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NewsITV set for pay showdown with unions
ITV is preparing to meet with the broadcasting unions in the presence of arbitration service Acas in a last-ditch attempt to resolve its ongoing pay dispute.
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NewsVanessa Engle visits Harley Street for BBC2
Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Engle will access the exclusive world of private healthcare practices on Harley Street for a BBC2 series.
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NewsBBC England COO named
Jenny Baxter has been named as the new chief operating officer of BBC England.
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NewsVirgin Media to invest £3bn in broadband
Virgin Media is working with parent company Liberty Global to invest £3bn in extending its broadband reach to an additional four million homes around the UK.
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NewsLove Island resurfaces at ITV2
ITV2 has resurrected reality format Love Island - which will return with members of the public in place of celebrities.
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NewsBBC allows SPOTY sponsorship
The BBC Trust has lifted the ban on sponsorship of Sports Personality of the Year.
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NewsImmigration Street downsized to single film
Channel 4’s controversial documentary series Immigration Street has been scaled back to just a single episode after disruptions to filming resulted in a lack of footage.
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NewsBig Talk comedy for E4 set in disused hospital
Big Talk Productions is to make a sitcom for E4 following six property guardians who live together in a disused hospital.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: What £5.1bn would buy
Click to discover what the money BT and Sky spent on Premier League rights could have bought.
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NewsBBC2 leads BPG Awards nominations
BBC2 has racked up nine nominations for the 2015 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, as the likes of Marvellous, Line of Duty and W1A all vie for gongs.
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NewsC4’s Orpheus Warr to become chief technology officer
Channel 4 has appointed Orpheus Warr to the role of chief technology officer.
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NewsAll3Media secures global buyers for C4’s Indian Summers
All3Media International has closed seven deals for forthcoming Channel 4 drama Indian Summers.
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NewsSky Arts hunts for Guitar Star
Somethin’ Else has scooped its biggest-ever commission after landing a nine-part series from Sky Arts in which it will launch a hunt for the nation’s best guitarist.
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NewsFootball rights deal laid bare
There was an audible gasp among the roomful of journalists when Premier League boss Richard Scudamore revealed that Sky and BT had paid more than £5.1bn to keep live rights to the competition until 2019.
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NewsTruTV eyes UK indie content
Turner’s free-to-air channel TruTV is to commission content from UK indies for the first time and is hunting for character-driven reality series.
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NewsBBC Trust under pressure over in-house plans
The BBC Trust is coming under increasing pressure to perform a thorough review of the corporation’s plans to commercialise BBC Productions.
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NewsC4 restructures sport commissioning team
Channel 4 has handed Ed Havard its head of sport role and promoted Ian MacKenzie to nations and regions manager following the departure of Stuart Cosgrove.
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NewsStudio Lambert lures BBC exec to lead drama
Susan Hogg, the senior BBC producer behind Lark Rise To Candleford, is leaving the corporation to establish Studio Lambert’s drama division.
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NewsDelays hit BBC’s IT upgrade
Elements of a major upgrade to the BBC’s back-office technology have been delayed by up to a year.
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NewsC4 lines up Paddy McGuiness-fronted daytime format
Paddy McGuiness has signed up to host a new Channel 4 daytime gameshow where members of the public help contestants win thousands of pounds.