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Extra Doctors 'will keep ITV on its toes'
In her first major move since becoming BBC daytime controller in March, Alison Sharman has ordered a number of 60-minute specials of lunchtime soap Doctors as part of a wider strategy to 'keep ITV on its toes', writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC news site gears up to finally go live
The much-anticipated BBC news website for international markets will finally launch next week after several months of delays, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Beeb fatcat row
BBC chiefs last night defended paying out more than£1 million to bosses in fatcat bonuses. ...
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Telly's Nick in cancer op
Top telly newsman Nick Owen was recovering in hospital yesterday after having a kidney removed in a cancer operatio...
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Six Nations rights lead BBC sport revival
The BBC has inched further along the path to a resurgent sport department, snapping up exclusive broadcast rights to the Six Nations rugby union championship in a three-year deal worth around£70m, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Fat-cat pay defended by BBC's boss
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies yesterday defended paying bonuses worth£900,000 to top executives. ...
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Pensions surplus wipeout for BBC
Plunging stock markets have all but wiped out a once-huge surplus in the BBC pension scheme, a grim indicator of th...
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Radio 2 boss quits
Radio 2 controller Jim Moir will leave his post at the end of the year, he said last night. ...
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BBC's 10 o'clock news attacked? by the BBC
The BBC got a public blasting from its own governors yesterday for a series of bluders and flops. ...
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The chemistry set
Sexual chemistry. What is it exactly? We know it when we don't see it, that's for sure. And we don't see it betwe...
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YTV turns back on indie outfit
Yorkshire Television (YTV) has terminated another of its indie offshoots after severing ties with YAP, its joint-venture with Canadian production company Ace Pictures, writes Steve Aston
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Cancer op ordeal for ITN veteran
ITN newsreader Nicholas Owen was in hospital last night after an operation for cancer. ...
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Geri gets£1/2m to spice up Popstars II
Geri Halliwell is about to join the Popstars bandwagon. The former Spice Girl is to sign a£550,000 contract to be...
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'Greg Dyke wears tie' shock
The news that their bosses were sharing£1million in bonuses while they suffered cutbacks had left BBC staff reelin...
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Artsworld chief fears for TV arts
BBC 4 will put all other arts channel operators out of business by the end of next year, according to John Hambley, the chief executive of Artsworld, which was founded by Jeremy Isaacs and last week announced it is to close, writes Paul Revoir
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Internet radio royalties
A group of radio stations is to appeal against last month's draconian decision to charge huge royalties for interne...
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We earn it
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies last night defiantly backed big bonuses for key executives. ...
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TV's Nick Owen loses kidney in cancer op
Newsreader Nicholas Owen has had a kidney removed in a cancer scare. ...
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MP's grill executives over big bonuses
The BBC was forced to defend the£1.2m paid in bonuses to senior executives yesterday, amid accusations of greed an...
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Libel may cost BBC£10m
The BBC has entered the final stages of a battle to avoid a crushing legal bill of up to£10m after finally admitti...