Avid Technology is launching two new storage disk arrays that fuse SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive technology with fail-safe data protection to cope with disk drive failure.