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NewsMagic signs up Holmes
Magic 105.4 has signed up former GMTVanchor Eamonn Holmes for a Sunday afternoon show starting in September.
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NewsC4's cricket gets highest ever audience
Channel 4's cricket coverage had its highest ever ratings with a peak audience of 7.7 million (41.8%) at 6.30pm as the third Ashes test went down to the final wicket.
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NewsOFT clears ITV SDN deal
ITV's£134m acquisition of Freeview multiplex owner SDN has been cleared by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsGibbon is new C4 News political editor
Channel 4 Newshas promoted Gary Gibbon as its new political editor.
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NewsEx-Magic DJ launches digital station
Former Magic and Saga DJ Kev Roberts is to launch a soul radio station on Sky and the internet aimed at 35-59-year-olds.
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NewsBBC employee faked Wikipedia entry
Users of encyclopaedia website Wikipedia claim the site has been exploited for a viral marketing campaign for a BBC project.
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NewsFormer BBC news editor launches lifestyle channel
Two former executive newscasters are launching a lifestyle channel called New You.
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NewsCall for goverment to back rival to Sky
Pressure group The Voice of the Listener and Viewer has called on the government to back a new FreeSat rival to Sky.
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NewsBritney profile interests 1.8m
Channel 4's profile of US pop singer Britney Spears failed to reach the top of the charts last night with a relatively poor 1.8 million (10.5%).
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NewsExtras recommissioned
Extras, the new comedy from The Officecreators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has been given a second run by BBC2 controller Roly Keating.
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NewsITV confirms kids channel plans
ITV has confirmed it is to launch commercial free-to-air kids' channel across all platforms including Freeview.
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NewsMakosi heads to Edinburgh
Big Brother 6's glamorous African Queen Makosi has been signed up by organisers of next week's Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsNighty Night goes mobile
The BBC is launching its first experiment with mobile phone broadcasting, making clips of BBC3 comedy Nighty Nightavailable over videophones.
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TMF airs first live show
MTV's Freeview channel The Music Factory (TMF) has commissioned its first live show, from Optimistic Entertainment, owner of TV channel Nation 217 and maker of Flipside TV.
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RDF mulls Radar buy
RDF Media is looking at buying out Radar TV, the indie behind Channel 4's Banzai.
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NewsBBC may pitch Norton against Ant & Dec
The BBC is considering using star signing Graham Norton to compete head to head with Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
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C4 acquisitions head makes first purchase
Channel 4's new head of acquisition, Jeff Ford, has struck his first deal, buying a cop thriller from the team behind Nip/Tuck.
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Simon v Simon heads for court
The clash of Simons Cowell and Fuller is due to come to court this November, as the pair enter a court battle over the X-Factorformat.
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VH-1 set to air Celebrity Pop Star
US music broadcaster VH-1 is poised to pick up Granada USA's hybrid reality show I'm a Celebrity But I Want to be a Pop Starafter the ITV-owned producer could not strike a deal with NBC.
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Friday nights on C4 get new look
Channel 4's Friday nights are being revamped with the emphasis moving from US sitcoms towards homegrown programming with a hint of magic.