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  • MediaCityUK
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    "Major risk" that Salford will exceed £867m budget

    2009-08-06T13:04:00Z

    The BBC has warned of “major risks” that the Salford move will exceed its £867m budget.

  • The Bill
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    Grade slams STV opt outs

    2009-08-06T13:01:00Z

    Executive chairman Michael Grade has lifted the lid on ITV’s “tense” relationship with Scottish franchisee STV, claiming its decision to opt out of key network dramas is damaging the ITV brand.  

  • Secret Diary of a Call Girl
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    ITV digital channels may leave Freeview

    2009-08-06T11:24:00Z

    ITV bosses have declared they would be open to putting their digital channels ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 exclusively on Sky and Virgin Media, if a higher carriage fee for the channels could be negotiated.

  • News

    22 youths to take over 1Xtra

    2009-08-06T10:07:00Z

    BBC 1Xtra and BBC Blast have teamed up to give young people not in education or employment the chance to take over the station’s airwaves for a day.

  • The Colour of Money
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    In-house production falls at ITV

    2009-08-06T10:01:00Z

    ITV Studios generated significantly more revenue from rival UK broadcasters during the first half of the year – but significantly less from the ITV channels themselves.

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    TV subs defy credit crunch

    2009-08-06T09:11:00Z

    Fewer than one in five people plan to cut back on TV subscriptions as they tighten their belts in the economic recession, according to Ofcom research.

  • BBC iPlayer
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    iPlayer doubles its reach

    2009-08-06T09:05:00Z

    BBC iPlayer has more than doubled its reach in the past year and is five times more popular than ITV’s catch-up service, Ofcom’s annual communications market report has revealed.

  • Michael Jackson
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    Viewers blast C4 over Jackson jokes

    2009-08-06T09:00:00Z

    Channel 4’s treatment of Michael Jackson’s death has come under fire from viewers, with more than 200 complaints levelled against three shows last month.

  • Friends Reunited
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    ITV suffers as it sells Friends Reunited for £25m

    2009-08-06T08:36:00Z

    ITV made a loss of £104m in the six months to 30 June and has sold Friends Reunited to DC Thomson company Brightsolid for £25m – taking a hit of £145m.

  • News

    ITN begins voluntary redundancies

    2009-08-05T15:05:00Z

    ITN will axe 33 staff positions as a result of the scaled-back Channel 4 contract, but expects to redeploy at least a third in new roles.

  • Channel 4 News: Jon Snow
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    Axe falls on C4's News at Noon and More 4 News

    2009-08-05T14:50:00Z

    Channel 4 has axed news bulletin News at Noon and More 4 News to strengthen its focus on its flagship 7pm news programme.

  • 9/11
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    C4 to air calls from Twin Towers

    2009-08-05T12:28:00Z

    Darlow Smithson is to revisit the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre with a feature-length examination of the calls that victims made to their families in their final moments.

  • George Alagiah
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    BBC under fire for Alagiah charity ban

    2009-08-05T12:24:00Z

    The BBC is facing accusations of double standards after forcing newsreader George Alagiah to step down as a charity patron because of conflicts of interest - but allowing BBC1 controller Jay Hunt to profit from training BBC presenters.

  • Ax Men
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    Quest sets Freeview launch date

    2009-08-05T10:18:00Z

    Discovery Networks UK will finally make its free-to-air debut when it launches Quest on Freeview at the end of September.

  • watching tv
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    Record viewing figures for commercial TV

    2009-08-05T09:21:00Z

    UK viewers have set a new record for watching commercial TV viewing an average of 16.7 hours each week for the first six months of the year.

  • Mihir Bose
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    Mihir Bose quits BBC

    2009-08-05T08:57:00Z

    BBC sports editor Mihir Bose has quit the corporation after two-and-a-half years for personal reasons.

  • premiership manutd chelsea
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    ESPN strikes BT Vision deal in carriage drive

    2009-08-04T15:19:00Z

    ESPN has further expanded the reach of its live Premier League football coverage in the UK after signing a deal with IPTV service BT Vision.

  • Jeremy Darroch
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    BSkyB CEO Darroch awarded 19% pay rise

    2009-08-04T12:16:00Z

    Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of BSkyB, was given a 19% pay rise last year and earned more than £2.3m.

  • Scrapheap Challenge
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    C4 scraps heap from Scrapheap Challenge

    2009-08-04T11:34:00Z

    Channel 4 is to drop the scrapheap from Scrapheap Challenge in a bid to slash costs on the long-running show.

  • Malcolm Laycock
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    Laycock quits Radio 2 after "disputes"

    2009-08-04T11:14:00Z

    BBC Radio 2’s long standing Sunday night presenter Malcolm Laycock has quit the station after 14 years following a series of “long-running disputes”.