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NewsS4C exec admits 'I wasn't Newsnight editor'
The man brought in as S4C’s interim boss has been forced to confirm he had not been the editor of Newsnight and Panorama, despite stating so on his company website.
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NewsOfcom study reveals UK's media addiction
Consumers are spending almost half their waking hours watching TV and using their mobiles and other communications gadgets, a study has found.
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NewsWorld Cup boosts TV watching time
Wall to wall coverage of the World Cup boosted the number of hours people spent watching television in the first six months of this year, according to research published today.
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NewsBBC bid to put brakes on The Stig's Top Gear book
The BBC is fighting to keep Top Gear’s mystery driver The Stig from revealing his identity, it has emerged.
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19 Aug '10
“Hippo and budgerigar all over again to my mind.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsStrike called off as Bectu asks S&PP to re-offer original deal
BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) has agreed to Bectu’s request to re-offer an original transitional payments proposal for EastEnders staff working in Elstree.
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NewsTrio to launch IPTV platform
Capablue, TV Genius and Brightcove have come together to develop a new online video platform, with STV lined up to become its first broadcast client.
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NewsViewers happy to watch lower-quality video
Broadcasters looking for ways to deal with the growing pressure on bandwidth could be buoyed by the findings of a new viewer study from the US.
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NewsC4 to stream events in Paralympics drive
Channel 4 plans to stream a raft of key disabled sporting events on a dedicated website over the next year to build viewer appetite for the 2012 Paralympics.
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NewsGroups slam six-day week
Four major industry groups have rallied against the creeping introduction of six-day week freelance contracts, branding them “unethical and untenable”.
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NewsIndie peaktime share soars
Indies commanded more than half of peaktime spending by public service broadcasters for the first time in 2009, but their share of daytime TV spend was at a 10-year low.
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NewsThompson: pensions strike will be no help
The BBC and unions remain at loggerheads over the broadcaster’s proposed pension cuts, as director general Mark Thompson warned staff this week that industrial action will have no effect.
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NewsMale TV experts outnumber women four to one, study shows
City University has applied for a grant to study the representation of women in the media after an initial study into news programmes found that male experts outnumbered women by four to one.
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NewsZolkwer moves into ITV comedy hot seat
Claire Zolkwer is to become ITV’s new comedy supremo, with Michaela Hennessy-Vass leaving the broadcaster.
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NewsHMRC to update freelancers on Christopher Lunn investigation
Freelancers who use accountancy firm Christopher Lunn & Company will be updated this week on the ongoing investigation into the firm by HM Revenue & Customs.
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NewsPrincess boosts ent team with hire from rival
Princess Productions has bolstered its entertainment team by hiring Anna Blue from rival Gallowgate.
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NewsBBC’s Sanderson swaps Storyville for Review Show
BBC factual exec Greg Sanderson is swapping docs strand Storyville for The Review Show.
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NewsSTV to air Shed web drama Being Victor
Shed Media’s web drama Being Victor will transfer to TV this autumn after the producer struck a deal with Scottish broadcaster STV.
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NewsEmmerdale to air daily in Canada
ITV soap Emmerdale is to plough its way into Canadian schedules in a major new cable deal.
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NewsUKTV adds Peep Show to Dave
Dave will add Peep Show to its roster of comedy series after 4Rights sold 30 hours of programming to UKTV.