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BBCW or Five: C4 faces up to its merged future
Channel 4 must merge with another organisation or wither away, Ofcom has warned - sending chief executive Andy Duncan back to the drawing board in his bid to convince BBC Worldwide of the value of a strategic merger.
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Ofcom moves to secure regional news post-2011
Ofcom has endorsed the BBC and ITV regional news-sharing plan but has warned it will only safeguard plurality in the short term.
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Ofcom psb review: what the industry says
Ofcom's blueprint for the future of public service broadcasting has got the industry talking - and sparked plenty of controversy.
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McLusky quits Shine to join Carbon Media
Carbon Media, the indie that ITV took a 25% stake in earlier this month, has hired Shine Television's Joe McLusky as managing director.
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Korn favourite to replace Brooke at Discovery
Discovery Networks UK programming chief Dan Korn has emerged as the early favourite to land the role of managing director following the departure of Dan Brooke.
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BBC poised to resurrect Boat Race coverage
The BBC is set to rescue The Boat Race as a terrestrial TV event.
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Disabled viewers demand ‘real' roles
Disabled viewers are demanding more “warts and all” portrayal of disability on TV, major new research by the BBC and Channel 4 has revealed.
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Five's Airey throws weight behind Milkshake strand
Five chief executive Dawn Airey has thrown her weight behind kids programming on the channel and is eyeing ways of expanding its preschool Milkshake brand.
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BBC1 lines up season on eating disorders
BBC1 has commissioned three films looking at eating disorders as part of its wider health and well-being project Headroom.
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‘Shrewd' Thompson scores licence fee victory
After the disappointment of the licence fee settlement, director general Mark Thompson has scored an arguably more important victory by seeing off the threat of top-slicing.
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Five to push USA brand with channel relaunch
Five US will relaunch as Five USA on 16 February and it plans to mark the channel name and identity change by airing a new drama.
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Hirst joins FME drama project
Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) is working with Michael Hirst, the writer behind The Tudors, to develop one of 10 drama projects it is planning to launch to international broadcasters.
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Comic Relief to cash in on celebrity dance trend
BBC1 has lined up more dancing celebrities - this time paying homage to iconic dance routines in a new live shiny-floor show.
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DRG merges sales teams across its companies
Digital Rights Group (DRG) is merging the sales teams of all its brands with the loss of around a third of its sales staff.
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Americans to get spooked
BBC Worldwide America (BBCWA) has struck a deal with multiple US public broadcasters that will see spy drama Spooks launched to 64% of the American market.
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Ofcom: keep C4 as it is if partnership fails
Managing Channel 4's inevitable decline in its current form would be Ofcom's default preference if its proposed new PSB rival to the BBC proves unworkable.
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Disney appoints Toumazis replacement
Disney has appointed former Aardman Animations executive Stephen Moore to take over the role departed by Tom Toumazis, who left to join Endemol last November.
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Ofcom raises BBC partnership concerns
Ofcom has given the BBC's partnership proposals a lukewarm reception, warning they might not be worth the£120m that the corporation claims.
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Ofcom unveils radical regional news plan
Ofcom believes the proposed partnership between the BBC and ITV will only safeguard local news in the short term and has recommend the creation of a series of independently-funded news consortia in the devolved nations and English regions.