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NewsITV sends Clunes to New Zealand
ITV has lined up Martin Clunes to play a straight laced museum curator in a comedy drama set in New Zealand.
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NewsEU adds to kids programmes crisis
Fewer children's shows will be made in the UK if the government fails to persuade Brussels to change new TV advertising rules. Film 4 will be forced to show more American movies and ITV news could also be under threat.
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NewsPhillips launches attack on C4
Trevor Phillips has launched a fresh attack on how Channel 4 bosses handled the Celebrity Big Brotherrace row, likening director of programmes Kevin Lygo to a “14-year-old” who boasted to his “mates that he'd got away with it”.
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NewsBBC unveils shortlist for Question Time contract
Cheetah Televison, Ten Alps, Lion Televison and Mentorn have made it onto the shortlist to produce BBC1's flagship current affairs series Question Time- a contract worth over£2m for three years.
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NewsC4 hands out factual regional awards
Channel 4 will recognise regionally produced factual programming in its annual Creative Cities Awards next week with Belfast indie Double Band receiving a gong for its documentary Who Killed Brian Jones?, about the suspicious death of the ex-Rolling Stone.
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NewsIndie Survey 2007 deadline today
Broadcast is compiling its Indie Survey 2007 and the final deadline for complete forms is today (Friday 2 February). To ensure your company is included, please download the attached form and submit your details to indie.survey@emap.com.
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NewsDe Mol sells Golden cage to ABC
Big Brothercreator John De Mol has secured his first deal in the US since leaving Endemol by selling reality format The Golden Cageto ABC.
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NewsNTL boss: Sky has influence over ITV decisions
NTL Telewest president and chief executive Steve Burch is continuing his war of words against rival BSkyB and its acquisition of a large stake in ITV.
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NewsC4 pulls wank week
Embattled Channel 4, still reeling from the Celebrity Big Brotherrace storm, has delayed its forthcoming 'wank week' as it looks to avoid a fresh round of negative headlines.
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NewsBenidorm proves alluring for ITV1
New ITV1 sitcom Benidormgot off to a flying start at 10pm last night with a healthy 5.3 million viewers, a 25.7% share of the available audience.
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NewsSky lines up Miami Vice star for Super Bowl coverage
Sky Sports has signed up Miami Vicestar Don Johnson to help with its live coverage of the Super Bowl XLI on Sunday - the channel's first US event to be screened in high-definition.
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NewsSnow, Paxman and Austin in RTS head-to-head
Channel 4's Jon Snow is up against ITV News' Mark Austin and BBC2 Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman for the RTS Journalism presenter of the year.
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NewsTarrant starts 2007 radio push with Classic Gold
Chris Tarrant is continuing his push back into radio as the host of a new quiz show to be aired on UBC-owned Classic Gold later this month.
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NewsPEER POLL: Johnny Vaughan
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did Johnny Vaughan deserve to have his contract at Capital Radio extended?
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NewsRajars: Internet radio listening on the rise
Radio listening over the internet and on mobile phones is on the increase, according to latest figures from Rajar.
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NewsRajars: London commercial stations given boost
London's commercial radio stations enjoyed a boost in the latest Rajar results, with GCap's Choice FM and smaller stations such as Sunrise Radio and Kismat Radio enjoying large increases.
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NewsRajars: BBC widens gap with commercial radio
The BBC has widened the gap between itself and its commercial rivals despite losses for both Radio 1 and Radio 4.
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NewsPuttnam out of race for BBC chair
Lord David Puttnam has not applied to replace Michael Grade as BBC chairman, despite declaring at the weekend that he had been approached about the post.
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NewsRajars: Listeners take Theakston to Heart
Heart 106.2 presenter Jamie Theakston has stolen the commercial breakfast show crown from GCap rival Johnny Vaughan for the first time ever, adding 180,000 listeners in the three months to 17 December.
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NewsPlaylist returns
ITV has commissioned Endemol-owned Initial to make a third series of celebrity chat and music show The Orange Playlist.