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RatingsBBC2 doc appeals to 2.7m
BBC2's What I Wish I'd Known When I Was 20 was a surprise hit with 2.7 million (12.8%) in what was otherwise a lacklustre evening all round for the broadcasters.
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NewsAardman picks up 2 Soho awards
Bristol's multi-Oscar winning Aardman Animations has picked up two more awards, this time for its TV work.
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NewsEastEnders brings in new family
The BBC is pinning its hopes for a ratings recovery for flagship soap opera EastEnders on the introduction of a new family to Albert Square.
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NewsC4 appoints UBS to review strategy
Channel 4 has prompted further speculation that it is gearing up to merge with Five after appointing investment bank UBS to review its strategy.
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NewsC4 to show Edge of the City
Channel 4 will finally screen a controversial documentary featuring claims that Asian men in Bradford are grooming young white girls for abuse after it was originally pulled by the broadcaster following police warnings.
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NewsRadio 1 launches download chart in September
BBC Radio 1 today (9 August) confirmed its new download chart will begin on 1 September after it secured a deal with the Official Chart Company (OCC).
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Ratings9m see Big Brother final
The fifth series of Channel 4's Big Brother inevitably ended on a high with a peak of 9 million (47.8%) at 10.45pm as Nadia was named the winner.
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NewsCNBC appoints Buckley as president
CNBC Europe, the financial and business TV channel, has appointed Mick Buckley to the post of president and chief executive.
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Weekend ratings
Saturday night's peaktime was largely filled with big screen movies as the Bruce Willis film Unbreakable on ITV1 picked-up 2.3 million (15.3%) from 10.15pm.
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NewsGrierson judges attack 'catastrophic' decline
Judges for the prestigious Grierson British documentary awards have criticised the lack of quality documentaries on the main terrestrial channels as they revealed that just two of the 72 films shortlisted this year were screened on BBC1.
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NewsMadeley rapped over lesbian slur
Channel 4 daytime host Richard Madeley has fallen foul of regulator Ofcom for referring to a lesbian as a ?dyke.'
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RatingsITV share slumps even lower
ITV's audience share hit a new all time low at the end of last week, further exacerbating director of programmes Nigel Pickard's troubles.
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NewsUBC buys radio indie
UBC Media has bolstered its production clout by acquiring Smooth Operations, the largest regional radio indie in the UK.
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RatingsViewers grow tired of Alam's revelations
Faria Alam's revelations on a special edition of Tonight with Trevor McDonald only attracted 3.1 million (15.1%) at 10pm despite the massive media interest in her story.
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NewsSky unveils new PVR
Sky+ customers could soon be able send recorded TV programmes to each other over the internet and upload content onto devices such as laptop computers.
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NewsVirgin 1 probes police work in the Caribbean
Virgin 1 is boosting the original content of its primetime schedule with a factual series that follows the activities of police in the Caribbean.
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NewsKnightrider & Only Fools in battle of TV cars
Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.
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Knightrider squares up to Morse in battle of TV cars
Kitt from Knightrider , Inspector Morse's elegant Jaguar and the Robin Reliant driven by the Trotters in Only Fools and Horses will battle it out for the accolade of greatest TV car in a new series for Sky One.
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NewsR2 to push digital radio
The BBC has enlisted the help of Terry Wogan and Johnnie Walker to run a month-long digital radio awareness campaign on Radio 2.
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NewsBBC meets indie quota
The BBC commissioned 28.8% of its programmes from independents in 2003 - meeting its 25% indie target for the first time in four years, new figures from Ofcom have confirmed.