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NewsBennett hires news exec to police WoCC
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has promoted a former BBC news executive to police the corporation's controversial new Window of Creative Competition (WoCC).
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NewsC4 in£2m public art project
Channel 4 is hoping to do for public art what Jamie's School Dinners did for school cuisine, by pumping£2m into a scheme to create civic artworks across the UK.
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NewsGrade: I will not stifle creativity
BBC chairman Michael Grade has vowed not to let his legacy be one of cutting back on creativity, despite announcing more stringent measures to hold the corporation to account.
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Interview: Michael Grade
After reforming the governors and fresh from an unholy row about the level of the BBC's next licence fee settlement, chairman Michael Grade tells Conor Dignam what the corporation is doing right and what it could do better.
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You're beautiful to me
Having inadvertently offended commissioning editors everywhere, Steven D Wright tries to atone - with shameless flattery.
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A super-size talent for change
Super-Size Me auteur Morgan Spurlock has taken his brand of campaigning humour from film onto television.
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Colour me digital: DI unravelled
Digital intermediate (DI) is the new buzzword floating around film-based post houses - but what does it mean for the TV industry? David Wood investigates while Kevin Hilton looks at the new skills the process will require of Soho's online editors and colourists.
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Under fire at BBC news
Dismissing criticisms that BBC TV news has lost its nerve, its new chief, Peter Horrocks, is more interested in discussing his reforms to the news and his ambitions to put News 24 ahead of Sky News, writes Steve Clarke.
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Growing up in public
BBC3 has had its fair share of critical and popular successes, notably in comedy, yet it continues to struggle with its PSB brief - leaving a fine line for Stuart Murphy's successor to tread.
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Watching the future
Watching content on the move and on many different platforms is inevitable, says Andrew Heselwood, but in all the excitement over new delivery methods content must remain king.
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Blowing the BBC's trumpet
Talk of a brain drain may be exaggerated but the BBC could do more to sell itself as a creative place to work, writes Kenton Allen.
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Is this the revolution?
Are changes to governance at the BBC more window-dressing than genuine transformation, asks Lisa Campbell, Deputy Editor.
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Indie Done and Dusted opens in New York
Indie Done And Dusted has set up a New York office after winning the contract to film the Victoria's Secret fashion show in the city.
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UK radio groups band together for music week
Commercial radio groups are looking to revisit the success of UK RadioAid and UK Leaders Live, by uniting for a new event dubbed British Music Week.
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ITV4 competes for male attention
ITV's latest multichannel venture, ITV4, will launch next week into an already competitive market for male viewers.
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ITV politics bids in
ITV has closed bids for the contract to produce its new Sunday morning political format, with a shortlist due within the next few weeks. Eight indies - Mentorn, Juniper Communications, Talkback Thames, Flame, North One, Lion Television, Ten Alps and Granada ' have put in bids for the show, which ...
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Five airs bird flu doc
Five is to bring the battle against bird flu to UK screens after acquiring a National Geographic and Electric Pictures co-production with the working title Race Against the Killer Flu. The documentary uses CGI and re-enactments to explain how a bird flu pandemic could develop and what its impact would ...
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Sky News gains
The relaunch of Sky News on Monday (24 October) brought modest gains but the 24-hour news channel was still outperformed by BBC News 24. Across the day Sky News ended with a share of 0.53%, marginally behind BBC News 24 on 0.58% and largely in line with what both channels ...
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Immedia bailed out
Immedia Broadcasting, the instore radio company set up by former Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brooks, has been given a new lease of life following a deal with Northcliffe Retail. The company, which reported growing losses in the first half of the year to August of£273,000, will provide instore radio services ...
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NewsMitchells return
The return of the Mitchell brothers to EastEnders gave a much needed boost to the BBC1 soap with an average audience of 13.1 million (52.7%) at 8pm on Monday night (24 October). The 30-minute show gained a peak audience of 13.6 million (53.9%) halfway through.