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BBC and ITV close to regional news deal
BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed that the BBC and ITV are close to a deal to enable the commercial broadcaster to continue to provide regional news into the next decade.
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MPs urge Ofcom chair to take pay cut
Ofcom's incoming chair Dr Colette Bowe has turned down a challenge from MPs to set recession-hit Britain an example by accepting a cut in her£200,000 annual salary for a three-day-a-week role.
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NewsGovernment considers World Service memorial
The government is to consider erecting a memorial to the BBC World Service staff who provided “a beacon of hope, liberty and democracy” to people in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
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NewsPM speaks out on assisted suicide doc
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told MPs that tonight's broadcast of the assisted suicide of a terminally ill man would have to be judged by Ofcom.
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NewsDavid Davies to oversee sport 'crown jewels' review
Former FA executive director David Davies is to head the government review into the major sporting events which must be broadcast on free to air television.
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NewsQueen's Speech avoids broadcasting
Broadcasting has not been earmarked for legislative action in the Queen's Speech despite significant question marks hanging over its future.
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NewsMPs stand firm on product placement ban
The government has indicated it will not back down and allow product placement in programmes to help relieve ITV's financial problems.
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NewsLyons: BBC too quick to confirm Ross return
BBC Trust Sir Michael Lyons has criticised the corporation for announcing Jonathan Ross's return to Radio 2 before the watchdog had completed its inquiry into in the Sachsgate affair.
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NewsBurnham: BBC needs confidence back
Media secretary Andy Burnham is prepared to listen to suggestions from the Tories of how to help restore public confidence in the BBC following 'Sachsgate'.
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NewsBBCW under fire over first look deal
Fremantle Media and Pact have demanded an end to BBC Worldwide's guaranteed chance to secure distribution rights to BBC in-house content ahead of commercial rivals.
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News‘Privatisation will ruin C4' says Johnson
Privatisation would “tear the heart out of Channel 4” and lead to cutbacks in news, current affairs and arts programming, chairman Luke Johnson has warned.
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NewsJohnson warns of cutbacks if C4 privitised
Privatisation would “tear the heart out of Channel 4”, leading to cutbacks in news, current affairs and arts, chairman Luke Johnson has warned.
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NewsTories back licence fee
The Conservatives have revealed they will retain the BBC licence fee, at least in the short term, if they oust Labour at the next general election.
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NewsBBC to give government surplus suggestions
The BBC will get the first opportunity to say what should be done with any money left over from the cost of funding digital switchover after 2012.
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NewsDCMS to stay out of ITV regions row
The government has refused to intervene in the row over Ofcom's green light for ITV to drop its half-hour bulletins for the Border and Westcountry regions.
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NewsCommons poised for licence fee debate
Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs are expected to join forces this week to defeat a Tory backbench attempt to deprive the BBC of its licence fee income following digital switchover.
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NewsBurnham backs Ofcom's ITV plans
Media secretary Andy Burnham has defended Ofcom's decision to reduce ITV's regional production quota and has told MPs he will meet ITV and other broadcasters to discuss the future of PSB in the months ahead.
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NewsBurnham: Trust chair could be vetted
Lord Currie's replacement as chairman of Ofcom will face vetting by MPs - and media secretary Andy Burnham has told MPs the next chairman of the BBC Trust could face the same.
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NewsBBC likely to keep star salaries secret
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons is to to examine whether the corporation should publish the salaries of star presenters like Jonathan Ross in salary bands - but is unlikely to go ahead with it.
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NewsPeers reject licence fee top-slicing
Peers have rejected the idea that the BBC should share some of its licence fee revenue with other broadcasters.
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