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NewsBBC Trust: Salford will go ahead
The BBC Trust has confirmed the move of five key departments to Salford will go ahead in spite of the corporation receiving a 'challenging' licence fee settlement.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - C4 orders terror specials
Channel 4 has commissioned a raft of special current affairs programmes following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, including a think piece from former cricketer Imran Khan, writes Penny Hughes.
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - Censorship fears are played down
News broadcasters have said they will not be forced to censor their reports during the conflict in Afghanistan, despite suggestions that Downing Street wanted to limit coverage of statements from Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaida network, writes Georgina L
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - MBC COVERAGE UP
Arabic-language news and entertainment channel MBC has increased its news coverage from three to 10 bulletins a day. The London-based company, which broadcasts free to air 24 hours a day on
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SPECIAL: COVERING THE CONFLICT - REFUGEE SHOWS
BBC World Service has been given£200,000 by the Department for International Development to produce programming for Afghan refugees. The Afghan Refugees Lifeline programmes will be broadcast on BBC World Service
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Oneword md blasts Jowell digital move
Oneword managing director Ben Budworth has lashed out at media secretary Tessa Jowell's decision to allow the BBC to go ahead with its planned digital radio spoken word channel, Network Z, and is planning to 'take action' against the move, writes Georgina
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DCMS reviews TV lease tax loophole
A tax break used by independent producers to help fund programme costs is being reviewed after the Inland Revenue and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) claimed the system
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McKerrow to quit C4 education
Channel 4 commissioning editor, education Richard McKerrow is set to leave the channel, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsThompson tells staff: expect cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson has written to staff warning that some of the BBC's future plans will need to be abandoned following the announcement of the licence fee settlement.
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BBC blow to ITV daytime
ITV's daytime crisis has been dealt a further blow after the BBC announced it had poached ITV head of network scheduling Stephen Price to become its new daytime scheduler, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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FOOTBALL BIDS CLOSE
Bids closed last week for the TV and radio rights to the Scottish Premier League (SPL) for four years from next June. The new packages are understood to include a new
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BARLOW JOINS BEYOND
Edinburgh TV Festival director Fran Barlow is leaving the event to join distributor Beyond International as commercial director. Barlow took over running the festival three years ago and was previously marketing
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BBC CREATES ROLES
BBC sport has created two new roles within its new media and development departments to push programming innovation. Executive editor, sports news Graeme Reid-Davies will add new production to his remit,
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GRANADA SELLS FILMS
Granada Film is to take its distribution and sales operation in-house. The department will be run by newly appointed head of international sales and distribution Penny Wolf. She joins from Capitol
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ITN IN BBC NEWS ROW
ITN has asked the government to put pressure on the BBC to move its news bulletin back to 21.00. In a briefing note sent to Downing Street this week, ITN argued
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C4 takes BBC man Sutcliffe to Dispatches
Channel 4 has raided the BBC's documentaries department to appoint a commissioning editor to its Dispatches strand, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse drops Celeb BB sponsorship
The Carphone Warehouse has dropped its Celebrity Big Brothersponsorship deal with immediate effect. The decision is an about face from yesterday, when it said it had no intention of pulling out.
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Orders abroad for Worldwide
The Weakest Link frontwoman Anne Robinson is to be replaced by American actor George Gray when a daytime version of the hit quiz show airs in the US early next year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Peers threaten Ofcom mutiny
The campaign to bring the BBC under the full control of Ofcom moved up a gear this week as broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and other Labour peers threatened to back Tory MPs
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WONDER STUFF
Channel 4 is rolling out its pop music video production scheme to Wales later this month, writes Penny Hughes. 4 Minute Wonders, launched in Scotland in June, has already produced a