Small MPU – Page 497
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NewsRadio groups trial DAB alternative
10am: BBC World Service, Kiss 100, TalkSport and Virgin Radio have joined forces to launch a six week DRM digital broadcast trial in London.
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NewsNot much of a do for BBC1
BBC1's launch of its Shakespeare season was scuppered by ITV1's Trial and Retribution as Much Ado About Nothing interested 4.6 million (19%).
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NewsOver 2m to resist switchover say Ofcom
Around 10% of UK TV homes, or 2.5m households, will not voluntarily switch to digital and will collectively be forced to spend£572m on new equipment, according to figures published by Ofcom today.
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NewsComedy producer Thompson dies
Renowned comedy producer Harry Thompson died last night following a short battle with lung cancer.
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NewsBroadcasters lose battle over widerTV access in Parliament
Broadcasters have lost the battle to televise political drama in the Westminster corridors outside the chamber of the House of Commons.
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NewsMPs accuse BBC of 'profligacy'
The BBC director general Mark Thompson has been accused of 'profligacy' by MPs for spending millions of pounds of licence fee money on new offices which are not fully occupied.
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NewsHorrocks shakes up BBC news
3.30pm: BBC head of TV news Peter Horrocks has announced a major shake-up of the corporation's news operation, beefing up News 24 and merging the heads of the 1pm and 6pm bulletins.
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NewsFive looks to break records
4pm: Five has commissioned Two Hand Productions to produce Wild World of Records featuring Domino Day, a show covering record breaking attempts such as car dominos and live cockroach eating.
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NewsFour bid for Shrewbury FM licence
4.30pm: Four radio companies have applied for the local FM licence for Shrewsbury, including a station aimed at the more mature audience.
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NewsHoney We're Killing The Kids headsto London's Science Museum
8am: One of BBC3's most successful factual programmes has been made into an exhibition to be hosted at London's Science Museum.
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NewsSharman gives go ahead to Me Too!
8am: CBBC has commissioned preschool series Me Too! from Scottish indie Tattiemoon, the producer of its hit series Balamory.
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NewsC4 News poaches FT correspondent
Channel 4 News has made the first addition to its political reporting team in 11 years, poaching Cathy Newman, chief political correspondent at the Financial Times.
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NewsFreelance cameramen and journalistshonoured at Rory Peck Awards
8am: Freelance news journalists and cameramen that revealed the truth about three of the worst human disasters of the last twelve months were rewarded at last night's Rory Peck Awards.
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NewsAvanti to move into supplyingHDTV and broadband
Avanti Screenmedia, the largest supplier of TV to pubs, shops and retail chains in the UK, said it has raised£25m to fund its venture into broadband and high definition television.
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NewsSky high over BBC HDTV move
BSkyB has welcomed the move by the BBC to launch a trial of a high definition service, and predicted that almost one in 10 homes will have an HDTV-ready set by the end of next year.
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NewsNews 24 is 'tedious' says Sky News boss
A war of words has broken out between Sky News chief Nick Pollard and the BBC's head of TV news Peter Horrocks, after Pollard branded News 24 'stodgy' and a 'tedious channel' and claimed it had carried a string of inaccurate stories.
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NewsJimmy McGovern looks north for BBC
Cracker and The Lakes writer Jimmy McGovern has penned a new drama series for BBC1, staring Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Sue Johnston, and Timothy Spall.
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NewsTrial & Retribution brings 7.8m to ITV1
ITV1's concluding episode of the ninth Trial and Retribution at 9pm kept the viewers enthralled with a strong average of 7.8 million (33.7%).
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NewsBennett: All BBC channels will be High-Def
The BBC's director of television Jana Bennett last night said all the BBC's channels will eventually end up being broadcast in high definition.
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NewsLawson heads to BBC4
Presenter Mark Lawson has quit BBC2's Newsnight Review after 11 years to front an interview series for BBC4.