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    Sky News poaches BBC faces

    2005-06-14T11:15:42Z

    Sky News has poached two BBC presenters, Ginny Buckley and Anna Jones, as the channel gears up to launch of its new on-air look and schedule later this year.

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    Dann joins Planet Rock

    2005-06-14T11:12:59Z

    Planet Rock, the digital rock music station owned by GCap Media, has made another heavyweight signing, securing former Radio 1 executive Trevor Dann for a new weekend show.

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    Puttnam calls on Hoon to relax Parliament media rules

    2005-06-14T09:39:40Z

    Lord Puttnam stepped up his bid this week to persuade the Government to make Parliament more attractive to broadcasters.

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    BBC bags Spielberg epic

    2005-06-14T09:35:56Z

    The BBC has bought the exclusive rights to Steven Spielberg's latest drama mini-series, Into The West.

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    TV festival names channel awards shortlist

    2005-06-13T13:36:23Z

    The Edinburgh International TV festival has unveiled the shortlist for its annual channel of the year prize.

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    Canadian Grand Prix thrills 6.3m

    2005-06-13T12:36:39Z

    ITV1's live coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix gave the commercial broadcaster a head start on Sunday with a peak audience of 6.3 million (31%) at 7.15pm.

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    Ten Alps quadruples profits

    2005-06-13T10:40:21Z

    Sir Bob Geldof's indie, Ten Alps, today reported a 398% rise in pre-tax profits and a two-fold hike in turnover.

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    Telewest signs up TVOD partners

    2005-06-13T10:13:18Z

    Telewest Broadband has signed programming deals with BBC Worldwide, Discovery Networks Europe and National Geographic Channel Europe for its forthcoming TV-on-demand (TVOD) service.

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    Pact acts over holiday pay

    2005-06-13T10:11:06Z

    Pact has moved to address concerns that freelancers are not being given proper holiday pay.

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    BBC Films backs Bennett blockbuster

    2005-06-13T09:37:35Z

    BBC Films is backing a movie adaptation of Alan Bennett's Olivier Award winning stage play The History Boys.

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    BBC sweeps the One World Media awards

    2005-06-10T15:01:58Z

    The BBC dominated last night's One World Media Awards winning a total of five awards at the ceremony designed to honour media workers who have raised issues of justice, social and economic development and human rights.

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    Off the Record - Who's leading who?

    2005-06-10T12:50:16Z

    BBC Radio chief Jenny Abramsky is interviewed in the latest issue of Management Today giving her

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    Analysis - Passing the buck?

    2005-06-10T12:50:14Z

    From the media secretary to Ofcom to the broadcasters, no one seems to want to take responsibility for policing freelance employment practices. So is Pact's voluntary register the answer?

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    2.2m play House with Five

    2005-06-10T12:09:30Z

    House, Five's lastest US drama import, got off to a fine start for the channel with a peak audience of 2.2 million (14%) at 10.55pm.

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    Freeview passes 5m homes mark

    2005-06-10T11:31:24Z

    Freeview has passed the 5m household mark according to latest figures from Ofcom showing the free-to-air platform has helped digital penetration reach almost 62% of UK homes.

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    Letter to unions following renewed talks with BBC director general

    2005-06-10T11:26:53Z

    373-377 Clapham Road London SW9 9BT

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    BBC unions win partial victory

    2005-06-10T11:23:00Z

    Unions have won a partial victory in the latest talks with the BBC after the corporation said it was open to discuss how job cuts will work across each department.

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    Ofcom test

    2005-06-10T11:09:46Z

    Ofcom calls for national digital channels Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, S...

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    Ofcom calls for national digital channels

    2005-06-10T10:46:01Z

    Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, Scotland and Ireland in order to safeguard indigenous languages in the nations.