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NewsBSkyB and Ofcom on collision course
BSkyB is set for a legal battle with Ofcom after the regulator proposed forcing the satellite giant to offer its premium sports and movie channels to rival pay TV operators for fixed sums.
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NewsBBC reveals controller salaries
The BBC’s four main TV channel controllers took home at least £880,000 combined last year, but none of them troubled the corporation’s list of the top 15 earners.
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BBC paid out for Bennett's stolen handbag
Jana Bennett claimed £500 to help replace a stolen handbag in 2008/09, and the BBC forked out £641.25 for its television controllers to “discuss projects” at a dinner.
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Gardner spent almost £8,000 on hospitality
Julie Gardner spent more on entertaining than any BBC executive bar Mark Thompson last year, in her role as BBC Wales head of drama and BBC head of independent drama commissioning in the nations and regions.
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NewsExpenses: the hidden cost of Sachsgate
The BBC paid more than £2,200 to fly Mark Thompson’s family home after the director general cut short his holiday to deal with the Sachsgate affair.
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NewsTV’s week of woe as indies face up to survival battle
Town House TV and Distraction Formats have joined Setanta as the latest victims of the financial crisis in TV, as exclusive research by Broadcast paints a gloomy picture of the production sector.
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NewsTaxis, handbags and lunches: BBC expenses laid bare
The BBC is to publish the names, salaries and line-by-line expenses of its top earners and decision-makers, as part of a new transparency drive across the corporation.
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NewsIndies battle for ESPN Premiership contract
North One, Sunset + Vine and TWI are set to vie for the contract to produce ESPN’s Premier League coverage, but they could come up against Sky’s production teams.
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NewsFX UK buys HBO’s Eastbound for its comedy push
FX UK, winner of channel of the year in last week’s Broadcast Digital Awards, has picked up the first two seasons of HBO comedy Eastbound & Down following the LA Screenings last month.
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NewsNBC plans to ditch Hallmark UK brand
NBC Universal is working on plans to replace Hallmark Channel in the UK with Universal Channel as part of a shake-up of its portfolio.
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NewsFive lines up Brain battle for entertainment drive
Five will kick off its move into entertainment under Richard Woolfe with a Krypton Factor-style gameshow.
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NewsMeet the Natives to get Amish twist
Keo Films is to bring Amish youths to Britain in a follow-up to Channel 4’s “reverse anthropology” series, Meet the Natives.
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NewsITV rejected Impossible’s offer of budget Primeval
Impossible Pictures offered to make a fourth series of ITV1’s CGI drama Primeval for less than £600,000 an episode - but even that was not enough of a bargain to convince the broadcaster to reorder the show.
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NewsBBC adaptation heads to the US
The BBC’s adaptation of award-winning novel Small Island will air in the US following a move by PBS, a key investor in UK drama, to come on board as co-producer.
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Twitter texts will promote C4 doc on Wild survival
Channel 4 will launch Tigress’ new extreme survival series Alone in the Wild with a 10-week Twitter campaign, based on a basic health and safety check.
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NewsThompson: BBC may axe regional partnership
BBC director general Mark Thompson has warned that the corporation could pull its regional news-sharing proposals if the government does not change its mind on top-slicing.
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NewsArmstrong to present Pointless daytime quiz
Comedian Alexander Armstrong is to present a BBC2 daytime quiz that puts a twist on the Family Fortunes formula of polling the public.
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NewsKeo builds on win to hatch web unit
River Cottage producer Keo Films is to build on the success of its Broadcast Digital Award-winning campaigning website, Chicken Out!, with a dedicated online unit.
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C4 is committed to docs but price worries remain
Channel 4 has committed to making another 40 editions of Dispatches and 30 of Cutting Edge in 2010, but factual producers still fear the effects of the channel’s cost-cutting.
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BBC1 goes Around the World with XM25 scheme
Former Touch Productions execs Nick Watts and Joseph Maxwell have teamed up with Nasa for the first project from their new company, Burning Blue Media.