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NewsTrisha signs for two more years at Five
Talkshow queen Trisha Goddard has signed a new two-year golden handcuffs deal with Five after rejecting rival approaches from broadcasters.
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NewsWorld Cup washout?
As the World Cup looms, media buyers are predicting that ITV will pay the penalty for a weak advertising market
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NewsJowell vetoes call for investigation into licence fee rise
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has vetoed a fresh demand for Parliamentary watchdogs the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and National Audit Office (NAO) to investigate whether the BBC's bid to raise the licence fee to£180 is justified.
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NewsMoira Stuart loses BBC Breakfast role
Veteran newsreader Moira Stuart has lost her regular weekday BBC1 morning newsreading role following the overhaul of Breakfast.
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NewsNTL claims Premiership auction favoured Sky
NTL has slammed the process in which live Premiership match rights were sold last week, claiming it favoured Sky.
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NewsOfcom limits Freeview promotion
Ofcom has abolished regulations limiting how much ITV, Channel 4 and Five can cross promote their digital programmes and services - but has introduced a new rule to stop terrestrial broadcasters promoting Freeview over competing pay-TV platforms.
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NewsNTL confirms 6,000 jobs to go
NTL confirmed plans to axe or outsource around 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as a result of its merger with Telewest.
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NewsWogan signs up for second UKTV series
UKTV Gold has ordered a second series of Wogan: Now And Then, promising to pull more former Wogan interviewees out of the woodwork to look back on their careers.
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NewsNTL outlines Virgin rebrand plans
NTL outlined plans to rebrand using the Virgin name by early 2007 at the announcement of its first quarter results today.
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NewsHilsum off to China for C4 News
Channel 4 News' award-winning international editor Lindsey Hilsum, who ITN today announced has been permanently posted to China, has called on UK broadcasters to recognise the growing significance of the country within news coverage.
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NewsHallmark adds Blue Murder to its crime slate
Hallmark Channel UK has picked up Canadian cop show Blue Murder and is backing it with a£500,000 marketing campaign.
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NewsSky axes PremPlus
Sky is to axe its pay-per view sports channel PremPlus after losing out on two Premiership football packages, or 46 live games a year, to Setanta Sports.
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NewsSeptember wins US order for new ITV show
September Films has picked up its first order from US women's channel Oxygen, for a pilot based on its new ITV entertainment format It's Now Or Never.
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NewsGranada sells Dancing on Ice to Russia
Granada International has secured another two format deals in Russia, this time with public broadcaster TV Channel Russia, which has picked up the rights to two ITV series.
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NewsPocoyo sold to over 100 countries
Granada International's pre-school series Pocoyohas been recommissioned by CITV for a second series, while the first 52 x 70-minute episodes continue to sell to more international broadcasters.
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Sony promotes European channel exec
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Tom Davidson to VP of international networks, with a brief to increase distribution of its channel brands AXN, Animax and Sony Entertainment Television.
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NewsUltimate Force still can't cut it with 4.1m
The second episode of ITV1's SAS drama Ultimate Forcewasn't able to make the grade this week only attracting 4.1m (20%) at 9.10pm.
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NewsLicence fee numbers don't add up, says Allen
Industry bigwigs witnessed a “clash of the titans” as BBC director general Mark Thompson and ITV chief executive Charles Allen locked horns in debate over the BBC's licence fee bid.
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NewsNick Pollard leaves Sky News
Nick Pollard is to step down as head of Sky News after a decade - the last six months of which have been overshadowed by a poorly received relaunch.
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NewsSony Pictures appoints new international vice president
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has made Tom Davidson vice president of its international networks. He will relocate to London, as the US studio giant prepares to roll out more channels internationally.