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    OFT clears GWR/Capital merger

    2005-03-09T10:04:36Z

    Capital Radio and GWR have been given the go ahead from the Office of Fair Trading to complete their£711m merger.

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    LRC posts upbeat figures

    2005-03-09T10:01:37Z

    The Local Radio Company, the business founded by the former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatley, has posted a positive trading update indicating growth across the group.

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    Government welcomes SMG news proposal

    2005-03-09T09:59:27Z

    Arts minister Estelle Morris has welcomed the proposal by SMG, owner of Scottish Television and Grampian Television, to screen a tailored Scottish version of ITV's main 10.30pm news.

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    Granada scores Oz record breaker deal

    2005-03-09T09:56:56Z

    Granada Australia is to produce a primetime entertainment series based on Guinness Book of World Recordsfor the Seven Network.

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    Lynam joins Sky One

    2005-03-08T13:11:59Z

    Des Lynam has unveiled his first TV job since quitting ITV last July, with a new summer sports show for Sky One.

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    BBC investigates Dr Who web leak

    2005-03-08T11:47:26Z

    The BBC has launched an investigation after the first episode of the new Doctor Whoseries was leaked on the internet.

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    Wire in the Blood gains 7.8m

    2005-03-08T11:39:59Z

    ITV1's crime drama series Wire in the Bloodheld its own with a peak of 7.8 million (32%) at the start in the face of strong competition from BBC1.

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    ITV: March ratings are improving

    2005-03-08T10:54:35Z

    ITV has gone on the offensive, unveiling new Barb figures showing its ratings are beginning to pick up after a disastrous first two months of the year, which saw it lose 10% of its audience.

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    UK's Stringer to head Sony Corp

    2005-03-08T10:48:21Z

    Sir Howard Stringer has become the first non-Japanese head of the electronics-to-media giant Sony.

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    Heart pulls Jackson songs

    2005-03-08T10:39:55Z

    Heart FM has pulled Michael Jackson songs from its breakfast and drivetime slots, in a bid to avoid upsetting families during the singer's trail for child molestation charges.

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    UTV lands Belfast FM licence

    2005-03-08T10:37:15Z

    Ulster Television (UTV) has won the race to provide a new radio station in Belfast, fending off competition from some of the biggest groups in radio.

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    Thompson warns over 'rage and extremism'

    2005-03-08T10:32:34Z

    BBC's director general Mark Thompson has hit out at the religious groups who launched a campaign against a broadcast of Jerry Springer - The Opera.

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    Paramount bags South Park

    2005-03-08T10:21:26Z

    Paramount Comedy has pinched the multichannel rights to the next series of cult animation South Parkfrom Sky One.

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    Zig Zag bags US order

    2005-03-08T10:00:00Z

    Indie Zig Zag has scored a commission from US network Fox for a holistic makeover format.

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    8.8m see Comic Relief Does Fame Academy

    2005-03-07T12:38:36Z

    BBC1's musical line up on Saturday night was a hit with the viewers as a high of 8.8 million (39.3%) saw Comic Relief Does Fame Academyat the end of its results show.

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    Corrie's 'Killer Katy' draws 14m

    2005-03-07T11:52:22Z

    ITV1's soap boosted the channel's ratings on Friday night with the 'Killer Katy' storyline on Coronation Streetwith almost 14 million (56.7%) at 7.45pm.

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    Sky One traces Yuschenko poisoning

    2005-03-07T11:07:35Z

    Sky One has commissioned Talkback Thames to make a documentary on last year's mysterious poising of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko.

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    IWC releases BBC Holyrood tapes

    2005-03-07T10:58:18Z

    Scottish indie IWC is to release to the media the rushes of two interviews from its BBC documentary about the controversial Holyrood building.

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    ITV1 loses 10% of viewers

    2005-03-07T10:16:16Z

    Younger viewers are deserting ITV1 in their droves according to new figures, which reveal that overall audiences for the network have slumped by around 10% in the first two months of 2005.

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    DJ Tommy Vance dies

    2005-03-07T10:13:08Z

    Former Radio 1 DJ Tommy Vance died in hospital yesterday at the age of 63.