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    Fame Academy duo sing for CBeebies

    2007-08-17T08:00:00Z

    CBeebies has commissioned an interactive music show for kids fronted by singing coaches Carrie and David Grant. [ALL]

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    BBC Radio share dips

    2007-08-16T16:15:00Z

    Rajars:BBC Radio saw its market share drop from 56% to 54.3% in the second quarter as the UK's commercial radio stations stepped up the pressure, with Radio 3 recording its lowest weekly reach since Rajars began. [ALL]

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    The Jazz launch bodes well for digital radio

    2007-08-16T15:05:00Z

    Rajars: The UK's newest national digital radio station, The Jazz, was one of the winners in the Rajars with 334,000 people tuning into the station every week. [ALL]

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    BBC defends business coverage

    2007-08-16T14:50:00Z

    The BBC management has rejected claims made in an independent report that its business coverage often results in the audience 'not receiving the full story'. [ALL]

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    Hazlitt defends Capital performance

    2007-08-16T12:55:00Z

    Rajars:GCap Media managing director Fru Hazlitt has defended Capital Radio's poor performance in the Rajars by saying the station is adding younger listeners. [ALL]

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    Increase in listening boosts commercial radio

    2007-08-16T09:35:00Z

    Rajars:Between March and June of this year 45.6m people, or 91% of the UK's adult population, tuned into the radio. This figure was up 600,000 on the previous quarter, a 1.3% increase. [ALL]

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    BBC3 appoints 'teen guru'

    2007-08-16T08:45:00Z

    BBC3 has hired a 'teen guru' to concentrate on commissioning shows that will attract a younger audience.

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    Springer to host Sky One gameshow

    2007-08-16T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has lined up Jerry Springer to host new gameshow Nothing But the Truthand is bringing Noel Edmonds back to host an old Christmas favourite.

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    Living hungry for Yo-Yo Diets

    2007-08-16T08:30:00Z

    Living has built on the success of its Extremestrand by ordering the 60-minute Extreme: Celebrity Yo-Yo Diets.

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    Capital loses out to Heart in London

    2007-08-16T08:30:00Z

    Rajars:Heart's Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott have reclaimed the London commercial breakfast show crown from Johnny Vaughan as Capital Radio slumped to its lowest-ever share of the audience. [ALL]

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    Ready Steady Revamp

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Cheetah Television is revamping its long-running BBC2 cookery show Ready Steady Cook - the first overhaul in the show's 13-year history.

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    Music library moves online

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Boosey & Hawkes Production Music, said to be the world's oldest production music company, has made its entire library available online, reducing the need to make and send CDs.

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    Wilson's last pitch: a TV punk special

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Tony Wilson was developing a one-hour TV special charting the rise of punk and the birth of Manchester's Joy Division just weeks before his death last Friday at the age of 57.

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    Inside Sport to return

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Gabby Logan-fronted BBC1 sports news show Inside Sportis to return for a second series.

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    Tiny Tearaways gets fourth series revamp

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    BBC3 is giving the House of Tiny Tearawaysa major makeover for its fourth series, bringing in former Teen Angelsand Little Angelschild psychologist Laverne Antrobus to front the show.

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    Football kicks off ratings hike

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Phillip Reevell on the week's ratings.

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    Wales launch for First Post

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Skillset, the sector skills council for the audio visual industries, and Soho Editors have partnered with facility Barcud Derwen to deliver the new entrant trainee scheme First Post in Wales.

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    Slovak TV finds right Words

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Mast Media format War of the Wordshas been sold to Slovakian broadcaster TV JOJ.

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    TV failing to put green preaching into practice

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Almost three-quarters of respondents to an exclusive Broadcastreader survey believe the industry is not committed to environmental issues.

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    Factual VoD growth stalled by red tape

    2007-08-16T08:00:00Z

    Red tape surrounding digital rights is making it hard for owners of specialist factual content to exploit their programming online effectively.