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NewsPEER POLL: Programme formats
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is The X Factor a rip-off of Pop Idol ?
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NewsWife Swap producer quits RDF
The series producer of RDF's hit Channel 4 show Wife Swap has quit to join the indie behind C4 opera The Death Of Klinghoffer.
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NewsC4 books space for 14 new channels
Channel 4 has signed a£55m deal with satellite operator SES that will enable it to launch around 14 new channels.
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NewsTWG lines up for Edinburgh FM
The Wireless Group is to lock horns with the UK's biggest radio groups in the battle to win a new FM licence for Edinburgh.
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NewsDigital TV now in 55% of homes
Digital TV is now in 55% of UK homes, with almost 4 million people taking Freeview.
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RatingsCherie Booth interview hits 2.1m
Channel 4's Richard and Judy , which included Cherie Booth's first TV interview, hit a high of 2.1 million (17.3%).
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NewsShameless bag Prix Italia
Shameless , Channel 4's comedy drama about a dysfunctional Manchester family, has been named best drama series at the prestigious Prix Italia awards, while the BBC scooped four gongs.
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NewsGWR and Capital admit merger talks
GWR and Capital Radio have confirmed they are in talks to merge the two companies and forge a£700m broadcaster.
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NewsITN retains C4 lunchtime news contract
Channel 4 has renewed ITN's contract to produce its midday news show for another two years.
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NewsDyke attacks Thompson
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has criticised his successor Mark Thompson publicly for the first time, saying he is 'unnerved and depressed' by the direction the corporation is being taken.
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RatingsDyke doc appeals to just 1.1m
Greg Dyke's documentary on the BBC and the ramifications of the Hutton Report failed to gain the interest of the wider public with just 1.1 million (4.4%) in a tough Sunday night slot at 8pm.
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Ratings
Only 700,000 see The West Wing
The new series of Channel 4's The West Wing failed to impress in its first outing with just 700,000 (3.1%).
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NewsRajar moves to stem insider trading claims
Rajar has agreed to move forward the time it releases it quarterly audience data in a bid to stem concerns over insider trading.
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NewsGWR whips up The Storm for Manchester
Classic FM-owner GWR is to bid for a new FM licence covering Greater Manchester with a rock format that champions new music.
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NewsTen Years Younger goes to the US
US cable network TLC is giving viewers the chance to look a decade younger after picking up yet another British factual entertainment format.
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RatingsITV1 hits ratings low
The BBC's coverage of the Olympics helped drive ITV1's audience down to its lowest monthly share on record in August.
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NewsThompson: Hutton was mistaken
BBC director general Mark Thompson has made his first public criticism of the Hutton report, saying Lord Hutton seemed to have formed a 'mistaken impression' of the BBC's editorial processes.
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RatingsBlue Murder loses over 1 million viewers
Blue Murder , ITV1's latest cop drama, lost over 1 million viewers last night, attracting 5.6 million (24.6%).
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NewsEastEnders chief quits
Under-fire EastEnders executive producer Louise Berridge has quit the flagship BBC1 soap after three years in the job.
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NewsLRC pays£1.2m for Dune FM
The Local Radio Company (LRC), the group run by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has further expanded its portfolio with a£1.19m acquisition of a Merseyside radio station.