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NewsVE Day celebrations bring 6.4m to BBC1
BBC1's VE Day celebrations went off with a bang as its coverage of A Party to Remembermanaged a peak audience of 6.4 million (26%) at the end.
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NewsCeleb Wrestling draws just 2.6m
ITV1's show Celebrity Wrestlingsuffered its lowest audience so far with a mere 2.6 million (14%) tuning in from 6.30pm-7.45pm on Saturday.
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NewsOfcom clears Springer Opera
Ofcom has backed the BBC's decision to broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera, rejecting complaints about bad taste, swearing and blasphemy.
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NewsAardman animates Roddy Doyle book
Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman is making a stop motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment.
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NewsTWG sale ends MacKenzie reign
Kelvin MacKenzie is set to leave TalkSport-owner The Wireless Group if ITV broadcaster Ulster Television's£98.2m bid is successful.
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NewsITV unions accept new pay terms
ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay conditions.
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NewsNTL offloads Irish divison
NTL has sold its Irish division for Euro325m (£220.6m), increasing speculation that the cable firm is poised to enter into merger talks with rival Telewest.
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NewsITV dumps Celebrity Wrestling
ITV1 has confirmed it has axed its high profile Saturday evening show Celebrity Wrestlingafter viewers shunned the show in favour of BBC1's Doctor Who.
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NewsNew Tricks comes up trumps with 7.8m
BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.
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New Tricks comes up trumps for BBC1 with 7.8m
BBC1's police drama series New Tricksmade a successful return last night with a peak audience of 7.8 million (34%) at the end.
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NewsSony glory for Xfm's O'Connell
Xfm DJ Christian O'Connell dominated the Sony Radio Academy Awards last night, bagging three awards.
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NewsIndustry unveils first National Skills Day
A masterclass on the making of the new Doctor Who, digital camera workshops and opening up offices and buildings to other companies, are all on the agenda for the first ever National Skills Day taking place on Thursday 26 May 2005.
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NewsE4 goes 24 hour
Channel 4 is making digital entertainment channel E4 a 24 hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.
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NewsDigital channels trial mobile phone broadcasts
Sky, Discovery and Turner have signed up to trial live mobile phone broadcasts from September.
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NewsBBC and ITV lose youth vote
BBC1 and ITV1 are losing the interest of younger viewers, according to a ten-year study backed by Channel 4.
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NewsNTL beefs up basic package
NTL is to offer more channels in its basic TV package in a bid to better compete with BSkyB and Freeview for low paying customers.
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NewsBragg:£200m 'super tax' penalises ITV
ITV arts chief Melvyn Bragg has called for the government to lessen the£200m tax burden on the network, claiming that it was an 'absolute nonsense'.
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NewsBroadcast launches newsletter for freelancers
Broadcasthas launched a new weekly newsletter for freelancers.
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NewsC4 brings back Shipwrecked
Channel 4 is bringing back RDF Media's reality format Shipwreckedin an extended version for its youth zone T4.
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NewsOfcom: Public clueless over analogue switch off
Over 70% of people in the UK are unaware of the government's plans for digital switchover, according to an Ofcom Consumer Panel study.