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NewsOfcom to fast-track penalties for major breaches
Ofcom has introduced new rules to ‘fast-track' penalties for the most serious breaches of its code following a spate of record fines last year.
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NewsPSB legislation may be accelerated
Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan has called for the PSB debate to be accelerated and culture secretary James Purnell seems to agree, suggesting that planned legislation will be brought forward.
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NewsPurnell rejects 'Arts Council of the air'
The culture secretary has poured cold water on proposals for an 'Arts Council of the air', warning that “posh” programmes would be marginalised under the scheme.
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NewsEntertainment Rights share price plummets
Entertainment Rights share price has plunged today after the company warned that its year-end profits would fall below market expectations.
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NewsITV1 seeks Trial and Retribution on BBC1
ITV1's ever-popular detective series Trial and Retribution made a successful return last night with a sizeable 6.5m viewers (27.7%) at 9pm.
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NewsWeakest Link to replace Neighbours
Neighbours is to be replaced by The Weakest Link when the long running soap moves from BBC1 to Five.
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NewsBranagh returns to Radio 3
Actor Kenneth Branagh will play Cyrano de Bergerac in a BBC Radio 3 production of the play to be transmitted on Easter Sunday (23 March).
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NewsHedge fund ups stake in Virgin Media
Hedge fund SRM Global Master Fund has again raised its stake in cable giant Virgin Media to 9.1%, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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NewsWorking Title reveals TV plans
Working Title, the company behind hit movies such as Atonement and Bridget Jones' Diary, is planning a return to TV drama.
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NewsTV Critics 18 January '08
'This was tosh, and lazy, derivative tosh'. Read on for more cutting criticism on last night's TV.
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NewsPurnell: BBC licence fee could be shared
The prospect of the next BBC licence fee being shared with other broadcasters has edged closer after culture secretary James Purnell said that public sector broadcasting needed to change radically to survive after switchover.
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NewsTV Critics 17 January '08
'Queer as Folk with phaser guns'. Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsC4 has Grand Designs on ITV1's Honest
The start of Channel 4's sixth series of Grand Designs got off to a cracking start with a sizeable 4.3m viewers (17.4%), putting it on a par with ITV1's drama Honest.
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NewsBBC Trust kicks off kids' review
The BBC Trust has commissioned a major review of all of the corporation's services for children and young people, from CBeebies to BBC3.
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Sir Michael Lyons: Putting audiences at the heart of the PSB review
Once upon a time you used to have to wait ages for a review of public service broadcasting. Now they seem to come along like the buses on the High Street here in Oxford: no sooner has one departed than another looms eagerly into view.
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NewsPut audience first, urges Lyons
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has made an impassioned plea to put the audience's needs at the heart of the public service broadcasting debate.
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Thomson to demo new edit station
Thomson Grass Valley will demonstrate its Edius Broadcast edit workstation 4.6 for the first time in Europe at Broadcast Live and VideoForum later this month.
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NewsPrivate equity to fund BDA growth
BDA, the broadcast design and promotions agency responsible for creating the on-screen identity for Setanta Sports and NBC Universal, has sold a 33% stake to private equity firm Octopus for£5m.
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Thomson edit station demo
Thomson Grass Valley will demonstrate its Edius Broadcast edit workstation 4.6 for the first time in Europe at Broadcast Live & VideoForum.