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Jowell may act to safeguard indies.
Producers' alliance Pact was this week confident that the government would seriously consider its proposals for an indie code of practice after getting what it claimed was positive feedback from media secretary Tessa Jowell, writes Jane Marlow
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BBC defends DTT offering.
The BBC has defended the channel line-up on the new digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform it
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Star to make millionaire kids.
Children will be given the chance to become 'millionaires' in a new show stemming from a deal between Celador Productions and the News Corporation-owned Asian channel Star Plus, writes Penny Hughes
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Lack of diversity 'threatens' TV.
ITV joint managing director Clive Jones has warned that factual programming will be seriously damaged if broadcasters do not address cultural diversity issues, as new Skillset research revealed that 96 per cent of UK journalists are white, writes Penny Hu
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BBC radio may need rejig to keep share.
BBC Radios 1 and 2 may have to be repositioned once again within the next five years in order to retain their market share, according to a new report, writes Steve Aston
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Jowell to face lobby over third world docs.
Third World pressure group 3WE is to lobby media secretary Tessa Jowell next week to stiffen the communication bills requirements for broadcasters to cover developing world issues, writes David Wood
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UK History will be run by UK Horizons.
The new UK History channel, proposed as part of the successful BBC/Crown Castle DTT bid, will be run by the UK Horizons team, it was revealed this week, writes Paul Revoir
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BBC puts off factual reforms yet again.
Disgruntled staff in the BBC's general factual department will have to wait until the end of the summer for its troubled commissioning system to be overhauled, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Liddiment role to be beefed up.
Carlton and Granada are looking to enhance the ITV director of channels job in the wake of David Liddiment's decision last week to quit the channel after five years, writes Colin Robertson
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PREBBLE JOINS PANEL.
Former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble will sit on a panel at this year's Guardian Edinburgh
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DESMOND JERSEY MOVE.
Northern & Shell chairman Richard Desmond has transferred ownership of his adult satellite channel Television X
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DAVIES TO FACE MPS.
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies will face questions from the House of Commons' media select committee next
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NEAL EXPANDS BOX.
Former Channel 4 drama boss Gub Neal is to expand his indie, Box TV, with the
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OFCOM CHAIR DECISION.
The government is set to announce the appointment of the first chairman of new super-regulator Ofcom
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200 C4 staff will go in Thompson cuts.
Channel 4 is set to lose a fifth of its workforce as part of a radical
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League threatens ITV duo with 'direct action'.
The Football League has dramatically upped the ante in its battle with former ITV Digital shareholders
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Revamp for Sunday Grandstand.
One of the BBC's longest running programme brands, Sunday Grandstand, is to undergo a major revamp, writes Leigh Holmwood
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ITV lines up pilots for daytime.
ITV is attempting to draw more viewers to its troubled daytime schedule by launching a new dating show for single mums, writes Steve Aston
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Keating to drop dual role.
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has confirmed he is to give up his dual role as controller of arts commissioning as the BBC gears up to place added emphasis on the genre, writes Leigh Holmwood
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GAELIC SPORTS LAUNCH
A new pay-per-view sports channel offering coverage of less mainstream games launched on Sky Digital this week with Gaelic football and hurling. Setanta Sport will show the games every Sunday for the next 10 weeks for a trial period before buying in more sports coverage in the future