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The BBC's full-on future
John Willis believes that putting new technology at the top of the agenda will have creative and financial benefits for programme-making at the BBC's factual and learning department.
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ITV's virtuous circle
Those who put the boot into ITV are kidding themselves that there was ever a golden age. ITV is as good as ever, insists Nigel Pickard.
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Turkeys for Christmas?
Do the broadcasters know what they're letting themselves in for when they give the thumbs-up to digital switchover?
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The BBC's next techno-revolution
Every year the BBC spends£60m on new media and, of the£355m annual savings director general Mark Thompson hopes to make, almost two-thirds will be channelled into new media. We took four emerging technologies at the heart of the BBC's new media strategy and asked a panel of commentators to assess ...
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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.
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NewsBBC angers music staff
The BBC has angered staff in its radio and music division with plans to merge three roles into one as it attempts to slash 150 posts in the department.
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NewsAllen calls on Ofcom to scrap CRR ad deal
ITV chief executive Charles Allen has called on Ofcom to scrap the measures introduced to protect advertisers' interests following the merger of Carlton and Granada.
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NewsBBC2 to capture patient's dying moment on TV
BBC2 is to screen a real death as part of a controversial Endemol UK documentary investigating end-of-life care in Britain.
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NewsHammond wins ITV1 daytime slot
ITV1 plans to turn Top Gearpresenter Richard Hammond into a daytime TV star with its new teatime factual entertainment show.
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BBC moves key commissioners
The BBC is moving key commissioners in with channel controllers and giving them a dedicated rights negotiation team, as part of plans to create an ITV-style network centre.
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NewsITV plans 'transactional' channels
ITV is planning to launch a suite of 'transactional' TV channels next year, including gaming and shopping offerings, in a bid to open up new revenue streams.
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NewsLion drives Cash Cab to New York
Lion Television has secured a commission from the Discovery Channel in the US for Cash Cab, its gameshow filmed in a taxi.
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NewsSwitchover gains support
A survey of 110 people working in the television market has revealed widespread support of digital switchover - but concerns about its likely impact on programming budgets in the future.
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NewsBennett mulls online BBC2
BBC director of television Jana Bennett is looking at offering BBC2 over the internet.
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NewsBBC looks to find mobile comedy
The BBC is to commission a multimedia comedy and is asking writers to come up with sketches for different platforms - from mobile phones to TV screens.
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Discovery tunes up reality show
Discovery Channel UK is making its first foray into reality TV, commissioning Endemol UK to produce a series based in an expat-run garage in Spain.
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NewsITV to launch more channels
4.45pm:ITV is planning to launch a suite of 'transactional' TV channels next year, including gaming and shopping offerings, in a bid to open up new revenue streams.
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NewsAllen calls for end of ITV ad restrictions
4.30pm:ITV chief Charles Allen has called on Ofcom to scrap the measures introduced to protect advertisers' interests following the merger of Carlton and Granada.
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NewsDistributors hail terms of trade
2.30pm:The majority of TV distributors think the new terms of trade have benefited their bottom line, according to Broadcast's first survey of the sector.
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NewsUKTV gets sporty
1pm:UKTV is making its first foray into sports programming with a ten part weekly series from TWI, designed to encourage people to participate in sports.