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NewsFreesat launches second awards
Digital satellite TV service, Freesat has announced it is now taking entries for its second annual awards.
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NewsYouTube leads 37% online video growth
Online video views across sites including the BBC, YouTube and Facebook have leapt 37% year on year to reach 5.5 billion during February.
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NewsNat Geo orders Icelandic volcano doc
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a fast turnaround documentary on the Icelandic volcano including close up footage of the dramatic eruption.
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NewsWFTV launches mentoring scheme
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) is set to expand their mentoring scheme to include women who have left a TV career to start a family.
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NewsDavid Cameron claims to be pro-BBC
David Cameron has claimed he is the “most pro-BBC” Conservative leader after celebrities signed a letter of protest against the party’s plans for the broadcaster.
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NewsTV return for Yes Minister's Sir Humphrey
Yes Minister’s Sir Humphrey Appleby returned to TV last night after more than 20 years.
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NewsCrozier: ITV must be "agile" and "adaptable"
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier, who starts in his new role this week, has called on staff to build an “agile” and “adaptable” business in the age of multiplatform.
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NewsEastEnders rapped for showing real phone number
EastEnders “unwarrantably infringed” a woman’s privacy after displaying her business mobile phone number on a prop phone, leading to almost 3,000 unwanted and abusive texts, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsSky News cleared over Peter Andre interview
Ofcom has cleared Sky News over Kay Burley’s “persistent and probing” interview with pop star Peter Andre, which led to 881 complaints from viewers.
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NewsSky vs Ofcom hearing extended
The crucial hearing to determine whether BSkyB must abide by Ofcom’s controversial Sky Sports ruling for the start of the 2010/11 football season has been extended into today.
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NewsOver 5,500 Doctor Who fans complain to BBC
The BBC has received more than 5,500 complaints from Doctor Who fans concerning a trailer for Over the Rainbow that appeared in the climactic moments of Saturday night’s episode.
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NewsC4 presenter fronts web beauty series
Supersize vs Superskinny presenter Anna Richardson is to front a branded web series funded by the Channel 4 show’s sponsor.
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NewsCrozier begins ITV challenge
Adam Crozier starts work today as the chief executive of ITV and faces turning around the fortunes of the commercial broadcaster.
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NewsBBC boss defends events spending
The BBC’s chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has hit back at criticism of its spending on major events, claiming it would be a “false economy to cover them half-heartedly” and that viewers don’t want them to broadcast from “windowless” rooms.
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NewsTina McCann to head Nickelodeon UK
Turner Broadcasting’s Tina McCann is to replace Howard Litton as Nickelodeon UK’s senior vice president and managing director.
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NewsSky Sports lines up World Cup studio in Cape Town
Sky Sports has secured space at a dedicated studio facility in South Africa so that it can provide local coverage of the football World Cup.
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NewsPerformers warn about Tory BBC plans
Some of Britain’s leading comedians and actors joined forces to oppose Conservative plans for the BBC.
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NewsRow erupts over election coverage
A row has erupted between the main political parties over the television coverage of the General Election campaign.
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NewsBBC facing anti-BNP protest
Protesters are to gather outside BBC headquarters today as the British National Party’s election broadcast is aired.
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NewsElection debate prompts over 100 compaints
More than 100 people are understood to have complained in the wake of the second live Prime Ministerial debate on Sky last night.