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Sony TV poaches New Tricks exec
Fresh from its purchase of a 15% stake in indie Shine, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has added further muscle to its UK programming arm by poaching the executive producer behind BBC drama New Tricks.
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NewsRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares ends with 3.7m
Channel 4's successful second series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmarescame to a close last night with an average of 3.7 million (18%).
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NewsEcosse signs DVD deal
Monarch Of The Glenproducer Ecosse Films has signed a DVD publishing deal with 2 Entertain, the company run by the BBC and VCI Group.
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NewsITV1 stacks up daytime orders
ITV1 has commissioned three new shows for its daytime schedule, including a show that aims to find Britain's best amateur portrait painter.
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NewsS4C hands out£1m development cash
Welsh broadcaster S4C has handed out£1m in development funding to five local indies.
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NewsNewsnight under fire
The BBC has once again been forced to defend Newsnight's treatment of MP George Galloway during interviews.
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NewsFive pulls Tarantino's CSI
Five pulled its much-hyped CSI: Crime Scene Investigationend of series finale last night due to the storyline ringing an unfortunate chord with events in London last week.
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NewsCox: 'Established broadcasters face digital decline'
Barry Cox, chairman of SwitchCo, the government body overseeing digital switchover, last night said the traditional broadcasters moving to turn off the analogue system was like 'Turkeys voting for Christmas'.
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NewsGrade defends bonuses
BBC chairman Michael Grade has stood by a governors' committee decision to award half a million pounds of bonuses, in the face of union calls to give the money back.
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NewsTop of the Pops leaves BBC1 with 1.9m
BBC1's last edition of the long-running music show Top of the Popswas met largely with viewer indifference as the special programme only attracted 1.9 million (11.4%).
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NewsThompson forgoes£135k bonus
BBC director general Mark Thompson has turned down an annual bonus worth around£135,000, claiming 'it wouldn't have felt right' taking the money while he axes nearly 4000 jobs.
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NewsWelsh indies merge
Welsh indies Cwmni Da and Tonfedd-Eryri are set to merge after securing a development budget of£300,000 from broadcaster S4C.
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NewsPoliakoff to hit out at TV execs
Acclaimed writer-director Stephen Poliakoff is gearing up to issue a broadside against TV executives' at this year's Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsJowell to face Lords BBC grilling
Media secretary Tessa Jowell will face questions in the House of Lords next week over demands that the BBC should surrender some of its£2.8bn-a-year licence fee revenue to help fund ITV's regional news.
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NewsBBC report escapes MP examination
BBC bosses have escaped being grilled by MPs about today's annual report because of the government's delay in setting up the watchdog media committee.
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NewsSky Sports chief joins Setanta
Sky Sports second in command, Trevor East, has left to join Irish sports broadcasters Setanta.
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NewsWW2 anniversary brings 4m to BBC1
BBC1's coverage of the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the end of the Second World War proved to be a hit with the viewers with a peak audience of 4.1 million (37.3%) at 5pm.
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NewsSpeculation grows over Time Warner bid for ITV
Time Warner's involvement in a£6.6bn bid for ITV has once again been the subject of speculation this weekend, amid reports that the US media giant is lining up to take a 30% stake in the broadcaster.
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NewsRadio 1 loses Jones-Donelly
The executive in charge of Radio 1's playlists for the past eight years has left the corporation to join music giant EMI's A&R operations.
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NewsSharman: CBBC must be at vanguard of technology
Alison Sharman, the new controller of Children's BBC has mapped out her vision for the department, pointing to the success of Apple's iPod music player as a potential model for the future of broadcasting.