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Can you repeat that?
The public can be relied upon to complain about repeats on the BBC, but it's unrealistic to think of banishing them entirely.
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NewsFive eyes Flextech after UBM buyout
RTL has positioned Five as a likely bidder for Flextech after taking full control of the terrestrial broadcaster by buying United Business Media's (UBM) 35% stake for£247.6m.
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NewsGrade faces public grilling
It was a busy week for BBC chairman Michael Grade as he embarked on a gruelling series of public appearances to convince licence fee payers and industry detractors that his governance style was open and transparent.
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NewsBSkyB to give parents power to block EPG
BSkyB is to give parents the ability to block out any channels from its EPG that they don't want their children to see.
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NewsITV banks on new drama and sport
An extra£20m worth of ITV drama and sport is to hit screens this autumn following the network's better-than-expected licence deal.
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NewsParamount buys up Fox comedies
Paramount Comedy has bought first-run UK rights to Stacked, the 20th Century Fox comedy starring Baywatchbeauty Pamela Anderson.
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Debonnaire exits Talkback
Sally Debonnaire, one of Talkback Thames's longest serving executives, has become the latest senior figure to quit.
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NewsITV sheds 8% of afternoon audience
ITV1 is having further daytime troubles with new figures showing its afternoon schedule is down 8% year on year.
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Five to tell story of 7/7
Five has commissioned a fast-turnaround feature-length film on the recent terrorist attacks on London.
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Ricochet snares C4 pair
Supernannyindie Ricochet has raided Channel 4, poaching two of its factual commissioners.
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NewsMosey leads way to Manchester
The BBC is pushing ahead with plans to move its sport department to Manchester after appointing head of TV news Roger Mosey as its new director of sport.
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NewsFX commissions 'adult' Jackass
Multichannel broadcaster FX has greenlit its first original production, ordering a grown-up version of MTV's Jackass.
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NewsTarantino's CSI peaks with 3.9m
Five's postponed episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, directed by Quentin Tarantino, proved to be a big hit with the double helping peaking with 3.9 million (17.8%) at 10.15pm.
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NewsMPs to probe analogue switch-off plans
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to face a cross-party Parliamentary probe into the government's plans to switch the country to digital television by 2012.
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NewsBBC governor: colleagues were 'naive' over Springer row
The BBC governor who rebelled against the screening of Jerry Springer - The Operahas said the corporation's managers were
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NewsThompson: Manchester move will happen
BBC director general Mark Thompson has told Parliament the BBC will press ahead with plans to move to Manchester despite protests by staff who are refusing to quit London.
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NewsOfcom's Carter paid£415k
Ofcom's chief executive Stephen Carter took home a pay packet of£414,463 in the last financial year, boosted by a£53,500 bonus.
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NewsRTL buys out UBM Five stake
RTL Group has taken full control of Five after buying United Business Media's (UBM) 35.4% stake for£247.6m.
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NewsOfcom calls for regulatory rethink
Broadband Britain will need to rethink its approach to content regulation as more programmes and channels are delivered via new media platforms, Ofcom's Ed Richards warned yesterday.
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NewsSex, death & Danan to feature at Edinburgh
Sex, death and Paul Danan are all on the programme for this year's Edinburgh Festival which was unveiled yesterday.