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NewsWelsh indies merge
Welsh indies Cwmni Da and Tonfedd-Eryri are set to merge after securing a development budget of£300,000 from broadcaster S4C.
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NewsThompson forgoes£135k bonus
BBC director general Mark Thompson has turned down an annual bonus worth around£135,000, claiming 'it wouldn't have felt right' taking the money while he axes nearly 4000 jobs.
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NewsTop of the Pops leaves BBC1 with 1.9m
BBC1's last edition of the long-running music show Top of the Popswas met largely with viewer indifference as the special programme only attracted 1.9 million (11.4%).
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NewsGrade defends bonuses
BBC chairman Michael Grade has stood by a governors' committee decision to award half a million pounds of bonuses, in the face of union calls to give the money back.
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NewsFive pulls Tarantino's CSI
Five pulled its much-hyped CSI: Crime Scene Investigationend of series finale last night due to the storyline ringing an unfortunate chord with events in London last week.
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NewsNewsnight under fire
The BBC has once again been forced to defend Newsnight's treatment of MP George Galloway during interviews.
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NewsS4C hands out£1m development cash
Welsh broadcaster S4C has handed out£1m in development funding to five local indies.
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NewsITV1 stacks up daytime orders
ITV1 has commissioned three new shows for its daytime schedule, including a show that aims to find Britain's best amateur portrait painter.
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NewsEcosse signs DVD deal
Monarch Of The Glenproducer Ecosse Films has signed a DVD publishing deal with 2 Entertain, the company run by the BBC and VCI Group.
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NewsRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares ends with 3.7m
Channel 4's successful second series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmarescame to a close last night with an average of 3.7 million (18%).
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Sony TV poaches New Tricks exec
Fresh from its purchase of a 15% stake in indie Shine, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has added further muscle to its UK programming arm by poaching the executive producer behind BBC drama New Tricks.
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NewsITV News appoints Bradby as political editor
ITV News has promoted home news editor Tom Bradby as its new political editor.
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ITV reopens Real Crime casebook
ITV1 is to revive its Real Crimestrand with a new 12 x 60-minute series.
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News'Citizen reporter' sets challenges for TV news
The broadcast coverage of last week's London bombings were marked by the emergence of 'citizen reporters' armed with a mobile phone camera and a media-savvy sense of what to do with the images they create.
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NewsITV pays dearly for Trisha loss
ITV1's failure to find a long-term successor for Trishahas cost the channel over 15% of its morning audience.
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Gillbe leaves Optomen
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmaresboss Peter Gillbe has stepped down as managing director of indie Optomen Television.
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Beattie fills Sky feature commissioning position
Sky One has drafted in former RDF head of features Anna Beattie to take on the newly created role of commissioning editor for features.
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Union pressure over redundancy process
The BBC is facing the prospect of further industrial action after union Bectu warned of industrial action if the corporation turned down applications for voluntary redundancy, while pressing ahead with compulsory ones.
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BBC to cap bonuses... next year
BBC director general Mark Thompson displayed some shrewd political acumen, turning down his£135,000 bonus telling staff 'it wouldn't have felt right' taking the money as he axes nearly 4,000 jobs.
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NewsITV kids channel set for autumn
ITV has scrapped plans to link up with multichannel broadcaster Nickelodeon for a new kids offering and is set to launch its own channel instead.