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NewsDirectors UK to lobby broadcasters on pay
Directors' pay is the first item on the agenda of the new Directors UK organisation, which launches this week.
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NewsBurnham rejects product placement
Broadcasters, producers and politicians have accused media secretary Andy Burnham of trying to kill product placement in the UK before it has been properly debated.
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NewsBBCi to offer full-time sport service
The BBC is to launch a permanent interactive sports service on digital TV after the summer's Beijing Olympics.
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NewsTrust: BBC news is too London-centric
The BBC's news coverage is too “London-centric” and its reporting on the nations and regions lacks “clarity, precision and balance”, the BBC Trust has found.
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NewsUKTV to rebrand all channels
UKTV will rebrand all its channels in the next 12 months, kicking off by making UKTV Gold a comedy channel and launching an entertainment channel in the adjacent EPG slot.
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Hustle returns next year
BBC1 drama Hustle will return for a fifth series with Adrian Lester reprising his role of Mickey “Bricks” Stone.
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Freeview ‘no panacea'
Freeview's limitations will become more apparent as the digital TV marketplace evolves, BSkyB customer group managing director Brian Sullivan has claimed.
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NewsRob Brydon launches indie with Talkback
Rob Brydon is launching an indie in conjunction with executive producer Miles Ross and Talkback Thames.
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Bravo follows Novelli to LA
US broadcaster Bravo has commissioned Mentorn USA to make an eight-part factual series starring Jean-Christophe Novelli.
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NewsXmas Doctor Who draws 9.8m
The festive edition of Doctor Whohelped BBC1 to a convincing Christmas Day win with a peak audience of 9.8 million (42.9%) at 7.45pm.
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NewsGraef picks up OBE
11.30am:Film-maker Roger Graef, the man behind ground-breaking fly-on-the-wall series such as Thames Valley Police, has been handed an OBE in the New Year's Honours List.
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NewsRebus attracts 8.4m
Rebusattracted an audience of 8.4 million (32.7%) last night in its latest stand-alone episode which saw Ken Stott take over from John Hannah as the detective in the ITV1 crime drama.
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NewsITV1's Poirot draws 7.4m
ITV1's Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train out-performed BBC1's screening of the Oscar-winning Chicago at 9pm on New Year's Day with 7.4 million (30.2%).
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NewsSky Movies to offer pin-protected movies
BSkyB is launching pin-protected movies during its daytime schedule, allowing viewers access to unedited 15-rated films such as The Day After Tomorrowand Layer Cake.
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NewsMilne slams BBC's lack of innovation
Former BBC director general Alasdair Milne has slammed the corporation's current performance on drama and comedy and says he sees 'little sense of innovation' in the modern BBC.
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NewsWoolfe to head Sky One
Living TV director of television Richard Woolfe has been appointed head of Sky One.
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NewsIWC hire bolsters BBC factual team
The BBC has poached IWC Media's director of contemporary factual programmes to join its new seven-strong line-up of commissioning executives.
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Thorogood departs ITV daytime
The shake-up in ITV's commissioning structure has claimed one of its first casualties - daytime editor Nick Thorogood.
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NewsITV eyes Jackson for Rosencrantz role
Granada America chief Paul Jackson has emerged as the favourite to replace ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, who has quit the network after 10 years.
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NewsTinopolis axes TV Corp name
Tinopolis, the Welsh indie taking over Television Corporation, is hoping chief executive Peter Salmon and director of sport Jeff Foulser will stay on after its£36m reverse takeover is completed.