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NewsNew year resolution
Steven D Wright looks forward to a bumper start to 2006 with a host of new commissioners.
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Generating the future
User-generated content will gradually eat away at the hegemony of conventional broadcasting, writes Stuart Cosgrove.
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Top 100 of 2005
Philip Reevell reflects on a year in which reality shows may have dominated the schedules but the big ratings stories were to be found in drama, with the triumphant return of Doctor Who, and in comedy, as Little Britaintook the ...
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NewsSky One brings in Living TV's Woolfe
Living TV director of television Richard Woolfe has secured the post of Sky One controller, replacing James Baker who has moved to head Sky Interactive.
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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.
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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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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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IWC 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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NewsWoolfe to head Sky One
Living TV director of television Richard Woolfe has been appointed head of Sky One.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsYoomedia sells Avago
Interactive entertainment group Yoomedia has sold its Avago interactive gambling channel brand and associated intellectual property to gaming operator Gala Group.
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NewsVaughan and Bacon to stay at Capital
Capital Radio has pushed its relaunch back to 9 January as it announced that star DJs Johnny Vaughan and Richard Bacon have survived the station's revamp.
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NewsRoss Xmas special brings 5.4m to BBC1
BBC1's It's Christmas with Jonathan Ross brought some festive cheer to 5.4 million (25%) at 8pm last night.
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NewsBBC pays 262 staff more than£100,000 each
More than 250 BBC staff have been paid salaries of more than£100,000 this year, almost double the number in 2002.
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NewsRosencrantz ends 10-year ITV reign
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has quit after a decade overseeing some of its biggest hits.