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NewsThompson to cut BBC management board
New BBC director general Mark Thompson is today expected to unveil radical changes to the corporation's executive committee management board which could see its membership cut in half.
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NewsThompson unveils new BBC management
New BBC director general Mark Thompson has unveiled radical plans for the re-organisation of the corporation in a speech to all 28,000 staff.
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NewsLighting: Five could buy Flextech
Five chief executive Jane Lighting has signalled an interest in buying Telewest's content business Flextech.
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NewsTWG attacks Rajar measurement claims
The Wireless Group (TWG) chairman Kelvin MacKenzie has attacked radio audience board Rajar for 'scaremongering' over its claim that introducing electronic measurement would cost up to£25m a year.
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NewsThompson overhauls BBC top tier
New BBC director general Mark Thompson yesterday (Tuesday) unveiled his blueprint for the future of the corporation, with a radical overhaul of the way it is structured and a warning that it must not be so 'arrogant'.
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NewsBBC to set up journalism college
The BBC is to set up its own multi-million pound journalism college as a consequence of the Hutton inquiry, it confirmed this morning (Wednesday).
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Ratings3.5m see Henman struggle
Tim Henman's first round Wimbledon game against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo drew daytime viewers to BBC1 as the match peaked at 3.5 million (40.8%) at 16.05.
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BBC joins Russia for Space Race
The BBC is to make its first co-production with a Russian broadcaster with a£3m landmark docu-drama series that aims to give the definitive story of the Cold War race to be the first in space.
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Popstars back in fresh guise
Popstars - the ITV show which launched Hear'say and Girls Aloud - is to return for a third series, this time creating boy-girl duets.
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ITV picks off-peak chief
ITV has poached the BBC's daytime scheduling chief, Stephen Price, to join its newly created off-peak unit.
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Curwen quits Folio to set up own indie
Folio head of programmes Nick Curwin has quit to set up a factual indie and has already secured a development retainer from Channel 4 and a number of commissions.
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Pact challenges budget squeeze
Producers' alliance Pact is complaining to Ofcom that the BBC and Channel 4 are trying to cut indie production budgets to claw back money lost as a result of rights changes.
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BBC lays out news academy plan
BBC star reporters such as Andrew Marr and John Simpson are to help train fledgling news recruits as part of plans for a multimillion pound BBC journalism college.
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All3Media eyes Shameless indie
All3Media, the media group run by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, is understood to be eyeing Company Pictures, the producer of Channel 4's Shameless , as its next acquisition target.
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NewsC4 experiment tests steroids on athletes
Athletes are to be injected with anabolic steroids for a Channel 4 programme that will attempt to measure the impact of performance-enhancing drugs.
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NewsITV pumps extra£36m into digital brands
ITV is pumping an extra£36m into its digital channel strategy in a bid to triple its income from multichannel broadcasting.
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RatingsReality check for ?Evil' BB
Ofcom is fast-tracking an investigation into viewer concerns over Big Brother after receiving 215 complaints about last week's outburst of violence.
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NewsThompson stamps authority on BBC
New BBC director general Mark Thompson moved swiftly to establish a new regime this week, tearing up Greg Dyke's management structure and launching a series of internal reviews.
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BBC puts footage sales into Motion
The BBC has launched a new web-based clip sales service which it hopes will double the amount of revenue it gets from selling footage such as The Blue Planet within four years.
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Canada is next to show The Bill
Canada will become the 43rd country to screen ITV1 police drama The Billafter it was sold to cable channel Showcase