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NewsMaverick defends 'privacy lapse' claims
Maverick Television has defended leaving documents containing sensitive personal information outside its London offices.
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NewsDouglas breaks Sachsgate silence
Ex-BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has broken her silence and described the 'horrible' circumstances of her resignation following 'Sachsgate'.
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NewsWallander launches with 6.2m
BBC1's strongly promoted new drama series Wallander got off on the right foot at 9pm last night with 6.2m viewers (34%), but it wasn't enough to topple I'm a Celebrity... from the top spot.
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NewsDCD results buck downturn
DCD Media reported a revenue increase of 27% to£34m in its final results published this morning.
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NewsBBC sweeps kids' Baftas
The CBBC channel scooped the top prize at last night's children's Bafta awards that also saw Ragdoll Productions win best indie.
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NewsBritney boosts X Factor
The appearance of Britney Spears gave a significant boost to ITV1's The X Factor as the talent contest gained its highest audience of the current run with a huge audience of 11.9m (46% share) at 7.35pm.
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NewsTV Critics 31 November ‘08
“The series still probably won't appeal to fans of Heartbeat, but if you fancy an undoubtedly classy antidote to the cosy cop show, you could do a lot worse.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsSEO to inform scheduling of the future
Media Festival: Search engine optimisation will become the new scheduling as more content is commissioned across different platforms, Channel 4 director of new media Jon Gisby has declared.
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NewsCohen: There's still life in Phoo Action
Media Festival: BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has said the corporation may revive canned drama format Phoo Action - but that he could not justify spending£3m on taking it to a full series in its current state.
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NewsOfcom rap ITV1 over transport plan ads
Ofcom has rapped ITV1 Granada over an ad for the Greater Manchester transport plan, finding it breached the TV advertising code.
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NewsCall for PSB contracts to be open to public bodies
Media Festival: Enabling public bodies to bid for PSB contracts would create a “step change” for underserved genres and open up opportunities for indies not seen since the creation of Channel 4 in 1982, the chief executive of the UK Film Council has declared.
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NewsGeorge Sampson gets online series
Bebo will go behind the scenes with Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson in a special online series following the young street dancer.
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NewsITV3's Frost still has the Touch
ITV3 gained its best ever performance on a Thursday with a 2.5% of multichannel homes as a Touch of Frost repeat attracted 807,000 (3.98%) from 8pm.
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NewsITN secures Asian news agency deal
Asian News International - the company that has been producing much of the footage of the Mumbai terrorism attacks - has signed an exclusive representation deal with ITN Source.
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NewsCarter: BBC sharing plans should go beyond PSBs
Media Festival: Minister for communications, technology and broadcasting Stephen Carter has called on the BBC to extend its soon-to-be-announced information sharing initiative beyond the usual public service broadcasters.
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NewsFootball scores for Five
Five's decision to turn over virtually all of its peaktime schedule to live Uefa Cup action paid off with a share of 8.6%, its third highest of the year so far.
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NewsDemons to spawn ITV's first interactive game
ITV has unveiled plans to launch its first online interactive game themed on forthcoming Van Helsing drama Demons.
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NewsSky to appeal ITV stake decision
BSkyB has applied to the Competition Appeal Tribunal for permission to make its case to the Court of Appeal in a bid to keep its 17.9% stake in ITV plc.
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NewsEthnic mentoring scheme launched
All the major UK broadcasters and a number of indies have joined forces to create a black and ethic minority mentoring scheme.