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NewsBT Vision to undercut Sky Sports pricing
BT Vision plans to undercut what Sky charges customers for Sky Sports 1 & 2 from the start of next season - despite having to pay the full rate card price while the satellite broadcaster’s appeal against Ofcom’s pay TV ruling is heard.
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RatingsBBC election debate pulls 8.4m
The final leaders’ debate was watched by 8.4m (32.4%) across BBC1, BBC News, BBC HD and Sky News last night.
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NewsIndustry reaction: Lygo's ITV move
Industry figures including Five’s Jeff Ford and Silver River’s Daisy Goodwin give their reaction to Kevin Lygo’s decision to leave Channel 4 to head up ITV Studios.
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NewsThompson raps Hadlow over BBC2 direction
BBC director general Mark Thompson has given BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow a public dressing down about the direction of the channel, shocking senior colleagues.
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RatingsFootball on Five hits five-year high
Five recorded its biggest rated audience for a football match in five years last night.
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NewsSpeculation over C4 move for Jay Hunt
Speculation is mounting that BBC1 controller Jay Hunt could move to Channel 4 following Kevin Lygo’s departure.
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NewsJohn Peel's son joins 6 Music
John Peel’s son Tom Ravenscroft is to follow in his father’s footsteps after landing his own BBC radio show.
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NewsDaily TV watching tops four hours
UK viewers watch more than four hours of television per day, according to new statistics.
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RatingsITV2 beats ITV1 with Got Talent
Britain’s Got Talent continued to steamroll the opposition on Saturday night, with an ITV2 spin-off of the talent show even beating The Prisoner on ITV1.
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Keo hires Pact digital head
Keo Films has appointed Pact’s Nick Underhill as managing director of its digital division.
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RatingsChiles bows out with 5m
Adrian Chiles’ final edition of The One Show drew more than 5m viewers to BBC1 on Friday night – its highest ratings of the month.
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NewsPeter Andre to host C4 chat show
Channel 4’s new programme The 5 O’Clock show will be fronted by singer Peter Andre, the pop singer has confirmed.
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NewsMark Thompson to deliver MacTaggart
This year’s MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival will be delivered by BBC director general Mark Thompson.
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RatingsLewis returns with 7m
The new series of Lewis delivered more than 7m viewers to ITV1 on Sunday night.
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NewsSquare Zero hires E1 producer
Indie Square Zero has appointed E1 Entertainment’s Alexi Wheeler as development producer.
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NewsVirgin Media tops 200m VoD views
Virgin Media saw more than 200m views of its on-demand content including BBC, Channel 4, ITV and VMTV channels during the first three months of the year.
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RatingsSnooker final peaks at 3.6m
The final of the World Snooker championships netted a peak audience of 3.6m on BBC2 last night.
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NewsTarrant to cover for Wright on R2
Chris Tarrant is to make a return to the airwaves, covering for Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2.
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NewsIBS plans mics and comms course
The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is to stage a one-day training event later this month on the basics of radio mics, transmitters, receivers and mic placement.
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NewsGlobelynx network extended to The Hague
Globelynx, the fixed camera network company, has selected Colt to provide news feed distribution over Ethernet between London and The Hague, using Nevion technology.