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NewsNew Blue Peter boss named
The BBC has named former Newsround editor Tim Levell as the new Blue Peter boss, replacing Richard Marson who was sacked last week after it emerged that viewers had been misled about the naming of one of the show's cats.
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NewsITV1 commits to Millionaire
ITV1 has ordered a new series of long-running hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
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NewsUS deal for You Are What You Eat
Dutch distributor 2waytraffic International has sold Celador's Channel 4 series You Are What You Eat to a raft of new broadcasters around the world, including BBC America and BBC Lifestyle in Asia.
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NewsGMTV fined£2m by Ofcom
Ofcom has fined GMTV£2m for misconduct in viewer competitions between August 2003 and February 2007.
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NewsOn location: Murder Most Foul
Producer-director Jon Blair took Antony Sher to explore the South Africa the tourists don't see.
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NewsInterview: Dan Brooke
After losing both its European MD and programming chief, you might expect Discovery's UK arm to be in a fragile state. Not a bit of it, general manager Dan Brooke tells Rob Shepherd
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NewsBlog: Viewers deserve a bit more respect
Robin Parker, like many other delegates, went to Cambridge hoping to get an insight on current television issues and talk some shop. But, thanks to some gimmicky stunts, he left with the thought that broadcasters should have more respect for their viewers. [ALL]
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NewsOfcom backs BBC HD plans
Ofcom has ruled that the BBC's plan to introduce a mixed-genre HD digital TV channel is unlikely to have a significant negative impact on the market. [ALL]
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NewsJane Garvey to host Woman's Hour
BBC Radio 5 Live veteran Jane Garvey is to join Radio 4's Woman's Hourteam as a presenter, replacing Martha Kearney who left in April to become the main presenter of World at One. [ALL]
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NewsTV channel for the deaf
Information TV has teamed up with IPTV company, VeeSee TV, to launch a TV channel for deaf viewers on the Sky digital platform. [ALL]
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NewsVirgin 1 launch date set
Virgin 1, the general entertainment channel from Virgin Media TV, will launch on 1 October. [ALL]
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NewsArqiva bags Freesat contract
The BBC has awarded Arqiva a contract to provide infrastructure for the Freesat digital satellite TV service that will launch in March 2008. [ALL]
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NewsSetanta signs Arsenal TV contract
Setanta has signed a six year deal with Arsenal to broadcast the north London football club's new TV channel. [ALL]
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NewsITV1's food shows dish up mixed fortunes
ITV1's Hell's Kitchenended on a high last night with a respectable audience of 5.6m (24.8%) but the start of Britain's Best Dishearlier in the day on the same channel could only serve up 1.3m viewers (10.3%). ...
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NewsBBC4 celebrates The Frost Report
BBC4 is to celebrate Sir David Frost's influential 1960s satire show The Frost Reportwith a 90-minute special featuring many of the original line-up. [ALL]
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NewsInquiry delay into Sky's ITV stake
The UK Competition Commission has moved back the deadline for the completion of its inquiry into BSkyB's 17.9% stake in ITV until early 2008 because of the 'complex' nature of the inquiry. [ALL]
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NewsWorld Cup rugby scuppers BBC1's Eventing
ITV1's continuing coverage of the rugby union World Cup forged ahead of BBC1 on Saturday afternoon as the corporation's Three-Day Eventing coverage only managed 682,000 viewers at 1pm. [ALL]
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NewsBBC hires digital technology head for iPlayer
The BBC has drafted in a new head of digital media technology, Anthony Rose, who is responsible for delivering the 'next generation' of BBC iPlayer. [ALL]
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NewsSky Travel to become Real Lives
BSkyB will re-name its travel portfolio Sky Real Lives as part of a significant shift towards human interest stories. [ALL]
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NewsParkinson back with 2.5m
The first programme in chat show host Michael Parkinson's swan song series interested 2.5m viewers (17.5%) on Saturday night, losing out to BBC1's Match of the Day. [ALL]