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NewsDealing with Dickinson draws 2.9m
BBC1's new Sunday line-up did little to dent ITV1's traditional dominance of the night as Dealing with Dickinsononly interested 2.9 million (15%).
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NewsMosey named BBC Sport director
BBC head of TV news Roger Mosey has been appointed director of sport.
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NewsC4 sport chief joins Eurosport
British Eurosport has poached Channel 4's head of sport David Kerr to become its new director of broadcast.
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NewsPlayboy launches broadband service
Playboy TV has launched a new multi-media package offering adult content to its subscribers across all platforms for a monthly£30 payment.
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NewsIndies dominate TV production
The independent TV sector has overtaken the BBC and ITV's in house production arms, in terms of the value of commissions during 2004.
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NewsViewers attack BBC's 'patronising' Proms coverage
The BBC has been forced to apologise for its coverage of the Proms after viewers complained the use of subtitles was 'intrusive and patronising'.
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NewsITV and Sky set to retain Champions League
ITV and BSkyB are expected to announce they have retained the rights to Champions League football this week, signing a new deal with football authority UEFA.
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NewsGrade: BBC will ban repeats
BBC chairman Michael Grade has said he wants to banish repeats from BBC1 and 2 in a bid to make the channels more distinctive.
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NewsLBC chief quits
LBC managing director and director of programmes Mark Flanagan has quit, prompting a reshuffle at the London station.
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NewsFive's actresses fail to perform
Five's countdown of Britain's Finest Actressesproved to be more popular than last week's programme on actors but still had a tough time with an average of 900,000 (5%).
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NewsSex, death & Danan to feature at Edinburgh
Sex, death and Paul Danan are all on the programme for this year's Edinburgh Festival which was unveiled yesterday.
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NewsOfcom calls for regulatory rethink
Broadband Britain will need to rethink its approach to content regulation as more programmes and channels are delivered via new media platforms, Ofcom's Ed Richards warned yesterday.
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NewsRTL buys out UBM Five stake
RTL Group has taken full control of Five after buying United Business Media's (UBM) 35.4% stake for£247.6m.
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NewsOfcom's Carter paid£415k
Ofcom's chief executive Stephen Carter took home a pay packet of£414,463 in the last financial year, boosted by a£53,500 bonus.
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NewsThompson: Manchester move will happen
BBC director general Mark Thompson has told Parliament the BBC will press ahead with plans to move to Manchester despite protests by staff who are refusing to quit London.
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NewsBBC governor: colleagues were 'naive' over Springer row
The BBC governor who rebelled against the screening of Jerry Springer - The Operahas said the corporation's managers were
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NewsMPs to probe analogue switch-off plans
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to face a cross-party Parliamentary probe into the government's plans to switch the country to digital television by 2012.
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NewsTarantino's CSI peaks with 3.9m
Five's postponed episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, directed by Quentin Tarantino, proved to be a big hit with the double helping peaking with 3.9 million (17.8%) at 10.15pm.
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NewsFX commissions 'adult' Jackass
Multichannel broadcaster FX has greenlit its first original production, ordering a grown-up version of MTV's Jackass.
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NewsMosey leads way to Manchester
The BBC is pushing ahead with plans to move its sport department to Manchester after appointing head of TV news Roger Mosey as its new director of sport.