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BBC apologises for Bowen/Adie gaffe
Corporation says line of questioning which revealed Tony Blair's travel plans 'should not have happened'
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World Service asks for extra£3m
Broadcaster claims additional funding is needed to meet costs of covering war on terrorism
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Music publishers reach online content licensing deal
Record companies will no longer have to clear songs with individual publishers
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Future of Sam's Game hangs in the balance
Davina McCall's first venture into acting set for the axe following a mauling from critics and indifference from viewers
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ITV poaches comedian Harry Hill for new series
Production company Avalon Television is to produce The All New Harry Hill Show for ITV1 after the comedian signed a two-year deal with the channel writes Jon RogersITV controller of comedy
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ITV1's Millionaire? loses out again
Ratings banker has met its match in Casualty and spin-off Holby City while Channel 4 finds Channel 5 more than a handful in peak-time
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SMG offers redundancy to all staff
Scottish and Grampian ITV franchise holder invites its 1,700 workforce to file voluntary redundancy applications and refuses to rule out compulsory cuts
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NewsBBC4 gets back into Thick of It
BBC4 is bringing The Thick of Itback for another special, picking up from where the hour-long Christmas edition left off.
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ITV Digital slashes fees
Broadcaster offers premium packages to subscribers for£1 a month in desperate bid to reduce churn
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Granada to reward good ideas with slice of profits
Staff responsible for successful formats to reap back-end rewards following company-wide pay freeze
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Al Jazeera eyes UK expansion
Arabic broadcaster considers spin-off services such as a documentary channel showcasing work from independent Arabic film-makers
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Broadband projects to enjoy tax-breaks
Government mulls package of ideas including film industry-style tax breaks for content providers to help it achieve its flagging 'Broadband Britain' goal
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Producers pour scorn on C4's indie plan
Indie heads raise anti-competitiveness concerns as Wall to Wall managing director and member of Pact's television policy group Alex Graham is accused of a conflict of interest
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BSkyB takes sci-fi mutants primetime
Sky One has bought 22 x 60-minute sci-fi series Mutant X for its primetime line-up from US producer Tribune Entertainment.Sky One deputy head of broadcast and production Kate Marsh and
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Wark Clements to make BBC Scotland factuals
Glasgow-based indie Wark Clements has secured two factual commissions from BBC Scotland commissioning editor for television Ewan Angus, writes Penny HughesThe first order is Great Scots, a 3 x 60-minute series
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Channel 5 set to air BFM crime series
Channel 5 senior programme controller Chris Shaw has commissioned indie BFM Productions to make a series exploring 100 years of forensic photography.The 3 x 60-minute series, called Shooting the Crime, will
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Channel X strikes deals for fans and pans
E4 commissioning editor Damon Beesley has ordered a new quiz show from indie Channel X in which two teams of fans are pitted against each other.The 20 x 30-minute Fanorama will
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Paranormal special broadens uk horizons
UK Horizons channel editor Dominic Vallely has commissioned two new programmes for a special themed weekend called Haunted.Secrets of the Paranormal, produced by BBC Worldwide's interactive arm, will be a 60-minute