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NewsTories defend C4 in Dispatches mosque row
The Conservative party has said that the West Midlands Police's inquiry into the Channel 4 Dispatchesdocumentary, Undercover Mosque,raises serious questions about media freedom. [ALL]
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NewsBroadcast Letters - 17 August 2007
Letters to the editor from issue of Broadcast dated 17 August.
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NewsRussian radio axes BBC content
A third FM Russian radio station has been forced to drop BBC World Service content from its schedules by the country's licensing authorities. [ALL]
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NewsRead the DPRS's letter to Thompson
Dear Mr. Thompson, Storyville I am writing to voice the deep concern of the membership of the DPRS to the threatened emasculation of the BBC's Storyvillestrand.We understand that while the BBC's internal spending review is not yet complete, ...
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NewsNuts TV to share Freeview space
Nuts TV is to share a Freeview channel with Thomas Cook TV when it launches next month. [ALL]
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NewsThompson urged not to 'emasculate' Storyville
The Directors' and Producers' Rights Society has written to BBC director general Mark Thompson voicing 'deep concern' over the 'threatened emasculation' of documentary strand Storyville. [ALL]
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NewsBlog: Give the workers some credit
Malcolm Treen demands to know why closing titles are squeezed so that no one can read them, depriving the people that make the shows of hard earned and merited credit. [ALL]
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NewsITV1 has The X Factor with viewers
The X Factormade its strongest debut yet with the first episode of the fourth series attracting an impressive 9.5m viewers (45%) at 7.40pm on Saturday (18 August). [ALL]
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NewsF-word dropped from Thatcher film
The BBC has removed a swear word from a new television docudrama about the young Margaret Thatcher in a bid to avoid offending the former prime minister. [ALL]
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NewsSmoke and Mirrors in£5m expansion plan
Smoke and Mirrors is embarking on a£5m expansion programme that will see the boutique facility more than double in size.
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NewsHuntingford named Virgin Radio chair
Virgin Radio has drafted in the former chief executive of the Chrysalis Group, Richard Huntingford, as non-executive chairman. [ALL]
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NewsSurvey: Can viewers trust what they see on TV?
The controversy surrounding 'Queengate' and Paul Watson's Alzheimer's film has pushed issues of trust in TV to the fore. But do they reveal an industry in crisis or one under unfair media scrutiny? Have your say.
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NewsFive hires BBC newsreader
Five News' recently appointed editor David Kermode has made BBC London and BBC breakfast presenter Matt Barbet his first new signing. [ALL]
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NewsHigh School Musical 2 breaks US records
The sequel to Disney's hit TV movie High School Musicalhas premiered to record audiences of over 17m in the US. [ALL]
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NewsHBO orders more Entourage
US cable channel HBO has ordered a fifth season of hit drama Entourage. [ALL]
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NewsBBC inks O2 content deal
BBC Worldwide is to make clips from Doctor Who, Little Britainand I'm Alan Partridgeavailable on mobile phones as part of a deal with O2.
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NewsSky finance director banks£1.7m
BSkyB finance director Jeremy Darroch has banked more than£1.7m through the sale of 263,740 of company shares. [ALL]
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NewsTwenty Twenty fills development role
Twenty Twenty has promoted Ana De Moraes to the role of head of development across all programming areas. [ALL]
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NewsOfcom warns TalkSport over gay comments
A phone-in radio show on TalkSport has been reprimanded twice by Ofcom for inflammatory comments made about homosexuality, including one linking being gay to paedophilia. [ALL]