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NewsSky revamps Millbank studio
Sky News is putting the finishing touches to a move that will see the channel’s political editor Adam Boulton and special correspondents relocate from its Osterley base to a new multimedia studio at Millbank Studios in central London.
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NewsR4 orders Remembrance Sunday doc
BBC Radio 4 has ordered a fast-turnaround documentary from indie Made in Manchester to air on Remembrance Day.
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NewsBBC strikes: Twitter chat
As the BBC strikes take hold, presenters, commissioners and other industry figures share their thoughts on Twitter.
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NewsO'Reilly "squeezed out" of BBC, tribunal hears
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has said she was “squeezed out” of her job by senior figures at the BBC, who believed she had leaked stories to the press claiming the corporation had axed her and other female presenters because of ageism.
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NewsBBC unveils slate of 2011 docs
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Charlotte Moore has greenlit a 3 x 60-minute series for BBC2 on the medical treatment of disfigured children, as part of a raft of commissions for next year.
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NewsLords welcome Cable's BSkyB bid intervention
Business Secretary Vince Cable’s decision to refer News Corp’s £12 billion bid to take control of broadcasting giant BSkyB to regulator Ofcom has been welcomed in the Lords, where peers warned of the dangers of a concentration of media ownership.
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NewsCountryfile presenter warned over wrinkles
Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly was warned “to be careful with those wrinkles when high definition comes in” just nine months before she was dropped from the programme by the BBC, a tribunal has heard.
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NewsBBC strikes hit news output
Thousands of BBC journalists are on strike in a row over pensions which will disrupt radio and television schedules.
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NewsStrikes to hit Newsnight, Today and World At One
Newsnight, the Today programme and the World at One are expected to be cancelled as a result of the 48-hour strike over the BBC’s pension proposal, the NUJ has claimed.
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NewsAdvisory board to broaden Zig Zag horizons
Zig Zag Productions is creating an advisory board to help future-proof the business and has appointed Jeff Henry as its chairman.
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NewsC4 calls for more event-led shows
DOC/FEST: Channel 4’s head of specialist factual has called on indies to pitch braver and more event-led programming.
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NewsC4 doc head defends Seven Days
DOC/FEST: Channel 4’s deputy head of documentaries has defended Seven Days under combative questioning during a panel session at the Sheffield Doc Fest.
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Sky Player on Xbox gets social update
Sky has updated the Xbox version of its online TV service Sky Player with a range of interactive features including recommendations and reviews.
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Pact outlines plans for three YouView events
Pact is planning to hold three workshops intended to educate members about the creative, commercial and technical opportunities surrounding YouView and connected-TV services.
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Great Migrations: In the eye of a sandstorm
VIDEO: Watch cameraman Bob Poole find himself in the centre of a “giant sandblaster” - an African sandstorm - in behind the scenes footage from Nat Geo’s epic natural history series Great Migrations.
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NewsThompson urges staff to cross picket line
Mark Thompson has urged BBC staff not to “let down” licence fee payers by refusing to cross NUJ picket lines during the two day strike planned for Friday and Saturday
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NewsBBC apologises for Live Aid weapons reports
The BBC has “unreservedly” apologised for broadcasting a series of reports claiming money raised by Live Aid to fight famine in Ethiopia was spent on weapons.
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NewsCable intervenes in News Corp bid
Business secretary Vince Cable has said he is intervening in News Corp’s £12 billion bid to take control of broadcasting giant BSkyB and would refer the plans to regulator Ofcom.
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NewsHorrocks: 300 jobs at risk at BBC World Service
More than 300 jobs are at risk in the BBC’s international arm because of the effective 16% budget cut imposed on the broadcaster as part of Government austerity measures, an executive has said.