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NewsLewinsky to appear at Edinburgh TV Festival
Monica Lewinsky, the ambitious American intern whose sexual antics with Bill Clinton nearly ended his presidency, is coming to Edinburgh.
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NewsBBC finally unveils terms of trade
The BBC yesterday (Monday) finally unveiled its new terms of trade that will see indies own all the rights including copyright to the programmes they produce for the corporation.
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NewsShiny floor shows dominate ITV autumn
ITV is banking on 'event dramas' and shiny-floor entertainment shows to claw back its declining audience share.
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RatingsBad Girls returns with 5.8m
ITV1's Bad Girls returned after a summer break with 5.8 million (25.4%) but still lost out to the might of BBC1's Waking the Dead.
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NewsSky sets 10 million subscriber target
BSkyB has set itself an ambitious new target to hit 10 million subscribers by the end of the decade, after announcing profits were up 65% to£600m.
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NewsEmap FD takes TV and radio role
Emap finance director Gary Hughes is to spearhead growth of the media group's brands as chairman of its TV and radio division.
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RatingsITV1's The Block crumbles with 2.6m
The launch of ITV1's The Block was a ratings disaster for the channel last night with an average of 2.6 million (11.6%) and was outgunned by C4, Five and BBC1.
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Blaze's Mount moves to Initial to head music
Fame Academy producer Initial has appointed Blaze TV's Phil Mount as its first head of music, in preparation for the launch of a host of music-based projects.
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ITV Sport renews Coca-cola league deal
ITV Sport has renewed its deal to screen Coca-Cola Football League action for a further two years. The network will screen an extended 45-minute programme called The Championship on Sunday mornings from 7 August. The show will feature highlights of two games from the ...
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NTL reaches 2 million subscribers
Cable operator NTL picked up 60,500 new subscribers in the three months to 30 June, according to its second quarter results. The firm now has 2 million pay-TV subscribers and a further 1 million telecoms customers. Chief executive Simon Duffy now has a target of 4 million customers by 2008. ...
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NewsITV3 to launch by November
ITV's new digital channel for the over-35s, ITV3, is set to launch on 1 November as a free-to-air venture across all platforms, including Freeview.
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C4 close to Hit 40 UK deal
Channel 4 is on the verge of signing a deal that will see commercial radio chart Hit 40 UK adapted for TV.
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C4's channel surfing show
Channel 4 has commissioned a show from its former director of strategy David Brook in which a series of familiar faces are filmed flipping between TV channels and discussing what's on.
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BBC1 to overhaul Holiday show
BBC1 is revamping its long-running Holiday strand that will see it move away from its reliance on celebrities and include more travel journalism.
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This Life indie airs law drama
World Productions, Tony Garnett's indie that made the iconic twentysomething drama This Life , is to once again turn its sights on lawyers for a new BBC series.
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NewsTop BBC staff steer clear of C4 Hutton doc
BBC executives and governors involved in the Hutton affair are closing the door on Greg Dyke's request for them to take part in his documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsDisney plans ad-free start for new channel
Disney's long-awaited Freeview channel ABC1 will be free of advertising for up to six months when it launches on 27 September.
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RatingsITV audience share sinks to record low
ITV's audience share has plunged to an all-time low as a number of key shows flopped with viewers.
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Heart capitalises on Vaughan flop
The flagship station of the Capital Radio group was abandoned by 230,000 listeners in the three months to 20 June, recording an average weekly reach of only 2.11 million, according to ratings body Rajar.
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Radio 2 continues ascendancy
BBC Radio 2 has cemented its dominance of the national market, reporting yet another set of record-breaking audience figures.