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NewsCompulsory redundancies loom at BBC
At least 100 BBC staff across the World Service, BBC Monitoring and Online are to be made redundant on a compulsory basis, the NUJ has said.
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NewsPatten: BBC not perfect, but best of British
Lord Patten has sent a rousing email to BBC staff, marking his first day as chairman of the Trust.
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NewsDCD looks to raise £1m after recording £11m loss
Super-indie DCD Media is looking to raise £1m in short-term working capital, after revealing an operating loss of more than £11m for the 18 months to 31 December.
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NewsBBC sees 3m tune in to Royal Wedding online
The BBC saw 3m people tune into its Royal Wedding coverage online despite experiencing some technical issues throughout the day.
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NewsManford steps down from 8 out of 10 Cats
C4 comedy quiz show 8 out of 10 Cats is losing team captain Jason Manford to new ITV series Show Me The Funny.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest line-up revealed
Adam Curtis, Bruce Parry, Molly Dineen and Nick Broomfield are among the leading film-makers appearing at next month’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsCall to delay digital radio switchover by five years
Consumer group Which? has called on the Government to delay digital radio switchover for at least five years.
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NewsFairlight's Ken Barnsley loses cancer battle
Fairlight European operations director Ken Barnsley passed away last week.
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NewsRoyal Wedding satire pulled
The BBC has issued an eleventh hour contract revision to ABC, resulting in the Australian broadcaster cancelling its satirical commentary on the Royal Wedding.
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NewsSky profits up by 24%
Sky’s HD user base has risen to 3.7m homes as the pay TV operator added 51,000 new subscribers in its third quarter.
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News5USA gears up for Sons of Anarchy third series
Channel 5’s digital channel 5USA has snapped up the rights to the third series of biker gang drama Sons Of Anarchy.
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NewsCohen criticises number of crime dramas on TV
BBC1 controller Danny Cohen has criticised the amount of crime drama on TV as he admitted that the BBC risked having too many male-led detectives on screen.
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NewsObjective to pilot new gameshow for C4
Objective Productions, the indie behind gameshow The Cube, has been given the green light to pilot a gameshow for Channel 4 based on testing people’s reflexes.
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NewsGive auditors access to BBC books, says Hunt
Auditors should have “unfettered” access to the BBC’s accounts, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.
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NewsDailymotion staffs up to expand into UK
Video-sharing site Dailymotion has appointed its first head of international content as part of a move to develop its presence including the UK.
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NewsITV orders Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref
Famous faces are to cast a guiding eye over nuptial disputes in a new ITV1 show based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality vehicle The Marriage Ref.
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NewsArri's Allan Fyfe retires
Arri sales manager Allan Fyfe has retired from the camera manufacturer after 27 years with the company.
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NewsEyeworks set to continue alone
Netherlands-based Eyeworks has removed itself from the market and decided to “continue on its own” after completing a strategic review.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: BBC2 serves up Raymond Blanc
The heady aroma of regional French cooking wafts over Greenlight as a new BBC2 series with chef Raymond Blanc tops this week’s new commissions.
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NewsSky to shoot 3D Royal Wedding short
Sky has confirmed that it will shoot some aspects of the Royal Wedding in 3D, with five 3D rigs positioned outside Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace.