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NewsAl Jazeera makes jailed reporter bureau chief
Al Jazeera has appointed a reporter currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for collaborating with Al Qaeda as the chief of its planned Madrid office.
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NewsJoe Public to pitch to TV execs
Members of the public will be given the opportunity to pitch their ideas for new TV shows in a Pop Idol-style live event next week.
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NewsScott quits Pact for indie
Pact's director of nations and regions, Margaret Scott, is quitting the producers' body to join Glasgow-based producer MnE.
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NewsBBC1's EastEnders slumps to 3.9m
BBC1's flagship show EastEndersfell to its lowest ever audience last night with just 3.9 million (23.1%) viewers at 7.30pm, losing out to an extended Emmerdaleon ITV1.
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NewsNew boss for BBC People
BT executive Stephen Kelly has been named the new director of BBC People, the corporation's recently restructured human resource division.
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NewsThe new radio four
C4's plans for radio and how the broadcaster was received at the Radio Festival
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NewsNollywood movie channel prepares launch
Americans have Hollywood, Indians Bollywood, and Nigerians in the UK will soon have Nollywood Movies, a channel dedicated to Nigerian films.
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NewsMade in Manchester bags Wisdom for Laurel and Hardy show
Made in Manchester Productions has secured veteran British comedian Sir Norman Wisdom as the presenter for its first national radio commission.
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NewsComment - Last of the big spenders?
The BBC has shown a lack of judgement in paying top whack for toptalent and execs - and will lose out in licence fee cash, writes ConorDignam, Editor.
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NewsLove Island continues to lose viewers
ITV1's Love Islandcame off the worse for wear in its first head-to-head confrontation with Big Brotherat 10pm with just 2.1 million (10.6%) tuning in.
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NewsGrade answers pay rise critics
BBC chairman Michael Grade has hit back at accusations of 'fat cat' salaries at the corporation, as he once again defended above-inflation pay rises for its executive board.
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NewsMaidstone Studios wins Trisha series
Warring audience members will now be housed under a new roof as Five's The Trisha Goddard Show moves from Teddington Studios to Maidstone in a two-year,£1.75m deal.
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NewsLife on the road in an OB outfit
What are the challenges that OB engineers have faced on the road?
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NewsMurphy in talks to join TwoFour
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy is in talks to join TwoFour Broadcast, three months after his forced exit from RDF Media Group.
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ITV reorders Planet Sketch
Decode Entertainment and Aardman Animations have been commissioned by CITV and Canadian broadcaster Teletoon to make a further 26 x 11-minute episodes of its hit animated series Planet Sketch.
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Hawken joins indie Outline Productions
Helen Hawken, the former Endemol UK senior producer who was instrumental in launching Big Brotheron Channel 4, has joined Outline Productions as an executive producer on the indie's growing batch of new reality commissions.
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Gerrie poaches Initial staff for start-up
Former Initial chief executive Malcolm Gerrie has poached two senior staffers from the Endemol-owned producer to form the senior management team of his start-up indie.
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Format Focus: Inked
This docu-soap format goes behind the scenes at a glamorous tattoo parlour in a Vegas casino.
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RDF to film sumo women
Channel 4 is to follow the journey of a group of larger than life women as they learn the ancient art of sumo wrestling in order to compete at the World Championships in Japan later this year.