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Horrocks to reveal BBC's interview deals
BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks has pledged to inform viewers when the corporation has paid someone more than£10,000 for an interview.
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NewsBBC2 and BBC4 win plaudits
New BBC2 controller Roly Keating celebrated a double whammy at the festival awards when BBC2 was named terrestrial channel of the year and BBC4, which he previously ran, won best digital channel.
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BBC to air Walking with Monsters
The BBC is to travel 600 million years back in time for a big-budget prequel to the hit factual series Walking with Dinosaurs.
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NewsStarters orders for Racing UK
Racing UK, the channel owned by 30 of the UK's leading race courses, has secured a permanent broadcast slot and announced that it will cost a maximum of£20 a month.
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NewsMurphy seeks therapy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has said he wants to create a new portfolio of programmes dealing with issues such as therapy and bereavement as he seeks to build his channel's factual output.
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NewsLyttle slams gay TV shows
Prominent gay figures have rounded on Channel 4 for its portrayal of homosexuality claiming commissioners still rely on stereotyped camp imagery.
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NewsUS broadcasters address copycat problem
US broadcasters will have to form exclusive relationships with UK indies in a bid to stem the tide of copycat formats, according to a senior ABC executive.
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NewsReality drives Five autumn line-up
Five is to give reality and drama another shot in its new autumn schedule to sit alongside its staple of celebrity, arts and property shows.
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NewsCast your vote on Humphrys attack
Broadcast is giving the industry the chance to vote on whether John Humphrys was right when last week he used the MacTaggart Lecture to attack reality television for being harmful and corroding the values of British broadcasting and society.
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NewsBroadcasters pilot Court TV
Television cameras will be allowed into English and Welsh courtrooms, as part of a pilot study, which could pave the way for permanent TV presence in the courts.
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NewsSky One takes on C4 in battle of Springfield
Sky One is to screen a brand new episode of The Simpsons every week from the autumn in a bid to capitalise on a major advertising campaign pushing the animated show on Channel 4.
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NewsYentob 'to be cleared'
BBC creative director Alan Yentob is set to be cleared of alleged expenses abuses by the internal inquiry set up by director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsWPP and Green in running for MPC
Martin Sorrell's WPP firm and former Carlton chairman Michael Green have emerged as likely bidders for the post-production group The Moving Picture Company (MPC), which ITV plc are trying to sell.
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NewsProfits at Pinewood studios double
Pinewood Shepperton film and television studios has seen its profits double in the first half of the year helped by movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the fourth instalment of Harry Potter.
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NewsPEER POLL: Edinburgh TV festival
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the Edinburgh TV festival relevant to the industry as a whole?
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NewsBBC considers formal protest
The BBC is considering making a formal protest to the Iraqi government after local police forced its team in the beleaguered city of Najaf to leave their hotel at gunpoint.
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The power of speech
When John Humphrys steps up to the McEwan Hall lectern to deliver the MacTaggart lecture - the centrepiece of the Edinburgh Television Festival - few expect him to mince his words.
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NewsSky rivals Elstein with Hallmark bid
BSkyB has tabled a bid to buy the Hallmark Channel in the UK. If successful it would be the first time in the satellite giant's 15-year history it has bought, rather than built, a channel.
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CS&W produces teen court for C4
Scottish indie Caledonia Sterne and Wyld (CS&W) has won its first commission from its new London office with a Channel 4 show in which juveniles who have committed minor offences are tried and sentenced by fellow teenagers.
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Tiger Aspect wins first radio orders
Tiger Aspect, the independent production company behind Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley , has picked up its first radio commissions.