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NewsOpen Wide draws in 4.2m
BBC1 and ITV1 were neck-and-neck last night at 9pm with the commercial network's drama Open Wide narrowly ahead with 4.2 million (19%).
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NewsBrule back on the Beeb
BBC4 presenter Tyler Brule is to return to the channel to present a series on the shopping habits of six different countries.
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NewsITV News Channel signs off
The ITV News Channel will bow out at 6pm tonight with a 30-minute documentary celebrating the highlights of the channel's coverage over the last five years.
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NewsRosencrantz ends 10-year ITV reign
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has quit after a decade overseeing some of its biggest hits.
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NewsBBC pays 262 staff more than£100,000 each
More than 250 BBC staff have been paid salaries of more than£100,000 this year, almost double the number in 2002.
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NewsRoss Xmas special brings 5.4m to BBC1
BBC1's It's Christmas with Jonathan Ross brought some festive cheer to 5.4 million (25%) at 8pm last night.
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NewsVaughan and Bacon to stay at Capital
Capital Radio has pushed its relaunch back to 9 January as it announced that star DJs Johnny Vaughan and Richard Bacon have survived the station's revamp.
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NewsYoomedia sells Avago
Interactive entertainment group Yoomedia has sold its Avago interactive gambling channel brand and associated intellectual property to gaming operator Gala Group.
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Robinson designs on sex for C4
Freelance animator Robinson designs on sex for C4freelance animator Keith Robinson has created stylised visual effe...
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NewsOFT raises 'competition' concerns over BBC Worldwide
The Office of Fair Trading has added its voice to fears over the BBC's profit-making activities, warning that the corporation could be damaging competition in the broadcast industry.
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NewsSky News to broadcast live transcript of Jenkins verdict
Sky News is to broadcast live and verbatim a transcript of the verdict in the murder re-trial of Sion Jenkins - the first time it has ever been allowed in the UK.
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NewsCox: 'Established broadcasters face digital decline'
Barry Cox, chairman of SwitchCo, the government body overseeing digital switchover, last night said the traditional broadcasters moving to turn off the analogue system was like 'Turkeys voting for Christmas'.
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News'Birt to call for end to BBC's licence fee monopoly'
Former BBC director general Lord Birt is expected to tell broadcasters that the corporation should share out licence fee money with other television companies, when he gives his keynote MacTaggart lecture in Edinburgh later this week.
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NewsHave your say on the future of British TV
Broadcastwants to find out what the industry's view is on the government's move from the analogue broadcasting system to converting the country to digital TV - will it be good or bad news for programme makers? We want your views - click here.
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NewsEC to launch legal action against Premiership
The European Commission has stepped up its campaign to end the monopoly of Premiership football rights, by confirming that it will start legal action against the League.
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NewsEC on verge of antitrust action over TV football rights
The European Commission is on the brink of beginning legal action against the English Football Association Premier League over the carving up of television broadcasting rights.
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NewsInternational sales boost profits at Entertainment Rights
Strong international sales for classic kids' character Postman Pat helped drive a 56% increase in operating profits at Entertainment Rights for the first half of 2005.
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NewsFrost 'checked' al-Jazeera out for terrorist links
Sir David Frost has told Broadcastthat he checked out al-Jazeera with senior figures in the UK and US governments to ensure it had no links with terrorist organisation al-Qaida before accepting a job with the Arab news channel's new European service.