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NewsNews Corp re-enters German TV market
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has acquired a near 15 percent stake in Germany's largest pay-TV broadcaster, Premiere, for£214m.
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NewsGolden Globes show cancelled
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has cancelled its full-length awards banquet and telecast on January 13 because of the writers' strike.
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NewsCarter gets Downing St role
Former Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has been appointed to the new post of chief of strategy and principal advisor to the Prime Minister
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NewsTalk to Trisha on City Talk
TV chat show host Trisha Goddard is to join Emap's£1m Liverpool speech station City Talk, which launches at the end of the month.
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NewsBBC apologises for Bhutto interview edit
The BBC has apologised for editing an interview on its website with Benazir Bhutto after it deleted her astonishing claim that Osama Bin Laden had been murdered.
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NewsE4's Big Brother hijacked by BBC3
E4's Celebrity Hijack edition of Big Brother remained the channel's most popular show over the weekend but couldn't meet the challenge of BBC3's films.
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NewsArnell to work with Film24
Fledgling movie buff channel Film24 has hired former ITV executive Steve Arnell as programme strategy consultant.
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NewsVan Outen and Vaughan to team up again
Denise Van Outen is to link up with her old Big Breakfast presenting partner Johnny Vaughan as a co-host of his Capital 95.8 breakfast show.
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NewsGolden Globes fate to be decided
The fate of this year's Golden Globes will be determined today (Monday) when NBC is expected to announce its final plans for broadcasting the awards ceremony.
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NewsBBC1's Damages hurt by ITV1
BBC1's new US import Damages got off to a shaky start last night with a modest 1.9m (10.7%) in a 10.20pm slot.
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NewsAnalysts expect fresh bids for GCap
City analysts have predicted that Global Radio's£300m bid for GCap Media will signal 'the beginning of the end' for GCap as a publicly listed company.
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NewsBBC mulls licence fee overhaul
The BBC is considering plans to reserve its licence fee funding for a small core of output and run the rest of its operations as a commercial enterprise.
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News6.2m think BBC1 is The One and Only
BBC1's latest talent show delivered the viewers on Saturday as The One and Only pulled in a respectable 6.2m (26.4%) at 7.20pm.
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NewsMotorola lands BT Vision box contract
BT Vision will launch redesigned, energy efficient set-top boxes next year after handing the manufacturing contract to Motorola.
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NewsLangham makes TV return
Actor Chris Langham will discuss his conviction for downloading child pornography in a special edition of More4 show Shrink Rap.
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NewsBSkyB to open 80 retail stores
BSkyB will have 250 retail stores by the summer after signing a deal with real estate giant Land Securities for another 80 premises.
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NewsTV Critics 7 January '08
TV critics' verdict on programmes - including the start of new BBC1 series Damages - broadcast over the weekend between the 4 and 6 January 2008.
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NewsGcap rejects£300m Global bid
GCap Media, the UK's largest commercial radio company, has rejected a£300m takeover bid from Global Radio.
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BBC pulls Smart and SMarteenies repeats
The BBC has pulled repeats of the children's art programmes SMart and SMarteenies after presenter Mark Speight was arrested over the death of his fiancé Natasha Collins.
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NewsBBC strike deadline pushed back
Broadcasting unions have extended the deadline for their BBC strike ballot by two weeks to allow for a fresh round of negotiations over job cuts and staff allowances.