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NewsOfcom cuts costs
8am: Ofcom has cut its annual operating budget for the second year running - saving broadcasters thousands of pounds.
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NewsBBC Worldwide could soothe WorldService cutbacks
8am: BBC Worldwide is looking to take over the BBC World Service's Czech newsdesk, under proposals which could save some of the ten foreign language stations facing the axe.
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NewsHomechoice looks to EntertainmentRights for content
8am: Homechoice has signed a 12-month content deal with kids indie Entertainment Rights, to secure a series of titles for its pre-school, on-demand children's channel, Scamp.
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NewsDuncan calls on BBC to increaseregional indie spend
8am: Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for the BBC to be forced to spend around a third of its annual independent production spend outside London.
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NewsFormer Ofcom exec joinsHuman Capital board
8am: Robin Foster, the man who spearheaded Ofcom's PSB review, has joined consultants Human Capital as chief adviser to the board.
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NewsPEER POLL: 2005
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was 2005 a good year for the broadcasting industry?
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NewsSMG to axe 59 jobs
Unions have blasted SMG's decision to axe a fifth of its staff, costing 59 jobs, as the group blamed less news output and less regional programmes, for the cuts.
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NewsFreudenstein quits Sky
BSkyB chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein, one of the company's most influential executives, is to leave the company in the summer.
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NewsNTL appoints new CEO
NTL today surprised the City by replacing its chief executive Simon Duffy with an executive from US firm Comcast.
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NewsC4 board appoints Lord Puttnamas deputy chair
Channel 4 will make veteran film producer Lord Puttnam its new deputy chairman, replacing Barry Cox when he steps down from the role in February.
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NewsBBC staff face compulsory redundancy
Up to 280 BBC staff will face compulsory redundancy, director general Mark Thompson has warned.
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NewsComedy Awards amuse 5.4m
ITV1's coverage of The British Comedy Awards only gave the viewers some mild amusement as the first 90-minute slot drew 5.4 million (25.1%) at 9pm.
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NewsTV Corp's mystery buyer withdraws interest
Television Corporation's discussions with an unnamed interested party have ended, leaving Tinopolis the only suitor in the running.
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NewsLangham in The Thick of It at Comedy Awards
Chris Langham, the man who was axed from Not the Nine O'Clock News 25 years ago to make way for Griff Rhys-Jones, was one of the surprise winners at the British Comedy Awards.
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New tax breaks for film industry
The UK film production industry has welcomed the government's announcement last week of a long-awaited new tax credit system, geared to allow producers to offset certain production costs against tax.
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Kodak hit by Hemel oil explosion
Kodak Film Supplies' headquarters has been badly damaged by the oil explosion and consequent raging fires at Hemel Hempstead.
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Soho Editors expands worldwide
Post-production talent agency Soho Editors is to plough around£4m into expanding its business worldwide, to cover the Middle East, West Coast USA, South Africa and Ireland.
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Feeney to Golden Sq
Golden Square has taken on freelancer Sean Feeney as senior producer. Feeney worked at MPC for seven years, working his way up to senior VFX producer. He then moved to Jim Henson's Creature Shop to become head of animation and post-production. At Golden Square, he will be helping to build ...
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Baselight for Envy
Start-up post house Envy has spent£225,000 on Filmlight's Baselight Four grading system for colour grading and finishing. It will be used for high-end grading for film and broadcast work and will be installed in the facility's grading suite.
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Fuji row settled
Fujifilm and media supplier First4media have settled their dispute which erupted earlier this year (Broadcast, 16.6.05). The fallout saw Fuji's broadcast divisional manager, Eric Mould, and the directors of stock supplier Transco Group plc - which trades as First4media - taken to court by Fuji over alleged trading irregularities. The ...