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NewsHenry unveils ITV Consumer team
Jeff Henry, the former Hallmark boss now running ITV's consumer division, has unveiled his management line-up.
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NewsBBC 'bids for 2% licence increase'
The BBC is gearing up to ask the government for a licence fee increase equivalent to inflation plus 2% every year for the next five years, according to former director general Greg Dyke.
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NewsMurdoch scuppers Sky News exclusive
Sky News missed out on exclusive footage of the arrests of two men involved in the failed London bombings because the cameraman who took it didn't like Rupert Murdoch.
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Analysis - Leading the BBC astray?
The BBC's Wocc is a damaging wrong turning that could lead to the collapse of in-house production in key genres such as entertainment and reduce creativity at the corporation, argues a new report.
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NewsThe critics: Sinatra: Dark Star
BBC1's documentary Sinatra: Dark Staron Frank Sinatra's associations with The Mafia largely got a cool response from the critics.
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NewsYooMedia launches mobile channel
Interactive group YooMedia has launched a mobile gaming channel, in the form of a spin off of its Avago TV channel and website.
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NewsBBC3 lines up comedy winter
BBC3 is sticking to what it knows best for its autumn and winter season, unveiling a line-up of nine comedies alongside its factual and drama strands.
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NewsSinatra's Dark Star gets 4.7m
BBC1's investigation into Frank Sinatra's connection with the Mafia found a solid peak audience of 4.7 million (22.2%) at 9.45pm during the first half.
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NewsThe critics: Sinatra - Dark Star
BBC1's documentary Sinatra: Dark Staron Frank Sinatra's associations with The Mafia largely got a cool response from the critics.
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NewsSky's Goswami to launch broadband TV service
Former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami is looking to launch a TV over broadband service called Aggregator TV.
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NewsBroadband users flock to BBC3 comedy
The BBC's first experiment with broadband video-on-demand has been hailed a success, after 35,000 people watched the first episode of The Mighty Booshonline.
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NewsPEER POLL: Family Affairs
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: As it axes Family Affairs, does Five need a soap in its schedule?
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NewsRajar: BBC maintains lead
BBC Radio has maintained its lead over commercial radio, recording its second highest yield for six years.
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The critics: How to Start Your Own Country
BBC2's new entertainment show How to Start Your Own Countrydivided the critics into two neat camps.
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NewsOnly 1m interested in starting own country
BBC2's new entertainment show How to Start Your Own Countryfailed to get off the ground last night with a meagre average of 1 million (4.6%).
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NewsRajar: Capital back on top
Capital FM has regained its position as London's most popular commercial station, according to the latest Rajars.
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BBC set to screen asylum-seekers doc
The BBC has spent three years following a group of asylum- seekers for a landmark programme for BBC2.
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Radio 2 joins with Open Mike for Edinburgh Fringe coverage
BBC Radio 2 is expanding its coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, teaming up with indie Open Mike Productions to co-produce Lee Mack and Friends' at the Fringe- the first time the station has staged its own show at the comedy festival.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Ewan Angus
BBC Scotland's commissioning editor, television, explains why, for him, laughter is the best medicine and why the demise of linear scheduling will present broadcasters with one of their biggest challenges.
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Sex Traffic writer makes Tsunami doc
Abi Morgan, writer of the Bafta-winning C4 drama Sex Traffic, has teamed up with drama indie Kudos to make a three-hour BBC drama about last year's Asian tsunami disaster, which claimed more than 200,000 lives on Boxing Day 2004. The show is scheduled to air in ...