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NewsBBC to review peaktime
The BBC governors have launched a review of BBC1's peaktime schedule amid concerns about falling quality, as new chairman Michael Grade stamped his authority on the corporation with his first annual report.
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NewsOfcom to toughen up TV content labelling
Ofcom has tabled proposed new rules that will force broadcasters to better signpost programmes with adult themes before the 9pm watershed.
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NewsBig Ron racism film kicks off his comeback
Ron Atkinson, the flamboyant ex football pundit who trashed his career after making an offensive remark towards a black player, is to work out if he really is a racist with a peaktime film for BBC1.
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NewsC4 to fill creative gap on board
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has moved to counter criticism that the broadcaster's board lacks programming experience by pledging to appoint an additional non-executive director with a creative background by the end of the year.
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Endemol handed Five reality brief
Five has enlisted Big Brother producer Endemol to help it take another shot at the reality genre.
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TV Corp signs up ex-C4 exec Brann
The Television Corporation has hired one of the architects of Channel 4's indie code of practice to grow its non-UK business.
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NewsColleagues support Yentob
Senior colleagues have rallied around BBC creative director Alan Yentob following the launch of an investigation into claims that he misused his expense account.
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Face ops revisited
Five has become the latest broadcaster to turn its attention to face rebuilding, with a two-part series examining the trauma associated with the operation.
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Proudfoot in arts venture
Michael Proudfoot, former creative director of defunct indie Uden Associates, has formed a new company with Flashback Television.
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Feted director returns with C4 cocaine doc
The director of The Last Peasants - Channel 4's hard-hitting documentary on the struggles of Romanian migrants - is making a three-part observational documentary on the South American drug trade.
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Skinner returns for eighth series
The Frank Skinner Show is set to return this autumn to ITV1 for an eighth series and for the first time the show will feature musical performances from top acts in the 12 x 50-minute run. The Avalon Television production will be executive produced ...
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NewsBBC Radio to probe web use
The BBC is to publish a monthly report from this autumn detailing the online performance of its five national radio stations.
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NewsBBC governors launch BBC 1 probe
The BBC governors are to review BBC1's peaktime schedule after conceding there had been a drop in the perception of its programme quality amongst viewers.
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NewsBirmingham City MD joins C4 board
Channel 4 has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board on the day it also confirmed that incoming chief executive Andy Duncan will start his new role on Monday.
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NewsOfcom floats analogue radio switch-off
Analogue radio signals could be switched off within a decade, according to senior Ofcom partner Kip Meek.
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NewsFox to launch reality channel
Rupert Murdoch's Fox Networks is building up its channel portfolio by launching a reality channel in the US.
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NewsElstein warns Ofcom over radio commitment
David Elstein, the new head of the commercial radio companies association (CRCA), has warned Ofcom not to marginalise its work on the radio industry.
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NewsC4 books Countdown til 2009
Channel 4 has re-commissioned its long-running daytime quiz show Countdown for another five years.
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NewsDavies: Watts damaged BBC Kelly defence
Former BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has claimed Newsnight reporter Susan Watts damaged the BBC's defence in the Kelly affair by withholding the tape of her interview with Dr David Kelly.
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NewsRebecca Loos comes to Edinburgh
Rebecca Loos, the former assistant to David Beckham, who sparked a media frenzy earlier this year by claiming she bedded the married Real Madrid star, is to appear at this year's Edinburgh TV festival.