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NewsThomas: cut jobs or make losses
BBC Resources chief executive Mark Thomas has acknowledged that the facilities company would have made losses and been forced to focus on “surviving rather than thriving” without this week's announced job cuts.
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NewsC4 to air drama shorts
Channel 4's Three Minute Wonders short documentary strand is to feature a series of dramas for the first time.
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News4Kids spreads Chaos in UK
4Kids Entertainment has sold the first season of kids adventure series Chaotic into the UK and France.
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NewsProject Kangaroo report due tomorrow
The Competition Commission will publish its provisional findings on the proposed BBC, ITV and Channel 4 joint video-on-demand service Project Kangaroo tomorrow (3 December).
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NewsSpooks spies 5.1m for BBC1
The penultimate episode of BBC1's spy drama series Spooks picked up a decent 5.1m (20.5%) at 9pm in the face of overwhelming competition from ITV1 at the time.
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NewsRamsay to cookalong with the Kiwis
Optomen International has sold Channel 4's Gordon Ramsay's Cookalong Live into New Zealand.
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NewsDoctor Who to regenerate on iTunes
The entire back catalogue of the new-look Doctor Who is to be made available for download from iTunes ahead of Christmas.
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NewsC4 to launch music zone with O2
Channel 4's on-demand service 4oD has teamed up with mobile operator O2 for its first dedicated music zone.
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NewsITV to embed ads in UGC
ITV have unveiled plans to embed advertising in all user generated content uploaded onto ITV Local.
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NewsUKTV snares Sparrowhawk exec
UKTV has hired Sparrowhawk Media executive Keith Porritt as its executive director, commercial.
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NewsDiamond declares Fat War
Former TV-am host Anne Diamond will appear in a one-off documentary for Sky Real Lives to kick off its Extraordinary Weight Loss Season next January.
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NewsBritney serenades 391,000
Sky 1's 90-minute profile of Britney Spears averaged a respectable 391,000 (1.8%) at 8pm, overshadowing most of the competition.
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NewsBarrowman's flash lands BBC in more hot water
The BBC has been forced to apologise again after actor John Barrowman exposed himself on a live Radio 1 show which was recorded on webcam.
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NewsITV3 orders first factual show
ITV3 has commissioned a glossy property show for its first factual series, based around it most popular dramas.
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NewsTV Critics 2 December ‘08
“No one who took part had anything interesting to say.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsEnt' Rights boss to leave
Nick Phillips, the chief executive of embattled kids company Entertainment Rights, is to leave the company in three days time.
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NewsBBC Resources to axe 210 jobs
BBC Resources could cut as many as 210 jobs as part of a restructure at the corporation-owned facilities business.
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NewsJeff Anderson to report to Jermey
ITV controller of current affairs and documentaries Jeff Anderson will begin reporting to Michael Jermey as part of the commissioning shake up at ITV.
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At-a-glance: The Media Festival
An overview of coverage from this year’s Media Festival, including Stephen Carter’s keynote, Phil Redmond’s empassioned speech, Jana Bennett’s take on swearing and why Kelvin MacKenzie believes Jonathan Ross’ career is over.
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NewsBBC's Bedell to join ITV
BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Elaine Bedell will replace outgoing ITV director of entertainment and comedy Paul Jackson as part of a wider shake up of the commercial broadcaster's commissioning team.