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    Setanta pinches golf rights from Sky Sports

    2006-06-27T19:20:00Z

    Setanta Sports has nabbed exclusive rights to the PGA Tour from Sky, starting from January 2007 and plans to launch a dedicated golf channel.

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    Comment: Killing the radio star?

    2006-06-27T19:14:00Z

    BBC's Bob Shennan asks what is the future for our radio brands?

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    Young takes Desert Island Discs role

    2006-06-27T16:25:00Z

    Five News presenter Kirsty Young has been named as the new host for BBC Radio 4's long-running series Desert Island Discs.

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    ITV scores UEFA Cup rights

    2006-06-27T15:15:00Z

    ITV has secured the UK broadcast rights for the final stages of the UEFA Cup for the first time, in a deal understood to be worth over£20m.

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    BBC's website proves to be World Cup favourite

    2006-06-27T11:52:00Z

    World Cup coverage on the BBC's website has seen it take a 58% share of traffic to sports and gambling websites during the tournament, according to figures from internet research group Nielsen/NetRatings.

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    Wimbledon wash out still brings 1.3m to BBC2

    2006-06-27T11:50:00Z

    In traditional British fashion Wimbledon opened yesterday with a downpour and play was limited to only 44 minutes. But, despite the heavens opening, 1.3 million (7.2%) still tuned in to BBC2 to catch a glimpse of the first day's matches.

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    BBC & ITV divvy up World Cup quarter-final matches

    2006-06-27T11:40:00Z

    ITV and the BBC have agreed the split of games for the quarter finals of the World Cup, excluding the England match which had already been bagged by BBC1 in a prior arrangement.

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    World Cup Watch: Italy's last minute penalty secures peak of 7.4m for ITV1

    2006-06-27T11:20:00Z

    The closely fought match between Italy and Australia bought ITV1 a commanding peak audience of 7.4 million (48%) at 5.45pm as the European side won with a penalty in injury time.

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    Bectu wants freelance recognition at the BBC

    2006-06-27T10:15:00Z

    Broadcasting union hopes to get the backing of the freelance community to help it contest a new corporation-wide rate card.

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    BBC to host new indies day

    2006-06-27T08:00:00Z

    BBC independents executive Krishan Arora is hosting two new indie briefing days aimed at companies who haven't had a BBC network commission or have recently won their first order from the corporation.

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    BBC goes behind bars with prison special

    2006-06-27T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is to run a week of live programming from behind the bars of one of Britain's prisons in a daytime series fronted by Nick Knowles and Nadia Sawalha.

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    Homer's boss lands BBC Radio 4 role

    2006-06-27T08:00:00Z

    The voice behind Homer's dastardly boss, Mr Burns, in The Simpsons has landed a starring role in a new comedy series for BBC Radio 4.

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    Sloan and Sweeney headline Mipcom speaker line-up

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    MGM chairman and CEO Harry Sloan and Disney's Anne Sweeney are among the high profile US keynote speakers lined up for this October's Mipcom programme market in Cannes .

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    Pocoyo scores hat-trick in Iberia

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Granada International's pre-school co-production Pocoyo(52 x 7-minutes) has been acquired by Spanish public broadcaster TVE, as well as pay-TV channel Boomerang and Portugal 's RTP.

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    Electric Sky tops up for Sunnyside

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Brighton-based distributor Electric Sky has bagged a number of new factual titles in time for this week's Sunnyside of the Doc programme market in La Rochelle.

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    Prehistoric Park picked up down under

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has secured a number of key sales for Impossible Pictures' new multi-million pound factual series Prehistoric Park, following its launch at MipTV in April.

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    Fremantle lures Dancing on Ice producer to the US

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    FremantleMedia North America has lured Dancing on Ice exec producer James Sunderland to the US, where he will join the creative team behind such productions as American Idol, American Inventor and ...

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    Comment: Food for thought

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    While there's been plenty of fuss about what the impact of restrictions on junk food ads might be on ITV, there's been little talk of what it means for UK production and distribution.

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    Celador International buys rights to Mr & Mrs

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Classic ITV gameshow Mr & Mrsis being updated for UK and international audiences by Who Wants to be a Millionaire? distributor Celador International.

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    Bob the Builder goes interactive

    2006-06-26T16:00:00Z

    Hit Entertainment has struck a deal with US games-on-demand network TVHead to develop interactive games based on a number of its hit characters, including Barney, Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and ...