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NewsSetanta pays£392m for two Premier League packages
Irish pay TV broadcaster Setanta has paid£392m for the rights to two Premier League packages for the next three football seasons, giving it 46 live games a year. BSkyB has paid£1.3bn for the other four packages, which total 92 games annually.
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NewsNew Zealand minister blames BBC for tsunami panic
The New Zealand civil defence minister has lashed out at the BBC for causing panic in the country after its coverage of yesterday's tsunami warning for the Pacific basin.
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NewsWallace quits Sky One
Sky One director of original programming Jo Wallace has quit the channel just weeks after new director of programming Richard Woolfe arrived at the broadcaster.
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NewsTerrestrial channels commit to new movies
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have committed to screening new blockbuster Hollywood movies on their main channels after Broadcastthis week revealed Five is considering dropping terrestrial premieres from its schedule.
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NewsPEER POLL: The BBC under Thompson
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Mark Thompson has been director general of the BBC for two years. Has he been good for the corporation?
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NewsOpinion - Comment - Grand theft indie?
London super-indies are opening offices in the nations - butElizabeth Partyka questions if it is a commitment that will lead to asustained production base or merely opportunism.
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NewsVodafone to offer live sports coverage
Sky Sports and Vodafone UK are to offer live international cricket and live Football League playoff matches on mobile phones, starting from this weekend.
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TWI ramps up non-sport programming
TWI has picked up the international rights to some 75 hours of new programming from other producers, as it continues to ramp up its catalogue of non-sports programming. In addition, the IMG-owned company is planning to distribute around 25 hours of new programming from recently acquired producer Darlow Smithson, and ...
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Trust in media rises
Almost half the UK's population trust the media more than the government, according to a poll by the BBC and Reuters. The survey, conducted with US think-tank The Media Centre, found 47% of Britons trusted the media more than their government, lower than the international figure of 61% but up ...
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MacBook unveiled
Apple has unveiled its 17' MacBook Pro notebook computer which delivers up to five times the performance of the PowerBook GV.
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Lola nomination
Lola's VFX work on the BBC drama Supervolcanohas been nominated for an award in the visual effects category of the 2006 Bafta craft awards. Lola produced over 200 visual effects shots for the show for BBC1 and Discovery.
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Honey to mem
Media group Medal Entertainment & Media plc (MEM) has appointed Pinewood Studios' marketing director (TV) of two years, Diana Crystal Honey, as business development consultant.
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Fry talks up salary
Stephen Fry has waded into the BBC salary leak scandal, claiming he earns more presenting QIthan the£245,000 Jeremy Paxman is paid for University Challenge -but adding they both deserve such rates.
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Road Wars to return for fourth outing
Sky One has commissioned indie Raw Cut Television to produce a fourth 2 x 60-minute series of crime reality show Road Wars. The new series, which is currently in production, will be delivered to the broadcaster in August.
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Gervais a winner at Rose d'Or fest
Ricky Gervais was the toast of the Rose d'Or Festival in Switzerland last weekend, with the comedian handed an honorary award and his BBC2 comedy Extrasnamed the world's best sitcom.
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Octagon in tennis deal
Sports production and marketing specialist Octagon CSI has signed a deal with the ATP, the men's professional tennis tour, to develop, produce and sell programming using its archive.
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Tate in ITV comedy
ITV1 has signed up BBC comic Catherine Tate to star in a one-off comedy drama called The Bad Mother's Handbook. The comedy will be based on the novel by Kate Long, which tells the story of a year in the lives of three women. It ...
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Sony slo-mo camera
Sony launched its HDC-3300 Super Slo Motion camera system at this year's NAB. The camera is designed to offer three times speed slow-motion effects in full HD resolution.
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TV Burp to return
ITV1 has committed to two more extended runs of Saturday night TV review show Harry Hill's TV Burp. New ITV director of entertainment and comedy Paul Jackson has commissioned a total of 28 episodes of the show from Avalon Television as well as a one-off ...
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Profits up for BSkyB
BSkyB has reported record operating profits in its financial year to date, up 15% to£660m for the nine months ending 31 March 2006, boosted by strong growth in revenues from its TV gambling service Sky Bet.