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NewsRoot in talks over BBC1
Former BBC2 controller Jane Root has held talks with BBC chiefs about the possibility of returning to the UK to become controller of BBC1.
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NewsC4 buys stake in Oneword radio
Channel 4 has kicked off its expansion into radio by taking a controlling stake in a national digital station.
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NewsBirt to give MacTaggart lecture
Former BBC director general John Birt has been lined up to give this year's prestigious MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival.
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NewsEvans in talks for radio return
Chris Evans has held talks with three major radio groups over fronting a new weekly show that would be broadcast nationwide across the main commercial radio stations.
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Production - So you wanna be in the mobiles?
Third generation mobile phones have tremendous potential, and the race is on to produce the first really compelling content. Peter Keighron reports.
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Comment - BBC's Carte Blanche?
The treatment of a complaint made by a participant in a 2002 BBC2 documentary shows how hard it is to hold the BBC to account for its mistakes, argues David Elstein.
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Opinion - In my view - Is TV fair to teenagers?
Troubled teenagers may make great TV but the emphasis on the difficult ones is giving a misleading picture, says Daisy Goodwin.
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Analysis - Do you feel lucky?
Lottery fever is way past its peak in the UK so as Camelot turns to multichannel in an attempt to widen its audience, the BBC is casting around for new concepts for the Saturday night show, writes Peter Keighron.
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Strictly ... format to net BBC over£20m
Strictly Come Dancing is set to net over£20m for the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, the corporation said this week, writes Geoff White.
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C4 puts£13.5m more into event drama.
Channel 4 is pumping an extra£13.5m into drama next year after freeing up cash from
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NewsBritain's Streets of Vice attracts 800,000
BBC1's controversial edition of its morning documentary Britain's Streets of Vice, which attracted around 200 complaints, gained an audience of just 800,000 (21%) at 9.15am, its lowest in the series.
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NewsBBC3 bags US Office remake
BBC3 has grabbed the rights to show the US version of smash hit sitcom The Office, which launches in on NBC at the end of the month.
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NewsTop Up TV rapped by ASA
Top Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview, has been reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for trying to pass off five channels as 10.
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NewsPEER POLL: Nathan Barley
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Nathan Barley funny (ha ha)?
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NewsBBC slammed for paying Martin burglar
The BBC has been criticised for paying£4,500 for an exclusive interview with one of the men shot by Norfolk farmer Tony Martin.
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NewsTen Alps gets musical
Ten Alps, the indie co-founded by Sir Bob Geldof, is to launch a music events division and has poached a BBC Radio 1 executive to run it.
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NewsChristian body sues BBC
The BBC is being taken to court by a prominent Christian group over its decision to screen the controversial play Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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NewsBBC4 revives Quatermass Experiment
BBC4 has put a remake of 1950s classic live sci-fi drama The Quatermass Experimentat the heart of its summer season.
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NewsSpooks captures interactive Bafta
Spooks Interactivelast night won the top iTV accolade at the Bafta Interactive Awards. The red button offering picked up Bafta's Interactive TV award and was among three trophies that the BBC grabbed at the Café Royal, London.
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News5.5m tuck-in to Jamie's School Dinners
Channel 4's series Jamie's School Dinnerswent from strength to strength last night with the second episode hitting a peak of 5.5 million (24%) at the end.