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NewsITV Local to stream FA Cup
ITV Local will move into sports broadcasting this week - by streaming an FA Cup clash between minnows Wantage Town and Brading Town.
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NewsBBC2 orders witchcraft murder drama
Adaptation specialist Joe Penhall has penned an original three-part drama for BBC2 about a mutilated body pulled from the Thames.
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NewsBBC lauds bumper start to Olympics
The BBC has defended its decision to send more than 400 staff to the Beijing Olympic Games after its coverage of the opening ceremony averaged a massive 5m viewers - equivalent to a 51% share.
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NewsGlobal avoids CC referral
Global Radio has avoided having its£375m acquisition of GCap Media referred to the Competition Commission by offering to sell a handful of stations in the Midlands.
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NewsVM marketing boss to leave
Virgin Media managing director of brand and marketing James Kydd is to leave the company next month.
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NewsTV critics 11 August ‘08
“It almost feels like a jolly, a chance to be Peter Snow for the day.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsA decade of Rushes short films
Rushes managing director Joce Capper tells Nicola Brittain about 10 years of the Rushes Soho Shorts festival.
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NewsBebo's burgeoning content slate
Robin Parker examines how the recently launched The Secret World of Sam King fits into Bebo's burgeoning raft of content.
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NewsKangaroo suffers further delay
VoD joint venture Project Kangaroo has been dealt another setback, with the Competition Commission (CC) extending the deadline for its investigation until early next year.
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NewsClarkson and BBCW form joint venture
The BBC has formed a joint venture with Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman that will see the pair take a cut from international sales of the show.
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NewsITV2 pulls off a Mission: Impossible
ITV2's Hollywood blockbuster movie Mission: Impossible II pulled in its highest audience to date of 568,000 viewers (3.73%) last night at 9pm, despite having aired three times on the channel in the past.
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NewsCricket scores for Five
Kevin Pietersen's first day as England captain got off on the right foot last night, as Five's coverage of the fourth Test averaged 969,000 (5.2%), the channel's second highest cricket audience so far this year.
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NewsGoldhawk Media launches childbirth channel
The indie that made ITV's Special Babies has launched an ad-funded internet television channel that it will use to launch most of its new programmes.
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NewsTV critics 8 August ‘08
“The Farrelly brothers are credited as co-executive producers. But the kings of grossout have lost their mucky crown here.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsMarr to cover Big Bang for R4
BBC Radio 4 has been granted exclusive access to the CERN control room to cover physicists trying to recreate the aftermath of the Big Bang.
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NewsSky One grabs JJ Abrams' Fringe
Sky One has secured the rights to the new US drama series from JJ Abrams, the producer behind Lost, Alias and the forthcoming Star Trek movie.
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NewsBBC's Merlin heading Down Under
Australia's Network 10 has picked up the broadcast rights to the BBC1 fantasy drama Merlin from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME).
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NewsTrinny and Susannah stripped of viewers
ITV1's style gurus Trinny and Susannah look to be going out of fashion as last night's Undress the Nation only averaged 2.5m (11.9%), the show's lowest audience featuring the presenters since they moved to the commercial network.
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NewsProfits rise at Virgin Media as customers fall
Virgin Media beat market expectations for underlying profit in the second quarter despite losing 19,500 customers.
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TV critics 7 August ‘08
“Eye-popping, absorbing and at times even a little scary, this is wildlife film-making at its very best.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.