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NewsInitial in Cirque du Soleil deal
MipTV 12.30pm:Endemol UK subsidiary Initial has signed a three year deal to produce special events for European performance act Cirque du Soleil.
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NewsSacked ABC correspondent joins Al-Jazeera
10.30am:An ABC News reporter who was sacked for refusing to go to Iraq has joined Al-Jazeera International.
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NewsNTL confirms Virgin deal
NTL has agreed a£962m takeover bid for Virgin Mobile and a 30-year brand licensing deal with Sir Richard Branson.
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NewsRamsay in talks with ITV
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is in talks about defecting from Channel 4 and signing a new golden handcuffs deal with ITV.
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NewsLion TV starts kids division
Lion Television has set up a children's division, and brought in The Tweeniesco-creator Karl Woolley to head it up.
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NewsWeb users flock to see pulled South Park episode
A controversial episode of South Park that was pulled from US screens has been accessed by over 700,000 web users after it was made available as an unofficial download.
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NewsStrictly Dance Fever returns with 4.9m
12.30pm:The second series of BBC1's Strictly Dance Fevergot off to a respectable start with 5 million (26.1%) tuning in for the sparkling dance extravaganza at 7pm.
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NewsTLC to serve up Jamie's School Dinners
MipTV 11.30am:Jamie Oliver is set to make his debut on US cable channel TLC later this year, after the Discovery-owned network picked up both Jamie's School Dinnersand Jamie's Kitchenfrom Fremantle International Distribution.
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NewsITV axes Footballers' Wives
ITV chiefs decided that despite being 'one of the best series of its time' that the shows 'time was up' and decided not to re-commission a sixth series.
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NewsTony Ball backs Ingenious float
10.15am:Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC), the media investment fund backing Malcolm Gerrie's new indie Gorgeous Entertainment, has raised£150m ahead of its debut on AIM in the next two weeks.
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NewsFlextech goes on Beach Patrol
MipTV 10.15am:Flextech channels Living TV and Bravo have jointly picked up a new Court TV US reality series called Beach Patrolfrom UK distributor Target Entertainment.
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NewsRDF acquires Presentable
9.45am:RDF has bought poker TV specialists Presentable for up to£6m, in a deal designed to allow the Wife Swapindie to make the most of relaxed gaming regulations.
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NewsS4C in£8m recommission
8am: S4C has handed an£8m three year deal to indie Nant for two new series of Welsh language children's drama series Rownd a Rownd.
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NewsMarple attracts 6.1m for ITV1
A new episode of Aga tha Christie's Marple managed to attract a respectable 6.1m (28.5%) on Sunday for ITV1, gaining the highest audience for the 9pm slot.
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NewsFry claims he earns more than Paxman
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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NewsProduction - Will it work on the small screen?
The hunt is on to find money-making content for mobile phones, with producers experimenting with made-for-mobile and repurposing options. David Wood reports.
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Opinion - Horribly wright - Is it time to switch off?
Somehow TV's just not working for Steven D Wright at the moment. Does he need a hobby, he wonders.
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NewsGranada launches Tightrope TV movie
Granada International has picked up the international rights to the latest drama from Tightrope Pictures, the independent production company set up in 2004 by Paul Abbott ( Shameless, State of Play) and Hilary Bevan Jones.
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NewsLove match for Off The Fence
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has clinched a distribution deal with UK indie Love Productions.
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Hotel Babylon opens its doors down under
BBC Worldwide has licensed Carnival Films' drama Hotel Babylonto Australia's Nine Network, where it will air from 9 April.