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Unions ready to talk on cuts
Detailed talks on where exactly the first wave of job cuts at the BBC will fall could start within weeks following a meeting between BBC unions and director general Mark Thompson last week.
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Diverse sets up shop in New York
Diverse has won its first original commission in the US and opened a New York office to produce it.
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Darlow signs up Sattin
Factual indie Principal Television is being wound down after chief executive Richard Sattin accepted a new role at Darlow Smithson.
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The Thick of It's Iannucci to write BBC2 comedy
Armando Iannucci is to write a new comedy series for BBC2, following the success of his BBC4 political satire The Thick of It.
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Sky mixes it up in bid to hit 10m target
Sky is scrapping its basic package options and replacing them with a series of genre-based packages in a bid to help reach its target of 10 million subscribers.
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ITV opens doors at Prehistoric Park
ITV is making a late bid to cash in on viewers' obsession with CGI-animated dinosaurs by commissioning a Jurassic Park-style series from the makers of Walking with Dinosaurs.
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BBC says C4 would be 'a good fit' for UKTV
BBC Worldwide this week gave its blessing to Channel 4 becoming a joint-venture partner in UKTV, if Flextech decides to sell its 50% stake.
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BBC picks indies for regions fund
The BBC has unveiled the 11 indies set to benefit from its new£500,000 regional development fund.
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T4 party gets a beach brand
Design agency Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed and produced the branding for T4's summer party, T4 On the Beach. The brief covered the event from on-air trails and titles to billboards and a T4 bus livery. Director John Durrant and designer Carys Hull shot presenters ...
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NewsC4 clinches racing deal
Channel 4 has struck an eleventh hour deal to continue terrestrial horseracing coverage for at least another year.
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NewsDenis Norden's clip show draws 3m
ITV1's decision to dump The Real Good Lifeand Fat Familiesin favour of a repeat episode of It'll Be Alright on the Nightbrought the channel only modest returns as the clip show averaged 3 million (14%) at 8pm.
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NewsWarning on£200 licence fee
Licence fee payers are facing an annual bill of£200 a year by 2012 to pay for the BBC and government's digital policies, it was claimed today.
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NewsOFT investigates ITV SDN deal
ITV's£134m acquisition of Freeview multiplex owner SDN is being investigated by The Office of Fair Trading for uncompetitive behaviour.
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NewsUS Office gets cautious welcome from UK
The US version of the hit BBC series The Officegot off to a reasonable, if unspectacular, start on BBC3 with an average audience of 254,000 (1.7% of multichannel homes) at 9.30pm.
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NewsBBC appoints dedicated EU reporter
The BBC has appointed a reporter to exclusively cover EU institutions as part of moves to bolster its European politics coverage.
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NewsJackson acquittal boosts Fox News
US viewers flocked to the Fox News Channel to hear the verdict in the Michael Jackson case this week.
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NewsDiscovery poaches 3BM chief
Discovery Channel has poached 3BM Television managing director Dan Korn to fill the new position of vice-president of production for the UK.
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NewsBBC apologies for 'violent' trailer
The BBC has been forced to apologise after complaints that a trailer for the Wimbledon 2005 tournament was 'violent and upsetting'.
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NewsJacko verdict brings 8.5m to BBC1's news
BBC1's Ten O'Clock Newswas boosted by the timing of the Michael Jackson verdict as the corporation's extended coverage peaked at 10.15pm with 8.5 million (38%).
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NewsITV scraps Jacko special
ITV have scrapped a Tonightspecial on the Michael Jackson case after he was cleared of all charges.