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Bafta entries to be viewed over the net
All programmes enterered for Bafta awards are to be streamed online for the academy's members for the first time.
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Sky to appeal ITV verdict
BSkyB will lodge an appeal against the Competition Commission's verdict that it should slash its 17.9% stake in ITV to below 7.5%.
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Greg Dyke to chair BFI
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been appointed chair of the British Film Institute.
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Ratings reveal tough times at 10pm
Channel 4, BBC2 and Five all failed to break the million mark at 10pm last night as BBC3 piled on the pressure with EastEnders on 854,000 viewers (4.9%).
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TV critics 15 February '08
'I had prepared to hate this programme.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV
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BBC Resources chief warns of sale delay
The sale of BBC Resources may be delayed by an 'extra couple of months' according to chief executive Mike Southgate.
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TUC calls for overtime boycott
Broadcasters and journalists are being urged to refuse to work overtime next Friday in protest at the estimated£6,000 in unpaid overtime worked by media professionals.
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Cartoon Network accepts Quest
Cartoon Network has acquired UK broadcast rights to animated comedy-adventure series World of Quest from Canada's Cookie Jar Entertainment.
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Jim Godfrey quits ITV
ITV's director of corporate affairs Jim Godfrey is leaving the broadcaster next month to set up his own PR company.
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Freesat will 'struggle'
Freesat will “struggle” to take off when it launches this spring because BSkyB has already made the satellite business its own, according to Top Up TV chief executive officer Nick Markham.
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Shine completes Reveille deal
Shine has completed its deal to buy US producer and distributor Reveille for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around£97m.
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5m have Grand Designs on C4
Channel 4's property show Grand Designs gained its highest audience of the current series so far last night with 5m viewers (20.5%) tuning in at 9pm.
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TV critics 14 February '08
'The whole thing looks like a massive CGI heavy-metal festival a long time ago.' Read on for more cutting criticism of last night's TV.
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Guto Harri quits BBC for PR
BBC political correspondent Guto Harri is to leave the corporation after more than a decade to join PR firm Fleishman-Hillard as a senior policy adviser.
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BBC3 greenlights Phoo Action series
BBC3 has ordered a full run of tongue-in-cheek kung-fu drama Phoo Action just days after broadcasting its pilot.
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Ten companies account for 60% of post spend
Consolidation and polarisation are the watchwords of this year's Broadcast Post Survey, with the 10 largest companies and groups accounting for nearly 60% of the money spent on television editing, graphics and finishing in the UK
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ITV Productions poaches HBO exec for digital role
ITV Productions has poached an HBO executive to become its first director of digital productions.
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Lacklustre Lily fails to lure viewers to relaunched BBC3
BBC3's relaunch suffered a wobbly start this week with chat show Lily Allen and Friends debuting with just 255,000 viewers/1.95% share on Tuesday (12 February).
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5 Live football series transfers to TV
The BBC is turning its Radio 5 Live football phone-in 606 into an interactive TV programme.
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Rajar: Radio figures were wrong
Radio audience measurement body Rajar is withdrawing its latest set of audience figures for the fourth quarter of 2007 because data it published for nearly 300 stations was wrong.