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DIGITAL TV CONSULTATION.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport and the Department of Trade & Industry have launched
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Clear Channel still eyeing UK market.
Lowry Mays, chief executive and chairman of the world's largest radio outfit, Clear Channel, claimed his company will become a major player in the UK radio market despite recently selling Jazz FM - its only UK radio interest, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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DEVELOPMENT BOOST.
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has announced a #5m boost in development money across all
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SPECIAL: CAMBRIDGE RADIO FESTIVAL - BBC: 'we'll sack rule breakers'.
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has sent a warning to BBC staff that they should be fired if they are found to have breached programming codes
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TAYLOR BACK IN COURT.
Former BBC Worldwide director of global marketing and brand development Jeff Taylor is to appear in
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BBC reporters vote against pay offer.
Journalists at the BBC could be balloted over a strike which would paralyse the corporation's news operation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Oscar-winner to make C4 co-production.
Kevin MacDonald, the director of the Oscar-winning documentary One Day in September, has unveiled his latest project - a film based on Joe Simpson's mountaineering novel Touching the Void, writes Penny Hughes
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Rabbatts ends order freeze at 4 Learning.
4 Learning managing director Heather Rabbatts has moved to end the nine-month programming gridlock at the Channel 4 education division by finally lifting the freeze on commissioning schools programmes, writes Penny Hughes
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New comedy drama for C4.
Channel 4 has commissioned a rare extended drama series, with a 10-part comedy from the team behind its hit series Teachers, writes Penny Hughes
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S4C IN #3M DEFICIT.
S4C's spend has exceeded its revenue for the second year running with a deficit of #3.3m
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ITC bolsters case for BBC 3.
The BBC said this week it was hopeful media secretary Tessa Jowell would soon approve digital youth channel BBC 3 after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) declared its impact on commercial rivals would be far less than previously thought, writes
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This Morning to get #1m boost.
Granada is giving a #1m revamp to embattled daytime show This Morning to try to reinvent
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ARTS STRAND FOR BBC 1.
BBC 1 is to get a new arts strand as part of the BBC's renewed commitment
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RATINGS - Game, set and match to BBC 1 in peaktime.
BBC 1 scored a double victory with its live coverage of both Wimbledon and the World Cup final this week, writes Jon Rogers
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Grace buoyed by CITV revamp.
ITV is attempting to reinvigorate its children's output following a restructure of the department by controller Janie Grace, writes Steve Aston
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Broadband to get government cash.
Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce cash boosts for broadband services in his public spending review later this month, write David Rose and David Wood
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Pact in tax break 'victory'.
Producers' Alliance Pact is claiming a major victory after the government this week succumbed to industry
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Call-handling dispute may disrupt BBC shows.
Crimewatch, the flagship BBC programme which relies on viewers' phone tip-offs to catch criminals, could be seriously undermined after call-handling staff threatened strike action, writes Leigh Holmwood
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WARNER OPENS MUSIC ARCHIVES.
UK broadcasters are to be given unprecedented access to the catalogues of Warner Music, which includes performances from artists such as REM, Madonna and The Corrs, as part of a new licensing initiative from the music giant, writes Paul Revoir
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C4 to opt for factual split.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is set to import one of the BBC's commissioning initiatives into Horseferry Road, splitting factual commissioning into two units - specialist and contemporary, writes Penny Hughes