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BBC to send soap stars to Africa
Characters from BBC1 soaps such as EastEnders could find themselves in Africa next summer as part of plans to relocate the channel to the continent for a week of special programming.
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NewsSambrook: Hutton no longer an issue for us
Outgoing BBC director of news Richard Sambrook claimed this week the Hutton inquiry was no longer an issue for the corporation's journalists.
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Crown Media ends Hallmark bidding
The deadline for firm bids for Crown Media's international Hallmark business closed this week, with Japanese giant Sony tipped as the strongest bidder.
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Making Waves pulled after failing to make a splash
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has pulled the channel's ambitious£6m naval drama Making Waves from peaktime after disappointing ratings.
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EPG criteria to be made public
BSkyB and other electronic programme guide (EPG) publishers were this week told by Ofcom that they must make public the criteria they use to decide where channels are placed.
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A tale of two controllers
Although BBC1 and BBC2's controllers have unveiled two very different autumn schedules, both are relying heavily on popular factual programming to draw peaktime audiences
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NewsFamily tree show heads BBC2 line-up
New BBC2 controller Roly Keating this morning (Wednesday) unveiled his first autumn schedule since replacing Jane Root last month - although he admitted he couldn't take any of the credit for the programming.
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NewsPorn channel fined£50k
Media watchdog Ofcom has imposed its first fine since setting up in January, by ordering a satellite channel to pay£50,000 for broadcasting unencrypted hardcore sex in the early evening.
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NewsVirgin's Pete and Geoff stay put
Virgin Radio has ended speculation that breakfast duo Pete Mitchell and Geoff Lloyd could be poached by BBC Radio 2 by extending their contract to 2007.
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NewsDirty Bomb leads BBC1 autumn push
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey yesterday (Tuesday) unveiled her£221m autumn schedule with one of its highlights - a dramatisation of a dirty bomb exploding in London - immediately courting controversy.
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NewsBBC arts producer dies
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has led the tributes to documentary maker Nick Rossiter, who died suddenly on Friday (23 July) at the age of 43.
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NewsLive action heads Disney autumn line-up
Disney Channel has unveiled its line-up of shows for the autumn including a raft of live action series from the US.
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NewsHeggessey: I won't quit
Under fire BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey today fended off criticism that she should resign following a critical report of her channel by BBC governors.
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NewsTurner promotes Kilgarriff
The head of Turner Broadcasting's kids channels Richard Kilgarriff has been given responsibility for the company's entire portfolio of entertainment channels as part of a Europe-wide restructure.
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NewsNorton US show sets up camp on BBC3
BBC3 has acquired Graham Norton's US chat show in a move that will keep the camp comic exclusively on the BBC.
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NewsC4 locks in Ramsay
Channel 4 has locked Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay into an exclusive three-year UK deal.
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NewsUBC lifts sales
UBC Media, the group that is developing Channel 4's first radio venture, has reported a 78% rise in sales at its commercial division in the first quarter.
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NewsYentob expense inquiry to end this week
The investigation into alleged expenses abuses by BBC creative director Alan Yentob is expected to report by the end of the week.
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NewsS4C prepares for analogue switch-off
Welsh channel S4C is to reposition itself as a provider of live-events, including music sport and rural programming ahead of its switch to a digital only Welsh-language service.
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NewsS4C report: BBC should increase Welsh output
The BBC should increase its supply of programmes to Welsh channel S4C, a new report from the department of culture media and sport has argued.