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NewsBBC and unions to sit down with Acas
The BBC has agreed to meet unions for talks organised by industrial arbitration body Acas, in a bid to break the deadlock which sparked yesterday's strike.
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NewsRTS winner hits out at regional sport decline
ITV regional sport producer John Shires landed a Royal Television Society sports award last night and used his acceptance speech to accuse ITV bosses of neglecting regional sport.
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NewsAmazing Race heads to Flextech
Flextech has picked up the exclusive UK rights to Jerry Bruckheimer's Emmy award-winning CBS reality show The Amazing Raceas part of a trio of deals with Buena Vista International Television.
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NewsStrike brings mixed results for BBC1's news
BBC1's news programmes that were disrupted by the corporation's strike action gained a mixed response from the viewers with The Six O'Clock Newsgaining a relatively low 3.7 million (22.3%).
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NewsCommunity Channel goes interactive
The Community Channel is launching a new interactive service to mark the Year of the Volunteer.
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NewsReality show pulled after contestant's death
The History Channel has pulled reality TV show The Colonyfrom its summer schedule after one of its participants was found dead last weekend.
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NewsBBC refuses to negotiate
The BBC dug its heals in over its battle with the unions today, with deputy director general Mark Byford refusing to negotiate over proposals to axe 3,780 jobs.
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NewsBBC: we shouldn't share licence fee
The BBC has called for the licence fee to be kept in place until after digital switchover in 2016, and has rejected the idea of letting other broadcasters compete for a share.
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News12.8m see Arsenal lift FA Cup
BBC1's coverage of the penalty shoot-out in the FA Cup Final gave the channel a peak audience of 12.8 million (67.1%) at 5.30pm, its highest audience for the game since 1996.
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NewsBBC DG to speak at religious conference
BBC director general Mark Thompson is to offer an olive branch to religious groups by making a key speech at a conference on religion and media.
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NewsC4 under-threat racing up for awards
Channel 4 Racing is in the running for three Royal Television Society sports awards tonight, in the same week channel executives decide whether or not to axe racing coverage because of costs.
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NewsC4 shifts Hamburg Cell to South America
Channel 4 International has sold Mentorn's award-winning drama-doc Hamburg Cell, which explores the lives of the people behind the September 11 bombings, to Latin America.
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NewsGrant Mitchell back in Albert Square
BBC drama chief John Yorke has made his first significant move to get the flagship soap back on track after persuading Ross Kemp to reprise his role as hardman Grant Mitchell.
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NewsStrikes chaos hits BBC
Up to 13,000 BBC staff across the country have joined the first in a series of 24-hour strikes today, causing chaos in the corporation's TV and radio schedules.
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NewsAnglia axes 50 jobs
ITV axed more regional jobs, with nearly 50 redundancies set to be made at Anglia.
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NewsLove Island appeals to 3.9m
Viewers haven't quite deserted ITV1's Celebrity Love Islandjust yet as the reality show picked up an extra 500,000 viewers last night to average 3.9 million (20.2%) at 10pm.
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NewsLove Island goes mobile
Footage of ITV's ratings disaster Celebrity Love Islandis to be offered to mobile phone users next week, as part of a new TV service from Orange.
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NewsHolmes joins Sky News
Former GMTV anchorman Eamonn Holmes is joining Sky News to host its breakfast show Sunrise.
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NewsMentorn chief quits
Mentorn managing director Charles Thompson has quit after three years in the post with no new job lined up.
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NewsTV Wrap delivers petition to No 10
The pressure group TV Wrap will take a petition to Downing Street today (Friday 20 May 2005) in its continued effort to improve working conditions for freelancers.