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    Rebus attracts 8.4m

    2006-01-03T12:36:20Z

    Rebusattracted an audience of 8.4 million (32.7%) last night in its latest stand-alone episode which saw Ken Stott take over from John Hannah as the detective in the ITV1 crime drama.

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    Graef picks up OBE

    2006-01-03T11:29:39Z

    11.30am:Film-maker Roger Graef, the man behind ground-breaking fly-on-the-wall series such as Thames Valley Police, has been handed an OBE in the New Year's Honours List.

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    Xmas Doctor Who draws 9.8m

    2006-01-03T10:44:00Z

    The festive edition of Doctor Whohelped BBC1 to a convincing Christmas Day win with a peak audience of 9.8 million (42.9%) at 7.45pm.

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    Yoomedia sells Avago

    2005-12-23T11:48:06Z

    Interactive entertainment group Yoomedia has sold its Avago interactive gambling channel brand and associated intellectual property to gaming operator Gala Group.

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    Vaughan and Bacon to stay at Capital

    2005-12-23T11:16:22Z

    Capital Radio has pushed its relaunch back to 9 January as it announced that star DJs Johnny Vaughan and Richard Bacon have survived the station's revamp.

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    Ross Xmas special brings 5.4m to BBC1

    2005-12-23T11:11:50Z

    BBC1's It's Christmas with Jonathan Ross brought some festive cheer to 5.4 million (25%) at 8pm last night.

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    BBC pays 262 staff more than£100,000 each

    2005-12-23T10:03:40Z

    More than 250 BBC staff have been paid salaries of more than£100,000 this year, almost double the number in 2002.

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    Rosencrantz ends 10-year ITV reign

    2005-12-23T08:39:09Z

    ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has quit after a decade overseeing some of its biggest hits.

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    ITV News Channel signs off

    2005-12-23T08:34:34Z

    The ITV News Channel will bow out at 6pm tonight with a 30-minute documentary celebrating the highlights of the channel's coverage over the last five years.

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    Brule back on the Beeb

    2005-12-23T07:45:00Z

    BBC4 presenter Tyler Brule is to return to the channel to present a series on the shopping habits of six different countries.

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    Merry Christmas

    2005-12-23T07:44:50Z

    Broadcastnow.co.uk is taking a festive break and will return on 3 January.

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    Open Wide draws in 4.2m

    2005-12-22T16:46:49Z

    BBC1 and ITV1 were neck-and-neck last night at 9pm with the commercial network's drama Open Wide narrowly ahead with 4.2 million (19%).

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    BBC docs controller takes nations brief

    2005-12-22T16:19:37Z

    BBC controller of documentaries and contemporary factual Anne Morrison is taking on a new job overseeing in-house TV production across the UK.

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    Ofcom allows second DAB multiplex

    2005-12-22T14:45:14Z

    Ofcom has given the go-ahead to a second national commercial DAB multiplex, despite the prospect of a legal challenge from GCap Media.

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    Tinopolis to scrap TV Corp job cut plan

    2005-12-22T11:32:20Z

    Welsh indie Tinopolis will scrap the redundancy programme at TV Corporation once it takes control of the company, according to executive chairman Ron Jones.

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    ITV dominates sports viewing

    2005-12-22T11:00:11Z

    ITV delivered the biggest ratings for sports programming over the last year with its Champions League final coverage peaking with 14 millon.

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    History Channel inches closer to HD launch

    2005-12-22T07:50:00Z

    The History Channel is preparing to launch a high definition channel on Sky's new platform.

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    Hamilton leaves ITV

    2005-12-21T12:24:11Z

    Liam Hamilton, the ITV executive charged with orchestrating the network's 50th anniversary celebrations, is leaving the company next month.

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    BBC1 ends Saturday kids shows

    2005-12-21T11:50:14Z

    The BBC is to end the run of Children's Saturday morning television on BBC1 after 30 years, as part of a schedule swap with BBC2.

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    CNN poaches Anjali Rao from Sky News

    2005-12-21T11:42:26Z

    11.45am: CNN has poached Sky News correspondent Anjali Rao to co-anchor its daily show World News Asia from Hong Kong, alongside Andrew Stevens.