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Ofcom fines porn channel£50,000
Ofcom has imposed its first fine on a broadcaster. Satellite channel XplicitXXX, owned by the Digital Television Production Company, was ordered to pay£50,000 for broadcasting unencrypted hardcore sex between 8.30pm and 10pm on 8 April this year by mistake.
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NewsDigital switchover set to cost£1bn
Broadcasters have told media secretary Tessa Jowell that the cost of digital switchover could be as high as£1bn.
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NewsPact warns ITV over terms of trade
Pact chief executive John McVay fired a warning shot at ITV this week, saying he was very near to making a formal complaint to Ofcom if the broadcaster does not begin new terms of trade discussions with independent producers very soon.
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NewsBBC halts£6m film as Equity cries foul
A£6m BBC project to create a big-screen movie made entirely by amateurs is facing the axe amid criticism from actors' union Equity that it would deprive professional actors of work.
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NewsFive show puts celebs in 19th-century farm
Five's new reality show from Big Brother producer Endemol will challenge celebrities to fend for themselves on a 19th-century farm.
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Pact pushes for better radio deal
Producers' alliance Pact is lobbying the BBC in an attempt to secure improved terms of trade for its members that make radio programmes.
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BBC to send soap stars to Africa
Characters from BBC1 soaps such as EastEnders could find themselves in Africa next summer as part of plans to relocate the channel to the continent for a week of special programming.
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NewsSambrook: Hutton no longer an issue for us
Outgoing BBC director of news Richard Sambrook claimed this week the Hutton inquiry was no longer an issue for the corporation's journalists.
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Crown Media ends Hallmark bidding
The deadline for firm bids for Crown Media's international Hallmark business closed this week, with Japanese giant Sony tipped as the strongest bidder.
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Making Waves pulled after failing to make a splash
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has pulled the channel's ambitious£6m naval drama Making Waves from peaktime after disappointing ratings.
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EPG criteria to be made public
BSkyB and other electronic programme guide (EPG) publishers were this week told by Ofcom that they must make public the criteria they use to decide where channels are placed.
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A tale of two controllers
Although BBC1 and BBC2's controllers have unveiled two very different autumn schedules, both are relying heavily on popular factual programming to draw peaktime audiences
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NewsFamily tree show heads BBC2 line-up
New BBC2 controller Roly Keating this morning (Wednesday) unveiled his first autumn schedule since replacing Jane Root last month - although he admitted he couldn't take any of the credit for the programming.
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NewsPorn channel fined£50k
Media watchdog Ofcom has imposed its first fine since setting up in January, by ordering a satellite channel to pay£50,000 for broadcasting unencrypted hardcore sex in the early evening.
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NewsVirgin's Pete and Geoff stay put
Virgin Radio has ended speculation that breakfast duo Pete Mitchell and Geoff Lloyd could be poached by BBC Radio 2 by extending their contract to 2007.
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NewsDirty Bomb leads BBC1 autumn push
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey yesterday (Tuesday) unveiled her£221m autumn schedule with one of its highlights - a dramatisation of a dirty bomb exploding in London - immediately courting controversy.
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NewsBBC arts producer dies
BBC creative director Alan Yentob has led the tributes to documentary maker Nick Rossiter, who died suddenly on Friday (23 July) at the age of 43.
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NewsLive action heads Disney autumn line-up
Disney Channel has unveiled its line-up of shows for the autumn including a raft of live action series from the US.
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NewsHeggessey: I won't quit
Under fire BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey today fended off criticism that she should resign following a critical report of her channel by BBC governors.