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    Beckhams World Cup Party scores 7.1m for ITV1

    2006-05-30T14:35:00Z

    The glitz and the glamour of David and Victoria Beckham's World Cup party brought 7.1 million (32.7%) to ITV1.

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    NTL hires Virgin brand execs

    2006-05-30T15:45:00Z

    NTL has confirmed it has hired Virgin brand executives James Kydd and Ashley Stockwell to its senior management team.

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    GI promotes Maxwell

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    Granada International has promoted Fiona Maxwell to director of operations and servicing.

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    TWI brokers Miss World mobile deal

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    TWI has brokered a deal between the Miss World Organisation and Indian mobile services provider Mauj Telecom that will see the launch of a range of mobile content based around this year's event.

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    C4 Opus Dei doc to air in US

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    Channel 4 documentary Opus Dei and The Da Vinci Codehas been picked up by US producer and distributor Faith & Values Media to air on the Hallmark Channel this June.

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    Entara picks up Nick's Scurvy Rascals

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    Children's entertainment company Entara has expanded its portfolio of properties with the acquisition of all rights to the award-winning boys' series Those Scurvy Rascals.

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    Bejuba! opens UK office

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    LA-based children's entertainment company Bejuba! Entertainment is expanding its presence in Europe, with the opening of a UK office.

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    TVF racks up deals for Geldof doc

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    Factual distributor TVF International has secured a raft of deals across Europe for its latest slate of programming, including multiple sales for Geldof in Africa.

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    Nat Geo sells wildlife to ten countries

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has secured deals in ten countries for more than 20 of its recently delivered wildlife titles.

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    Scandis snap up C4 shock docs

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International has racked up further sales in Scandinavia for its latest line-up of factual titles, including The Boy With a Tumour for a Face IIand The Falling Man.

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    Comment: For growth, look global

    2006-05-30T16:00:00Z

    At Pact's Creative Strategies conference in Glasgow last week, Grant Thornton's head of media and entertainment Terry Back suggested that more UK indies should be looking to the international market for growth.

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    Five News looks at end of the world

    2006-05-31T08:00:00Z

    Five News has commissioned four fast turnaround short films for its daily news bulletins, from Television for the Environment (TVE).

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    BBC says no to Scottish news bulletin

    2006-05-31T08:00:00Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has ruled out the prospect of a 6pm news bulletin on BBC1 specifically for Scotland, claiming the majority of the country's viewers do not want it.

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    BBC2's Springwatch returns with highest ever audience

    2006-05-31T08:00:00Z

    Springwatch, BBC2's surprise hit of last year, returned on Monday with its highest ever audience of 4.1 million (17.2%) at 8pm.

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    Sky and Setanta score Irish Premiership rights

    2006-05-31T08:50:00Z

    BSkyB and Setanta Sports last night secured live Irish rights to Premiership matches starting in August 2007, mirroring the deal struck in the UK earlier this month.

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    MGM sacks Sony as distributor

    2006-05-31T09:15:00Z

    Longstanding US film studio MGM - producer of the James Bond film franchise - is to re-establish its television distribution activities, snatching back the rights from Sony Pictures.

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    Al-Jazeera International brings in Arabic news veteran

    2006-05-31T10:00:00Z

    Veteran al-Jazeera journalist Ibrahim Helal has been made deputy managing director of news and programmes of the broadcaster's new English language service.

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    New editor for BBC World Service

    2006-05-31T10:15:00Z

    The BBC World Service has promoted long-serving Liliane Landor to become editor for news and current affairs.

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    England friendly draws 9.3m for BBC1

    2006-05-31T10:25:00Z

    BBC1's coverage of England's friendly against Hungary was match fit yesterday with a sizeable 9.3 million (39.3%) from 8pm, towering over both ITV1 and Channel 4.

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    130 BBC News staff face redundancy

    2006-05-31T11:15:00Z

    More than 130 news staff are still facing redundancy at the BBC, prompting threats of a strike by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).