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NewsComics strip off for BBC2 show
11am:Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones, Rory McGrath and Dara O'Briain are to strip off on camera as part of a bid to recreate the journey that inspired the book Three Men In A Boatfor BBC2.
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NewsUKTV gets sporty
1pm:UKTV is making its first foray into sports programming with a ten part weekly series from TWI, designed to encourage people to participate in sports.
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NewsDistributors hail terms of trade
2.30pm:The majority of TV distributors think the new terms of trade have benefited their bottom line, according to Broadcast's first survey of the sector.
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NewsAllen calls for end of ITV ad restrictions
4.30pm:ITV chief Charles Allen has called on Ofcom to scrap the measures introduced to protect advertisers' interests following the merger of Carlton and Granada.
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NewsITV to launch more channels
4.45pm:ITV is planning to launch a suite of 'transactional' TV channels next year, including gaming and shopping offerings, in a bid to open up new revenue streams.
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Discovery tunes up reality show
Discovery Channel UK is making its first foray into reality TV, commissioning Endemol UK to produce a series based in an expat-run garage in Spain.
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NewsBBC looks to find mobile comedy
The BBC is to commission a multimedia comedy and is asking writers to come up with sketches for different platforms - from mobile phones to TV screens.
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NewsBennett mulls online BBC2
BBC director of television Jana Bennett is looking at offering BBC2 over the internet.
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NewsSwitchover gains support
A survey of 110 people working in the television market has revealed widespread support of digital switchover - but concerns about its likely impact on programming budgets in the future.
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NewsLion drives Cash Cab to New York
Lion Television has secured a commission from the Discovery Channel in the US for Cash Cab, its gameshow filmed in a taxi.
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NewsITV plans 'transactional' channels
ITV is planning to launch a suite of 'transactional' TV channels next year, including gaming and shopping offerings, in a bid to open up new revenue streams.
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BBC moves key commissioners
The BBC is moving key commissioners in with channel controllers and giving them a dedicated rights negotiation team, as part of plans to create an ITV-style network centre.
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NewsHammond wins ITV1 daytime slot
ITV1 plans to turn Top Gearpresenter Richard Hammond into a daytime TV star with its new teatime factual entertainment show.
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NewsBBC2 to capture patient's dying moment on TV
BBC2 is to screen a real death as part of a controversial Endemol UK documentary investigating end-of-life care in Britain.
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NewsAllen calls on Ofcom to scrap CRR ad deal
ITV chief executive Charles Allen has called on Ofcom to scrap the measures introduced to protect advertisers' interests following the merger of Carlton and Granada.
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NewsBBC angers music staff
The BBC has angered staff in its radio and music division with plans to merge three roles into one as it attempts to slash 150 posts in the department.
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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.
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Invasion of the audience snatchers
The RTS Cambridge Convention is known for its scare stories about the future of television - but this year the message is that the future is here, and digital has won. What does that mean for the industry?
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NewsPreparing to make a splash
As Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis make the leap into the indie sector, how will the doyennes of BBC entertainment take to their new roles as sellers?
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Mischief maker
From Shoot to Killto The Government Inspector, king of the docu-drama Peter Kosminsky has made a career of rattling those in power - and the Daily Mailcould be next in his sights.