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Squires vows Central will keep pitching
ITV Central managing director Ian Squires has claimed the regional franchise will continue to pitch for network productions, despite halving its workforce and closing Nottingham Studios.
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C4 charts troubles of Men Behaving Badly star
Leslie Ash - the former Men Behaving Badly star whose recent sexual antics ended in a spell in hospital - is to be profiled by Channel 4.
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One Last Job for C4's ex-cons
Channel 4 is setting up six former prisoners in business as florists for a new documentary series produced by indie Lion.
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NewsBBC Technology staff balloted over strike
BBC Technology staff are threatening strike action over potential redundancies arising from the sale of BBC Technology.
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NewsHadlow departure prompts C4 restructure
Janice Hadlow's appointment as the new controller of BBC 4 has sparked a restructure of Channel 4's commissioning department.
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NewsMirror chief joins Charter review panel
Sly Bailey, the high profile chief executive of The Mirror newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror, is to sit on a government-sponsored panel looking into BBC Charter renewal.
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NewsSky rejigs board
BSkyB has appointed two independent directors, reducing the number of News Corp employees on its board.
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NewsC4 reunites Band Aid stars
Channel 4 is to reunite the array of 80's pop icons who sang the smash hit Do They Know It's Christmas , to mark the 20 thanniversary of the landmark charity single
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NewsITV & BBC face off over Sherlock Holmes
ITV and the BBC are set to slug it out in a Sherlock Homes battle after both channels revealed they have commissioned new dramas based on the fictional detective.
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NewsGovernment warns over repeats
Broadcasters have been warned that if they use too many repeats of UK-produced programmes they may not be able to include them in their quotas in future.
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NewsC4's Hadlow takes BBC4 job
Channel 4's head of specialist factual Janice Hadlow will this morning be confirmed as the controller of BBC4.
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NewsOfcom slams Fox News
Ofcom has upheld complaints against US broadcaster Fox News after one of its presenters branded the BBC as having a 'frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism'.
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NewsBBC KO's Harrison
The BBC has dropped Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Audley Harrison, after deciding not to renew its exclusive UK TV and radio deal with the athlete.
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NewsBrits dominate Banff Rockies
British programme makers dominated the Rockie Awards at the Banff television festival in Canada, winning nine out of a possible 20 awards.
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NewsParamount signs Warner deal
Paramount Comedy has signed its first deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, picking up hit show Two and a Half Men , starring Charlie Sheen.
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NewsDigi radio market to double by 2005
The£45m market for digital radios is set to double by the end of the year, according to the Digital Radio Development Bureau.
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NewsBBC Technology sale down to a two-horse race
Technology services group Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has pulled out of the race to buy the BBC's technology division, leaving two companies in contention.
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A drama or a crisis?
Fewer people are taking a butcher's at the residents of Albert Square - unless they're on webcams, of course. Peter Keighron finds out how the bigwigs plan to reverse the ratings decline and get things sorted.
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NewsSky clarifies ?freesat' contract
BSkyB today moved to clarify its new ?freesat' offer of up to 200 free TV and radio channels for a one-off fee after it emerged the full service could only be valid for two years.
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NewsHilsum scoops One World award
Channel 4 News's international editor Lindsey Hilsum last night scooped the top prize at the One World Media Awards.