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NewsOpening Winter Olympics ceremony seen by 4m
The coverage of the Winter Olympics got off to a fine start on BBC2 with the audience peaking at 4 million (18.8%) at 7.30pm for the opening ceremony.
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NewsSky One's 24 back with 807,000
24returned to Sky One for a fifth series on Sunday night, launching at 9pm with 807,000 (4.2%) in multichannel homes despite the fact that the series could not be viewed on Freeview.
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NewsITV locks in Cowell until 2008
ITV's has extended its golden handcuffs deal with Simon Cowell for a further two years.
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NewsMentorn exec to head ITV features
Jane Rogerson, a creative director at indie Mentorn, has been appointed ITV controller of features.
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NewsIran bans BBC website
Iran's culture minister has said the country will continue to block the BBC's Persian-language website, accusing the broadcaster of having an 'anti-Iranian tendency'.
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NewsITV2 orders second Osbourne adrenaline rush
Jack Osbourne is to return to ITV2 for a second run of his adrenaline junkie series, this time taking on a desert marathon and a jungle expedition in South America.
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NewsSecond executive to leave Mentorn
8am:Mentorn Oxford boss Eamonn Matthews is leaving the Tinopolis-owned indie to set up his own production company.
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NewsRaworth takes on the One O'Clock News
BBC Six O'Clock Newspresenter Sophie Raworth is to take over from Anna Ford as anchor for the 1pm bulletin.
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NewsToonami boosts drama to attract girls
Kid's channel Toonami is adding live action drama and comedy to its line-up for the first time in a bid to attract more girls to the channel.
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NewsHouse of Lords relaxes TV rules
Peers have yielded to pressure from broadcasters to allow interviews to be carried out in the House of Lords.
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NewsSolent TV axes launch plans
10am:Solent TV has axed plans to launch on the Sky platform due to lack of funding.
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NewsOfcom outlines changes to radio regulation
6pm:Ofcom has laid out the future of commercial radio regulation, including a new framework for dealing with format change requests.
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NewsITV hires duo to beef up factual
ITV took a step closer to completing its senior commissioning line-up this week by appointing two factual executives to work under new director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman.
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NewsLife on Mars to return in 2007
BBC1 has greenlit a second series of Life on Mars- the hit time travel drama from Spooksproducer Kudos.
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NewsFounder Gerrie to leave Initial
Malcolm Gerrie has quit as chief executive of Endemol-owned Initial - the indie he founded 18 years ago.
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NewsITV digital strategy hit by ratings slump
Viewing of ITV's family of digital channels is failing to offset the audience being lost by ITV1, according to ratings figures for the first six weeks of 2006.
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NewsProfile - Richard Deverell: Building BBC children's brand
After a stint running new media at CBBC, new BBC Children's controller Richard Deverell wants to make sure his channels stand out in a very crowded market.
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Interview - Stephen Poliakoff: Shooting the future
Stephen Poliakoff says he would rather write for British television than for cinema - and that, despite the changes in the broadcast market, there are growing opportunities across terrestrial channels for good quality drama.
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TV shop until you drop
Jane Marlow indulges herself in a bit of TV retail therapy when she shadows shopping channel QVC's production staff for a day to see how all those wonderful products make it to screen.
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UKTV in Wall to Wall deal
UKTV has acquired BBC2 series Who Do You Think You Are? after striking an unprecedented deal with indie Wall to Wall.