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NewsSky Movies calls for epic work to woo subscribers
Sky Movies HD is hunting for “epic” feature-length pieces from indies to help attract subscribers following its first original commission, Neverland.
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NewsPact digs in on Terms of Trade
Pact is ready to battle the BBC after Mark Thompson’s surprise MacTaggart revelation that the corporation believes the Terms of Trade need to change.
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NewsCompliance: the debate hots up
Film-makers have rallied to support Brian Woods’ claims that “self-censorship” is creeping into BBC docs after the Bafta-winning director confronted Mark Thompson over compliance.
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NewsChannel 4 to air Miliband docu-drama
The rise to political power of David and Ed Miliband and their battle to head the Labour Party is to be dramatised by Channel 4, it was announced today.
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NewsBBC had massive bias to left - Thompson
The BBC was guilty of a “massive bias to the left” in the past, director general Mark Thompson said today.
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NewsApple takes wraps off new TV box
Apple is upping its game in a bid to annexe the living room into its entertainment empire.
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NewsESPN to launch debate show
ESPN is to adapt US sports debate show Pardon The Interruption for UK audiences featuring pundit Steve Bunce.
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NewsBBC unions vote to strike over pensions
More than 90% of BBC union members have voted in favour of strike action in response to the corporation’s “drastic” pension reforms.
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NewsSTV hires new commercial director
Scottish broadcaster STV has hired a former ITV sales exec as its new commercial director.
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NewsHigh Courts rejects BBC's Stig injunction
The High Court has refused to grant a temporary injunction preventing the revelation of the identity of Top Gear’s The Stig.
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NewsBBC employee drops 'bullying' case
A BBC human resources manager who claimed she had been bullied after questioning a £250,000 redundancy payment has been paid £30,000 in compensation in return for dropping her case.
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NewsITN launches Dubai bureau
ITN is to open an ITV News Dubai bureau under the leadership of new international correspondent John Irvine.
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NewsBBC strike ballot deadline looms
The BBC looks set to compromise over controversial changes to employees’ pension schemes after workers raised the spectre of a strike that could disrupt coverage of the Proms and the Pope’s visit to the UK.
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NewsC4 to air Trinny and Susannah comedy
A spoof reality show starring stylists Trinny and Susannah has become the first scripted web show to transfer to a UK terrestrial broadcaster.
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NewsSecond series for Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow is to return for a second series on BBC1.
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NewsBBC reveals Pope visit details
The BBC has revealed plans for coverage of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the UK - the first papal tour of the country in nearly 30 years.
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NewsBBC one-off for Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross is returning to the BBC for a one-off presenting gig this autumn, just months after his defection to ITV.
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NewsFirst S4C director dies
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has paid tribute to former director Owen Edwards, who died yesterday.
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NewsEdinburgh 2010
Round-up of news from the 35th Edinburgh International Television Festival, including coverage of Mark Thompson’s MacTaggart Lecture, reports from the sessions and stories from behind the scenes.
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NewsUTV profits rise 17%
ITV’s Northern Irish licence holder UTV has reported a 17% rise in pre-tax profits in the first half of 2010, underpinned by an improvement in the advertising market.