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NewsPoliakoff to hit out at TV execs
Acclaimed writer-director Stephen Poliakoff is gearing up to issue a broadside against TV executives' at this year's Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsJowell to face Lords BBC grilling
Media secretary Tessa Jowell will face questions in the House of Lords next week over demands that the BBC should surrender some of its£2.8bn-a-year licence fee revenue to help fund ITV's regional news.
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NewsBBC report escapes MP examination
BBC bosses have escaped being grilled by MPs about today's annual report because of the government's delay in setting up the watchdog media committee.
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NewsSky Sports chief joins Setanta
Sky Sports second in command, Trevor East, has left to join Irish sports broadcasters Setanta.
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NewsWW2 anniversary brings 4m to BBC1
BBC1's coverage of the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the end of the Second World War proved to be a hit with the viewers with a peak audience of 4.1 million (37.3%) at 5pm.
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NewsSpeculation grows over Time Warner bid for ITV
Time Warner's involvement in a£6.6bn bid for ITV has once again been the subject of speculation this weekend, amid reports that the US media giant is lining up to take a 30% stake in the broadcaster.
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NewsRadio 1 loses Jones-Donelly
The executive in charge of Radio 1's playlists for the past eight years has left the corporation to join music giant EMI's A&R operations.
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NewsSharman: CBBC must be at vanguard of technology
Alison Sharman, the new controller of Children's BBC has mapped out her vision for the department, pointing to the success of Apple's iPod music player as a potential model for the future of broadcasting.
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NewsArqiva buys Inmedia for£68.5m
Arqiva - the newly rebranded NTL Broadcast - has bought Inmedia Communications from The Carlyle Group for£68.5 million.
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NewsMannion: UK denied information on fatalities
ITV News editor-in-chief David Mannion has attacked the authorities for not releasing up-to-date fatality figures in the aftermath of Thursday's bomb blasts, claiming that people in Australia were better informed than the British public.
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NewsRTL set to take UBM's shares in Five
Five majority shareholder RTL Group is reportedly looking to buy out United Business Media's stake in the broadcaster in a bid to take full control of the channel.
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NewsHow Sky News reported the attacks
Broadcasters rushed to cover the terrorist attacks on London - with news staff themselves caught up in the events as commuters. This is the story from inside Sky News of how the story broke yesterday morning.
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NewsBBC1 Six O'Clock News draws 7m
Millions of extra viewers turned to TV news broadcasts and special reports yesterday in the wake of the London terror attacks - with the BBC Six O'Clock Newspulling in the biggest audience of the day, with almost 7m viewers.
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NewsBroadcasters rejig schedules
Broadcasters are gradually getting back up to speed in the wake of yesterday's terrorist attacks on London.
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NewsCamera phones add to TV footage
Newscasters did their level best to get cameras into the myriad trouble spots yesterday, but the more revealing footage came from members of the public via their mobile phones.
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NewsNews websites struggle to meet demand
Yesterday's terrorist attacks on London left news websites struggling to keep up with demand from people seeking news on the bombings.
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NewsBBC picks-up How I Met Your Mother
Another new US show is on its way to the UK after the BBC picked up rights to the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
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NewsPEER POLL: Cross-promotion regulation
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Ofcom right to relax the rules on radio and TV cross-promotion?
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NewsTo the Ends of the Earth appeals to 4.3m
BBC2's period drama To the Ends of the Earthcruised to a comfortable victory in the ratings with 4.3 million (19.8%) at 9pm.