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NewsGodwin to run BBC children's
Joe Godwin has landed the most powerful job in British kids TV, after being named the new director of BBC children’s.
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NewsStraw to debate with BNP leader on Question Time
Justice Secretary Jack Straw will become the first senior Labour figure to debate with British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin when they appear together on BBC1’s Question Time.
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NewsBBC and Labour in fresh "bias" row
The reaction of the BBC to Government plans on the future of its funding has led the Culture Secretary to accuse the corporation of bias.
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NewsBall's chairman demands too much for ITV
Tony Ball wanted a £42m package to run ITV – but it was his demand to have the final veto over the company’s new chairman that caused negotiations to collapse.
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NewsITV and Ball: it's all off
ITV is back to square one in its search for a new chief executive after its board terminated discussions with Tony Ball.
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NewsLiving HD to launch next month
Living has set a date of 6 October for the launch of its HD service.
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NewsBlick turns to drama for BBC2 thriller
Marion and Geoff creator Hugo Blick is to move away from comedy and into fully blown crime drama with a major series for BBC2.
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NewsLabour and SNP clash over Scottish broadcaster proposal
Labour has clashed with the SNP after the nationalist party re-floated the idea of establishing a new independent Scottish broadcaster.
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NewsCBeebies to launch in US in BBCW expansion push
BBC Worldwide is gearing up to launch its preschool channel CBeebies in the US, bolstering its growing presence in the North American market.
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NewsHunt steps up warning over BBC Trust
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has given his strongest signal yet that a Conservative government would push to dismantle the BBC Trust in their first term if elected next year.
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NewsBBC ent boss defends Strictly strategy
BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT FORUM: BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Mark Linsey has defended the decision to pit Strictly Come Dancing directly against ITV1 juggernaut The X Factor, saying that it is a ‘longstanding tradition’ for the two main terrestrial broadcasters to compete on Saturday nights.
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NewsBBC Trust to review BBC1, 2 and 4
The BBC Trust has launched its biggest service review to date, encompassing BBC1, BBC2, BBC4 and the red button service.
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NewsBennett: We moved Strictly to serve audiences
The BBC scheduled Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor “exclusively” to serve audiences, BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has claimed.
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NewsBBC vetoes Armstrong and Miller's 'gipsy' joke
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Armstrong and Miller have agreed to cut the word ‘gipsy’ from a sketch in their forthcoming series after “debate” with BBC executives.
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NewsBBC eyes up older women
BBC director general Mark Thompson has set BBC News a 12-month deadline to recruit a female presenter over 50, as the corporation battles accusations of ageism.
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NewsRoundtable expands operation
Roundtable Films, the London post house set up by former Broadcast Hot Shot Ash Jenkins, is moving into bigger premises as it looks to expand the cost-effective services it offers to independent film-makers.
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NewsITFC in key tapeless role for Five
ITFC will play a key role in Five’s ongoing move to tapeless after kicking off a five-year deal to prepare all of the broadcaster’s acquired programming for transmission.
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ITN lines up Megahertz to build news truck
Systems integrator Megahertz has won the contract to build a new links vehicle for ITN.
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NewsBBC lines up spoof web review
Comedians Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller have revived their cultural critic characters Craig and Martin for a spoof online review show for the BBC.
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Torchwood writer Moran pens web thriller
Doctor Who and Torchwood writer James Moran is to make his directorial debut with a web-only crime thriller.