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NewsToksvig wades into TV ageism row
The television industry does not value older women as much as their male counterparts, and women tend to get ahead by being young and pretty, comedian Sandi Toksvig has claimed.
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NewsChildren's Bafta list announced
TV presenter Richard Hammond is in the running for a Bafta after being nominated for his children’s show Blast Lab.
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NewsMore4 teams up with National Theatre for arts strand
More4 has created a new peaktime Saturday arts strand spanning ballet, theatre, literature and an offbeat ‘magic realist’ documentary.
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NewsCBS Reality secures Jerry Springer for launch
CBS Reality, one of the new channels to be launched in the UK next month by the US network giant, has added The Jerry Springer Show to its debut line-up.
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NewsBlaxill resurfaces at Bauer
Former BBC and Capital Radio executive Ric Blaxill has returned to Bauer Media as head of music for the Big City Network.
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NewsBBC's Gaelic channel under review
The BBC Trust is to consider whether Gaelic TV channel BBC Alba should get a Freeview slot, as part of a review of the service launched today.
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NewsBBC's Byford defends BNP Question Time
BBC deputy director general Mark Byford has fought back against the criticism surrounding the BNP’s appearance on Question Time and stated “I don’t regret it”.
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NewsSky Sports breaks Ofcom sponsorship rules
Sky Sports gave undue prominence to Specsavers’ sponsorship of the Hawk-Eye technology used in its Ashes coverage, Ofcom has ruled.
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NewsBBC to release Freeview capacity
The BBC is to auction off two of its under-used Freeview streams, to stop them “sitting idle” in the run up to 2012.
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NewsOccupation picks up Prix Europa
Occupation, the BBC Iraq war drama produced by Kudos, has won the Prix Europa for the best episode of a drama series or serial.
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NewsEvery British radio station to be digital by Christmas
A single website offering access to every British radio station could be developed by the end of the year, according to a report.
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NewsC4 chair search enters final stage
Final interviews for the Channel 4 chair take place this week, with former ITV and GCap chair Richard Eyre reported to be in the running.
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NewsQuestion Time exec defends BNP show
Question Time executive editor Gavin Allen has defended last week’s episode, claiming it was driven by its audience and was “Question Time as normal”.
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NewsBoomerang Plus profits down 19%
Welsh indie Boomerang Plus saw a 19% drop in operating profits in the year to 31 May because of delayed and cancelled projects, commissions which underperformed financially, and a “general downward pressure” on programming budgets.
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Animal Planet orders third look at weird animals
Animal Planet International and the Science Channel have teamed up to order a third series of Icon Films’ wildlife series Weird Creatures with Nick Baker.
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NewsGriffin: Question Time was a "lynch mob"
BNP leader has called for a re-run of his Question Time appearance, claiming the show’s format was changed to turn it into a “lynch mob”.
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NewsBBC seals £25.5m cash boost for kids
The BBC Trust has rubber stamped an extra £25.5m for the BBC’s children’s budget over the next three years - money that will be used to improve online audio services and regain lost audiences on BBC1 and the CBBC website.
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NewsBig Ben dropped from News At Ten
ITV’s News At Ten is undergoing a revamp, which will see the image of the Big Ben clock face dropped from the title sequence.
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NewsTop Gear shifts Down Under
Australian fans of Top Gear will need to change channels from early 2010, when the BBC motoring show shifts from SBS to the Nine Network.The deal includes Top Gear Australia, made by BBC Worldwide production partner Freehand, which has aired on SBS since September 2008.Julie Dowding, ...
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NewsTony Ball appointed chairman of Portland
Former BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball has been appointed chairman of the advisory council for communications consultancy Portland.