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BBC1 strengthens popular factual slate
Two Reality tv programmes and a chat show feature among channel's new commissions
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Murdoch facing initial $2.4 billion deficit on DirecTV-Sky Global deal
Investment bank report says News Corp facing 'significant near-term negative' on deal, but long term benefits 'far outweigh this very near term assesment'
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Granada to create genre heads in production rejig
Granada is gearing up to make sweeping changes to its production structure as part of a further attempt to streamline its internal management.Newly appointed Granada Content managing director Simon Shaps is
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THE END NEARS FOR THE GANG
BBC chairman Christopher Bland and director general Greg Dyke will break an on-off working relationship that has spanned more than 10 years when Bland steps down as chairman later this summer.
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NATIONAL LOTTERY TO GIVE MILLIONS TO DIGITISE FOOTAGE
Several UK media companies will next week receive lottery handouts of up to£1m to help digitise their archives, writes David Wood.
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BBC 1 unveils celeb format
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has greenlit a new celebrity chat show-cum-reality format that will see famous people moving into the homes of their fans, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Bectu wins fight over holiday pay
Rules Barring broadcast staff on short-term contracts from paid holiday are to be scrapped following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, write Simon Ellery and Leigh Holmwood.
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Dyke slams ITV's slur
BBC Director general Greg Dyke has sent a letter of rebuke to ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble following his public criticism of the BBC's interactive services, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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CBBC wants first tenders
The BBC's children's department CBBC is to open up its commissioning process to competitive tenders for the first time as it searches to find a follow-up to its pre-school hits Teletubbies
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Govt fast-tracks Ofcom bill
Media secretary Tessa Jowell and trade secretary Patricia Hewitt are set to surprise MPs by publishing the short bill to establish Ofcom next month, writes David Rose.
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Spanswick leaves Switchdigital
Switchdigital Multiplex director Simon Spanswick has left the company on the eve of its launch into Scotland and is set to take a new role at national multiplex operator Digital One, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC bolsters news teams for expansion
BBC News is to create 50 new posts as it expands its services across the BBC networks and creates specialist teams to produce news summaries, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Big Brother looks ahead to third run
Endemol Entertainment UK controller of entertainment Ruth Wrigley is already working on plans for Big Brother 3, despite the fact the existing house in Bow will be torn down in three months' time, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 Ideas Lab hangs in limbo
The future of Channel 4's Ideas Lab hung in the balance this week following the expected departure of its head Liz Warner, write Penny Hughes and Georgina Lipscomb.
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MELLOR FACES CAMERA
Writer Kay Mellor is to step in front of the camera for one-off ITV comedy drama A Good Thief, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC REPORT LIMITED
The findings of the delayed BBC Worldwide review - to be announced in a fortnight's time - will not be published in full. The review's recommendations will be publicised, although insiders