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  • Sir Michael Lyons
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    BBC to crackdown on salaries

    2009-07-14T12:08:00Z

    BBC bosses have pledged to “bear down” further on exec and talent pay – but warned the corporation must stay “flexible” to award bonuses.

  • Marylebone high street
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    ATG Broadcast to relocate BBC training facility

    2009-07-14T16:00:00Z

    ATG Broadcast has started work on a project to relocate the BBC’s central London production training studio from Marylebone High Street to White City.

  • BBC TV centre
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    Licence fee evasion rising

    2009-07-14T12:48:00Z

    Licence fee evasion rose 4% last year and is expected to get worse as the recession deepens.

  • Cinegy
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    CandelaMedia secures Cinegy deal

    2009-07-14T16:00:00Z

    Cinegy has appointed CandelaMedia to act as a reseller and integrator of its workflow and asset management technology in the UK.

  • Wayne Garvie
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    BBCW hunting development deals

    2009-07-14T13:26:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is looking to sign more small-scale development deals with individual producers following a record year for equity stakes in indies.

  • Ben Stephenson
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    BBC1 unveils new dramas

    2009-07-14T12:15:00Z

    BBC Drama controller Ben Stephenson has announced five new dramas set for BBC1 in 2010, including a thriller set below the Arctic ice, a deaf girl who accidentally witnesses a murder and a mother’s affair across the years. 

  • Dom wend
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    Envy adds to business development team

    2009-07-14T15:59:00Z

    Envy is expanding its business development team with the addition of two new members of staff.

  • Ben Bradshaw
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    Bradshaw slams BBC's "wrong-headed" leadership

    2009-07-14T09:42:00Z

    Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has slammed BBC chiefs over their refusal to share the licence fee revenue – as the BBC Trust reveals that the 10 most senior staff will continue to waive bonuses.

  • GI joe
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    MPC bulks out Vancouver and London

    2009-07-14T15:59:00Z

    MPC is to undergo significant expansion in Canada and the UK in order to cope with a host of new film projects and a 20% increase in film animation and layout work.

  • The X Factor’s Dermot O’Leary
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    Cash-strapped ITV pushes back NTA's until 2010

    2009-07-14T10:06:00Z

    ITV has scrapped this year’s National Television Awards, pushing back the ceremony until January 2010.

  • Ionoco's Blackjack service for The Poker Channel
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    Ionoco grabs Loto Real deal

    2009-07-14T15:59:00Z

    Winchester-based technology developer Ionoco has created a complete TV studio system for a new lottery draw show in the Dominican Republic.

  • League of Gentlemen
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    BBC Scotland signs League of Gentlemen producer

    2009-07-14T10:13:00Z

    League of Gentlemen producer Jemma Rodgers has returned to the BBC to become executive editor of comedy for BBC Scotland.

  • Chris Moyles
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    Moyles accuses BBC of being dull

    2009-07-14T10:02:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris has hit out at the BBC for making dull programmes on purpose so as not to offend anyone.

  • News

    Done and Dusted makes Neil Diamond doc for CBS

    2009-07-14T12:51:00Z

    Done and Dusted is producing an intimate 60-minute prime-time Neil Diamond special for US network CBS.  

  • Tony Garnett
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    Garnett slams "junk food" drama at BBC

    2009-07-13T10:16:00Z

    This Life and Cathy Come Home producer Tony Garnett has launched a blistering attack on the BBC, accusing it of smothering creativity and “packing in junk” in a cynical bid for ratings.

  • Clive Jones
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    Top-slice licence fee by 5%, says ex-ITV exec

    2009-07-13T10:23:00Z

    Former ITV news and regions chief executive Clive Jones has accused the BBC of suffering “delusions of grandeur” and called for the licence fee to be top-sliced by 5% going forward.

  • Dexter
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    Virgin Media adds four HD channels

    2009-07-13T10:40:00Z

    Virgin Media customers will be able to watch the likes of Dexter in high-definition after the cable company said it would four new HD channels this month.

  • Donald MacCormick
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    Newsnight veteran Donald MacCormick dies

    2009-07-13T11:03:00Z

    Tributes have been flowing in for veteran BBC journalist and former Newsnight presenter Donald MacCormick, who has died of a heart attack aged 70.

  • Michael Grade
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    UBS upgrades ITV shares

    2009-07-13T10:50:00Z

    Shares in ITV rose a penny this morning after Swiss bank UBS upgraded the stock to “buy” and increased its target price for ITV shares to 37p.

  • Warehouse 13
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    Sci Fi buys Warehouse 13

    2009-07-13T10:44:00Z

    Sci Fi UK has picked up supernatural investigation drama Warehouse 13, which premiered in the US this week.