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    ITV staff braced for cuts

    2009-03-03T17:20:15Z

    ITV staff are bracing ahead of tomorrow's annual results, which are expected to announce over 500 job cuts across the business and a reduction in the previously untouchable£1bn programming budget.

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    Bectu: ITV management has lost its way

    2009-03-03T16:36:38Z

    Bectu has condemned ITV's management as having “seriously lost its way”, and warned the broadcaster against closing its Leeds studio.

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    Julie Gardner heads to US

    2009-03-03T15:19:29Z

    BBC Worldwide has confirmed that Julie Gardner, the former head of drama at BBC Wales, is to join its US production arm to oversee all scripted projects.

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    Paxman: 'Rules are rules'

    2009-03-03T13:29:52Z

    University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman has admitted he feels sorry for the dethroned Corpus Christi team - but has insisted that “rules are rules”.

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    City Talk applies for format change

    2009-03-03T13:14:00Z

    Liverpool's City Talk 105.9 is hoping to introduce music and share programming with other Bauer-owned stations following a recent change in format rules.

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    BBC dominates RTS nominations

    2009-03-03T12:32:55Z

    BBC1 drama Criminal Justice and Channel 4's The Devil's Whore are to go head-to-head at this year's RTS Awards.

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    Nominees: RTS Awards 2009

    2009-03-03T12:18:15Z

    Full list for the RTS Awards 2009

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    Billie Piper in talks for new ITV drama

    2009-03-03T11:58:43Z

    Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress Billie Piper is in talks to star in a new Tiger Aspect drama being developed for ITV1 about a struggling single mum.

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    Profits double at Fuller's 19 Entertainment

    2009-03-03T11:47:29Z

    19 Entertainment, the indie owned by Pop Idol mogul Simon Fuller, has defied the economic gloom to post a profit of $92m (£65.4m) - almost double that posted in 2007.

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    Setanta/ITV may delay FA Cup payments

    2009-03-03T10:40:00Z

    Setanta and ITV are seeking to renegotiate the terms of contracts worth£425m for their FA Cup coverage due to financial pressures.

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    Nat Geo hires Mark Wild

    2009-03-03T10:32:53Z

    Mark Wild, who commissioned and exec produced Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet, has joined National Geographic Television.

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    UKTV to go Dancing with the Stars

    2009-03-03T09:52:26Z

    UKTV has bought the exclusive British broadcast rights to the eighth series of US series Dancing with the Stars.

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    Virgin Media beams up sci-fi dramas

    2009-03-03T09:45:27Z

    A swathe of sci-fi and fantasy dramas are heading for Virgin Media's VoD service following a deal with distributor Fireworks International.

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    Life on Mars US axed

    2009-03-03T09:34:01Z

    ABC has axed the US remake of BBC1 hit Life on Mars after just one series - though it will still have beaten its UK predecessor by one episode.

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    Svengali seeks support

    2009-03-03T09:28:39Z

    Video: The team behind Channel 4 drama Wedding Belles is hunting support for a new series of internet-based shorts.

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    Burnham urges channels to up audio description

    2009-03-03T08:47:14Z

    Media secretary Andy Burnham has appealed to broadcasters to follow Sky's lead in increasing the amount of audio description services they offer for their programmes.

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    University Challenge winners dethroned

    2009-03-02T18:22:04Z

    The BBC has sensationally dethroned the winners of this years University Challenge following a probe into claims that a member of the Oxford team was ineligible to compete.

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    Schneider-Sickert to leave FremantleMedia

    2009-03-02T17:55:58Z

    Christian Schneider-Sickert is to step down from his role as chief operating officer of FremantleMedia and is to leave the company.

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    CBBC aquires Angus & Cheryl

    2009-03-02T12:48:17Z

    The BBC has bought the rights to a Spanish cartoon that offers a children's view of the battle of the sexes.

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    Corden and Horne to front Comic Relief clip show

    2009-03-02T11:56:08Z

    Gavin and Stacey stars James Corden and Mathew Horne have signed up to host the annual Comic Relief clip show for BBC1.