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Tory plot to block licence fee rise
The Conservatives are threatening the stability of the BBC’s finances by forcing an unprecedented House of Commons vote on whether to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level.
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ITN wins landmark China deal
ITN has struck a multimillion-pound deal to supply footage that will help Chinese students learn English.
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Moyles closes gap on Wogan
Rajars: BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles closed the gap on Radio 2 stablemate and breakfast rival Terry Wogan with an audience rise to 7.7m from 7.3m, according to latest Rajar figures.
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Capital's Vaughan retains London breakfast crown
95.8 Capital FM's Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon have claimed a hat-trick after being crowned number one London commercial breakfast show for the third time in a row.
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Absolute claws back audience
Absolute Radio, which re-branded from Virgin Radio last year, has clawed back some of the audience it lost in its first Rajars but is still down nearly a third-year-on-year.
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Momedia clinches German VoD deal
Digital producer and distributor Momedia International has secured a deal to supply a significant volume of music programming to German VoD service, Maxdome.
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Lucas and Walliams revive Rock Profiles
Matt Lucas and David Walliams have revived spoof music series Rock Profiles, nine years after it ended.
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Chelsea v Barcelona scores for Sky Sports 2
A bumper match average of 2.5m (12%) tuned in to Sky Sports 2 last night as Chelsea ultimately got knocked out of the Champions League after a 1-1 draw with Barcelona.
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The Apprentice hires 7.9m
BBC1's business reality show The Apprentice gained the second highest audience of the current run with an impressive 7.9m viewers (31.7%) at 9pm.
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Multimedia briefs 8 May 2009
Multimedia news in briefs from Broadcast magazine dated 8 May 2009 featuring Setanta, Discovery, BBC HD and Hulu.
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Ex BB and CD:UK staffers team up on web venture
A Big Brother director and the former producer of ITV1's CD:UK have joined forces to establish a company producing promotional web content for the likes of E4 and Comedy Central.
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NewsITV2 bags US music awards
ITV2 has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the star-studded American Music Awards.
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C4 hands Maverick website hat-trick
Indie Maverick Television has won contracts to run Channel 4's Film 4 and 4 Car websites and extended its deal for the 4 Homes site.
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Rogue Element moves to Elstree
Digital film camera rental company Rogue Element Films has vacated its Pinewood Studios office in order to set up a new base at Elstree Studios, and is planning to offer a stereo 3D production service.
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Reseller Tyrell reappears in UK
The Tyrell name will re-enter the UK reseller market this week when Ireland's Tyrell CCT opens an office in London's Soho.
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NewsSBC to avoid Scottish Six debate
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission (SBC) will not be sidetracked from investigating the stuttering Scottish TV sector by the political issues surrounding a “Scottish Six”, chairman Blair Jenkins has insisted.
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NewsGCap to sell GMG ad space
Guardian Media Group has handed its national advertising sales contract to GCap Media following the termination of its deal with Global Radio.
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Bragg: Restrictions are killing ITV
Melvyn Bragg has issued a stark warning to the government that ITV could be “killed off” if it did not urgently lift “ridiculous financial restrictions” imposed on it.
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Commercial radio share drops 40%
Rajars: Commercial radio saw its share of listening drop in the last quarter to 41.6%, according to latest Rajar results.
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More than third of UK listens to digital radio
Rajars: Over a third of the UK population now listens to digital radio, according to the latest Rajar figures.