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    Sci Fi appoints new president

    2008-01-21T08:55:18Z

    Sci Fi Channel general manager and executive vice president Dave Howe has been promoted to president of the NBC Universal-owned network.

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    Fincham to deliver 2008 MacTaggart

    2008-01-21T08:40:49Z

    Former BBC1 controller Peter Fincham, who resigned after the 'Queengate' scandal, will deliver the MacTaggart lecture at this year's MediaGuardian Edinburgh TV Festival.

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    Indie Survey 2008: your chance to take part

    2008-01-18T15:11:26Z

    Broadcast is putting together its sixth annual survey of the independent TV production sector - and now's your chance to enter.

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    Orchard quits GCap

    2008-01-18T14:50:11Z

    GCap Media group operations director Steve Orchard will leave the group at the end of April.

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    Orchard quits GCap

    2008-01-18T14:43:19Z

    GCap Media group operations director Steve Orchard will leave the group at the end of April.

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    Ofcom to fast-track penalties for major breaches

    2008-01-18T12:29:23Z

    Ofcom has introduced new rules to ‘fast-track' penalties for the most serious breaches of its code following a spate of record fines last year.

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    PSB legislation may be accelerated

    2008-01-18T12:01:02Z

    Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has called for the PSB debate to be accelerated and culture secretary James Purnell seems to agree, suggesting that planned legislation will be brought forward.

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    Purnell rejects 'Arts Council of the air'

    2008-01-18T12:00:49Z

    The culture secretary has poured cold water on proposals for an 'Arts Council of the air', warning that “posh” programmes would be marginalised under the scheme.

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    Entertainment Rights share price plummets

    2008-01-18T11:36:38Z

    Entertainment Rights share price has plunged today after the company warned that its year-end profits would fall below market expectations.

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    ITV1 seeks Trial and Retribution on BBC1

    2008-01-18T11:31:38Z

    ITV1's ever-popular detective series Trial and Retribution made a successful return last night with a sizeable 6.5m viewers (27.7%) at 9pm.

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    Weakest Link to replace Neighbours

    2008-01-18T11:24:36Z

    Neighbours is to be replaced by The Weakest Link when the long running soap moves from BBC1 to Five.

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    Branagh returns to Radio 3

    2008-01-18T11:21:09Z

    Actor Kenneth Branagh will play Cyrano de Bergerac in a BBC Radio 3 production of the play to be transmitted on Easter Sunday (23 March).

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    Hedge fund ups stake in Virgin Media

    2008-01-18T10:50:48Z

    Hedge fund SRM Global Master Fund has again raised its stake in cable giant Virgin Media to 9.1%, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

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    Working Title reveals TV plans

    2008-01-18T10:39:55Z

    Working Title, the company behind hit movies such as Atonement and Bridget Jones' Diary, is planning a return to TV drama.

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    TV Critics 18 January '08

    2008-01-18T09:31:17Z

    'This was tosh, and lazy, derivative tosh'. Read on for more cutting criticism on last night's TV.

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    Purnell: BBC licence fee could be shared

    2008-01-18T08:26:45Z

    The prospect of the next BBC licence fee being shared with other broadcasters has edged closer after culture secretary James Purnell said that public sector broadcasting needed to change radically to survive after switchover.

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    TV Critics 17 January '08

    2008-01-17T12:12:40Z

    'Queer as Folk with phaser guns'. Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    C4 has Grand Designs on ITV1's Honest

    2008-01-17T11:57:58Z

    The start of Channel 4's sixth series of Grand Designs got off to a cracking start with a sizeable 4.3m viewers (17.4%), putting it on a par with ITV1's drama Honest.

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    BBC Trust kicks off kids' review

    2008-01-17T11:17:46Z

    The BBC Trust has commissioned a major review of all of the corporation's services for children and young people, from CBeebies to BBC3.

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    Sir Michael Lyons: Putting audiences at the heart of the PSB review

    2008-01-17T11:09:59Z

    Once upon a time you used to have to wait ages for a review of public service broadcasting. Now they seem to come along like the buses on the High Street here in Oxford: no sooner has one departed than another looms eagerly into view.