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News5 Live boss to oversee BBC News' Savile coverage
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Adrian Van Klaveren is to replace Peter Horrocks as the de-facto editor of the corporation’s news coverage on the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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NewsBBC Sport focus of next Connected Studio
The BBC is hunting for ideas about how to integrate its digital content with its live sports coverage as part of its next Connected Studio event.
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NewsBT snaps up international football rights
BT has signed rights deals with international football leagues including Italy’s Serie A, France’s La Ligue 1 and Major League Soccer in the US as it prepares to launch its sports channel.
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NewsBBC opens Savile culture and practices inquiry
The BBC has today opened an inquiry into its culture and practices at the time Jimmy Savile allegedly sexually abused young people.
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NewsDavid Booth exits MTV
MTV International’s senior vice president of content and programming David Booth is to leave the broadcaster after five years.
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NewsDavid Kermode to leave Daybreak
Daybreak editor David Kermode is leaving the ITV breakfast show after less than a year in the role, and only one month since its latest relaunch.
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NewsAdvertisers back Channel 6 London TV bid
Local TV bidder Channel 6 has claimed it has the support of a host of advertising agencies ahead of the announcement of the result of the London bid.
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NewsDavid Attenborough to explore insects in 3D for Sky
Insects are to be the next subject of Sky 3D’s latest documentary presented by David Attenborough.
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NewsAtwell to star in Ecosse murder drama for ITV
Ecosse Films is to make an ambitious urban crime drama for ITV that tracks the career of a policewoman over three decades.
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NewsOlympic Closing ceremony most watched show for 30 years
The London Olympics 2012 Opening and Closing ceremonies have become two of the three most watched TV shows of the past 30 years according to the latest figures.
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NewsSavile pressure boils over at BBC
The pressure of dealing with the Jimmy Savile scandal has boiled over with a full-scale argument in the BBC newsroom and Lord Patten admitting the affair has done “terrible damage” to the corporation.
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NewsGreat British Bake Off heading to Norway
The Great British Bake Off will be remade for Norwegian audiences as the format continues to sell around the world.
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NewsPaul O'Grady For The Love of Dogs set for Xmas special
ITV is considering a second series including a Christmas special of Paul O’Grady’s For The Love of Dogs.
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NewsSavile investigation was 'pitched' to Panorama
The cannibalism within the BBC took a further twist today with former Today editor Kevin Marsh revealing that the Savile story was pitched to Panorama on the same day as Newsnight.
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NewsBBC digital stations make double-digit gains
Rajar: Listening share and total hours of radio via digital platforms has grown steadily year-on-year helped by double-digit percentage gains from BBC stations Radio 4 Extra, 6Music and 1Xtra, despite recording slight drops compared with the previous quarter.
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NewsITV3 buys WWII drama Bomb Girls from Canada
Canadian World War II drama Bomb Girls has been acquired for drama channel ITV3.
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NewsTimeline: how a TX u-turn threw the BBC into a public crisis
All the key dates in the Savile scandal
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NewsSky Atlantic lines up top directors for Footprint docs
Bafta and Academy Award-winning directors Beeban Kidron and Errol Morris have been commissioned to produce feature-length films for Sky Atlantic’s Footprint strand.
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NewsBBC and Broadcast join forces for Expert Women training day
Broadcast is working with the BBC Academy and FindaTVExpert.com to launch a free training day for aspiring female TV presenters or experts keen to appear on air.
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NewsDiscovery in Facebook push for Nutopia series
Discovery’s US and International divisions have teamed up to launch a social media campaign to support Nutopia’s forthcoming series How We Invented The World.