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NewsBBC unveils slate of 2011 docs
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Charlotte Moore has greenlit a 3 x 60-minute series for BBC2 on the medical treatment of disfigured children, as part of a raft of commissions for next year.
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NewsLords welcome Cable's BSkyB bid intervention
Business Secretary Vince Cable’s decision to refer News Corp’s £12 billion bid to take control of broadcasting giant BSkyB to regulator Ofcom has been welcomed in the Lords, where peers warned of the dangers of a concentration of media ownership.
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NewsBBC strikes hit news output
Thousands of BBC journalists are on strike in a row over pensions which will disrupt radio and television schedules.
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NewsStrikes to hit Newsnight, Today and World At One
Newsnight, the Today programme and the World at One are expected to be cancelled as a result of the 48-hour strike over the BBC’s pension proposal, the NUJ has claimed.
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NewsC4 calls for more event-led shows
DOC/FEST: Channel 4’s head of specialist factual has called on indies to pitch braver and more event-led programming.
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NewsC4 doc head defends Seven Days
DOC/FEST: Channel 4’s deputy head of documentaries has defended Seven Days under combative questioning during a panel session at the Sheffield Doc Fest.
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Sky Player on Xbox gets social update
Sky has updated the Xbox version of its online TV service Sky Player with a range of interactive features including recommendations and reviews.
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Pact outlines plans for three YouView events
Pact is planning to hold three workshops intended to educate members about the creative, commercial and technical opportunities surrounding YouView and connected-TV services.
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Great Migrations: In the eye of a sandstorm
VIDEO: Watch cameraman Bob Poole find himself in the centre of a “giant sandblaster” - an African sandstorm - in behind the scenes footage from Nat Geo’s epic natural history series Great Migrations.
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NewsThompson urges staff to cross picket line
Mark Thompson has urged BBC staff not to “let down” licence fee payers by refusing to cross NUJ picket lines during the two day strike planned for Friday and Saturday
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NewsBBC apologises for Live Aid weapons reports
The BBC has “unreservedly” apologised for broadcasting a series of reports claiming money raised by Live Aid to fight famine in Ethiopia was spent on weapons.
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NewsCable intervenes in News Corp bid
Business secretary Vince Cable has said he is intervening in News Corp’s £12 billion bid to take control of broadcasting giant BSkyB and would refer the plans to regulator Ofcom.
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NewsHorrocks: 300 jobs at risk at BBC World Service
More than 300 jobs are at risk in the BBC’s international arm because of the effective 16% budget cut imposed on the broadcaster as part of Government austerity measures, an executive has said.
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NewsFuture of Freeview in doubt
Freeview is fighting for its future after it emerged that top-level discussions have taken place about closing the organisation after digital switchover in 2012.
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NewsITV set to show Ashes highlights
ITV is on the brink of securing highlights of this winter’s Ashes series, and will air the coverage on ITV4.
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NewsS4C may cut programming hours
S4C may have to stop airing content 24 hours a day as a result of cuts to funding, its interim chief executive has warned.
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NewsCrozier: CRR to blame for lack of diversity on ITV1
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has bemoaned the “remarkable lack of diversity” in the broadcaster’s schedule as a result of regulation governing how it can sell advertising.
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NewsBBC to call Damazer and Hunt in O’Reilly tribunal
The BBC will call on Jay Hunt and Mark Damazer to give evidence as it defends itself at an employment tribunal brought by former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly this week.
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NewsBBC urged to revamp sports tender process
The BBC should overhaul its tender process, particularly in sports, and make commissioners more accessible to smaller indies in a bid to improve competition in the production sector, the BBC Trust has said.
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NewsITV research shows viewers left cold by Daybreak launch
The look and tone of breakfast show Daybreak have come under fire from viewers as part of research carried out by ITV.