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Setanta joins Premiership action - 05 May 2006 20:14:02 GMT Irish pay-TV operator Setanta breaks BSkyB's exclusive coverage of live Premiership football matches, winning two packages of TV rights.
BBC boss defends stars' salaries - 05 May 2006 16:05:36 GMT BBC director general Mark Thompson says the corporation's big stars are highly paid to ward off rivals.
Holbein art show reunites royals - 05 May 2006 15:46:12 GMT Portraits of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and son Edward will hang together for the first time since the 16th Century.
Download sales ease Warner loss - 05 May 2006 14:54:14 GMT Warner Music reports lower-than-expected losses thanks to the success of digital downloads.
TV dog trainer sued over injury - 05 May 2006 14:36:40 GMT The host of US TV's The Dog Whisperer is sued over claims that a pet Labrador was injured at his dog training centre.
File-sharer averts legal action - 05 May 2006 12:33:44 GMT File-sharing service BearShare is to pay $30m (£16.2m) to avert possible legal action from record companies.
Baby for White Stripes frontman - 05 May 2006 11:29:05 GMT Jack White, frontman with rock band The White Stripes, becomes father to a baby daughter.
Bono to edit newspaper for a day - 05 May 2006 11:21:54 GMT U2 frontman Bono is to edit The Independent newspaper for a day to highlight the issue of Aids in Africa.
No brain surgery for Stones star - 05 May 2006 10:33:38 GMT Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards does not need to have blood drained from his brain after injuring his head.
Veteran Bollywood composer dies - 05 May 2006 09:53:02 GMT One of Bollywood's best known music composers, Naushad Ali, dies in Mumbai at the age of 86.
Sopranos actor requests own trial - 05 May 2006 09:36:55 GMT Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato Jr asks to be tried for murder separately from co-defendant Steven Armento.
Sutherland reveals 24 movie plan - 05 May 2006 09:00:21 GMT Kiefer Sutherland says a movie version of his hit US television series 24 is to be made in London.
Domingo scoops Classical Brits - 05 May 2006 08:53:08 GMT Spanish tenor Placido Domingo wins two awards at the annual Classical Brits awards in London.
Brokeback actor drops pay claim - 05 May 2006 08:48:15 GMT Brokeback Mountain actor Randy Quaid drops a $10m legal action against the film's producers.
Williams shifts Wembley concerts - 05 May 2006 08:45:01 GMT Robbie Williams moves five concerts to the Milton Keynes Bowl after building delays at Wembley Stadium.
Little Britain star goes digital - 04 May 2006 22:29:32 GMT Comic Matt Lucas stars in a seven-year, £200m information campaign about the switch to digital TV.
Piracy 'costs US studios $6.1bn' - 04 May 2006 16:11:26 GMT Hollywood studios claim that film piracy has cost them up to $6.1bn (£3.3bn) in lost revenue.
Authors face Da Vinci demand - 04 May 2006 15:38:45 GMT Two authors who lost a copyright battle against The Da Vinci Code are ordered to disclose their financial details.
Sky sets HDTV launch date - 04 May 2006 11:11:13 GMT Sky will launch its high-definition TV service on 22 May, the satellite broadcaster confirms.
Cult show The Prisoner remade - 04 May 2006 10:56:57 GMT Cult TV series The Prisoner is to be remade for digital channel Sky One, the broadcaster confirms.
No charges over Michael collision - 04 May 2006 09:32:20 GMT Singer George Michael will not face charges over his collision with three parked cars in north London, police say.