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NewsFriends Reunited sale referred to Competition Commission
ITV has been left “disappointed” after the Office for Fair Trading raised concerns about its sale of Friends Reunited to Brightsolid Group, and referred the deal to the Competition Commission.
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NewsRobinson to front BBC2 series on wills
Sir Gerry Robinson will help people write their wills and divide up their estates in a Talkback Thames series for BBC2.
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NewsBBC launches political iPlayer
The BBC has launched a political iPlayer-style website, offering live and on-demand coverage of Parliamentary sessions across the UK.
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NewsBBC4 to make MPs expenses drama
BBC4 is to turn the MPs expenses scandal into a comedy drama directed by Simon Cellan Jones.
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NewsC4's Lygo outearns PM five times over
Channel 4 director of programmes Kevin Lygo earned five times more than the Prime Minister last year, according to newly published figures.
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NewsAmy Winehouse's father to host online chatshow
Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch is to host a new interview show from the back of his taxi for Living’s online channel Liv, where he will also deliver an alternative Christmas message.
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NewsBBC safari guide killed by elephant
The expedition guide for a BBC children’s programme tracing the footsteps of explorer David Livingstone in Africa has died after being charged by an elephant, the corporation said.
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NewsITV pilots interactive variety show
ITV1 is trialling a live primetime variety show featuring number-based games that will invite viewers to phone-in for a big cash prize.
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NewsFive creates live online bingo show
Five is to stream a daily online bingo show in a bid to drive traffic to its web gaming operation.
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NewsMore than 100 BBC senior managers to go
The BBC is to axe more than 100 of its senior managers in a bid to slash its pay bill by a quarter over the next three and a half years.
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NewsMackie looking for medical dramas
ITV director of drama Laura Mackie has revealed she is on the look out for a medical series, and has a project in development from Wuthering Heights writer Peter Bowker.
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NewsX Factor’s £20m Xmas present to ITV
Twin win of ratings boom and huge revenues spells break in the clouds for cash-strapped ITV
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NewsBBC archive could be decades away
The BBC is to launch an online catalogue of every programme it has broadcast by the end of next year - but could take decades to release a full online archive.
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NewsThompson restricts BNP to once a year
The BBC will give the BNP a platform on a range of political programmes - but no more than once a year, director general Mark Thompson has said.
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NewsBBC orders successor to The Street from new McGovern indie
The BBC has ordered the ‘spiritual successor’ to The Street from Jimmy McGovern’s new production company.
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NewsWogan still king of breakfast
Q3 RAJARS: Sir Terry Wogan has again been crowned the king of breakfast radio, extending his lead over rival Chris Moyles and attracting a weekly audience of 7.8m.
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NewsO’Grady could return to C4 in chat show deal
Paul O’Grady may be returning to ITV1 - but his indie Olga TV is poised to hang on to the teatime Channel 4 slot that is currently home to his show.
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NewsOccupation director: BBC ‘debilitated’ by job fears
BBC staff are plagued by “morbid job insecurity”, which is “debilitating” the corporation’s ability to deliver its public service remit, Occupation director Nick Murphy has claimed.
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NewsCandidates line up for C4 entertainment role
Channel 4 has set tongues wagging as it seeks to move swiftly to hire new blood for the entertainment part of Andrew Newman’s commissioning brief.
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NewsC4 takes back seat on co-pros to boost doc series budgets
Channel 4 is scaling back its investment in co-productions for strands such as Bodyshock to boost the budgets for major documentary series such as The Family.