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NewsVirgin Media agrees Sky HD deal
Virgin Media customers will be able to access live sports content on Sky Sports HD1 and Sky Sporst HD2 after it agreed a deal with the satellite broadcaster.
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NewsBBC faces autumn strike threat
The threat of strike action at the BBC has left the corporation facing the prospect of entering the autumn season without many of its biggest draws, including the Last Night of the Proms.
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NewsC4 names new head of online
Channel 4 has promoted head of online products Richard Davidson-Houston to a new role that will encompass all web activity including commissioning.
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NewsFry to explore passion for language
Stephen Fry will explore his “passion” for language in a new BBC series titled Planet Word.
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NewsITV to pilot Loose Women-style chat show
ITV1 is to pilot a daytime talk show that will see former GMTV presenters Fiona Phillips and Penny Smith return to channel.
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News‘Proud’ BBC supporters mount Twitter campaign
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has caused a surge in activity on Twitter following his calls to change “a huge number of things” at the BBC.
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NewsBBC cleared over paedophile doc
Ofcom has cleared BBC1 Scotland of unfair treatment of a convicted sex offender in a programme about a Scottish paedophile network.
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NewsBragg takes South Bank brand to Sky
Arts broadcaster and former South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg is rebranding the South Bank Show Awards for Sky Arts.
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NewsBBC names R2/6 Music manager
BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music has appointed the boss of the Electric Proms as network manager.
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NewsHunt: licence fee could be cut
The BBC licence fee could be cut under the Government’s public spending austerity drive, the Culture Secretary has said.
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NewsJonathan Ross completes final BBC show
Jonathan Ross has bowed out from his long-running BBC Radio 2 show declaring he would be leaving with “nothing but fond memories and gratitude”.
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NewsSissons: poor treatment is the BBC way
Veteran newsreader Peter Sissons waded into the BBC sexism row today by claiming the corporation treats men just as badly as older women.
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NewsGoldsmith rejects C4 election funding claim
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith engaged in a furious on-air row over a broadcaster’s investigation into his general election campaign spending which are being examined by a Westminster elections watchdog.
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NewsDesmond to make £100m Five bid
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond is expected to table a £100 million bid for struggling TV channel Five within days, it has been reported.
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NewsBBC to launch US news site
The BBC is launching a specialised US news website that will put it into direct competition with local media.
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NewsNorton set to take over Ross's TV slot
Graham Norton is poised to step into Jonathan Ross’s soon-to-be vacated Friday night BBC1 slot.
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NewsDCMS plans 2012 Communications Bill
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed a structural reform plan for the DCMS that promises a new Communications Bill – but not until the end of 2012 at the earliest.
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NewsNathalie Schwarz to leave C4
Nathalie Schwarz, the Channel 4 exec behind the broadcaster’s ill-fated radio venture and recent UKTV deal, is to leave the business.
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NewsBBC staff rush to join unions
“Livid” BBC staff are flocking to join unions over plans to overhaul their pension scheme, with parallels being drawn with 2005, the last time corporation employees went on strike.
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NewsCrozier pinpoints areas where ITV can be improved
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier outlined key areas in which he wants the broadcaster to improve during a tough-talking session with execs last week.