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NewsBBC presenters warned aboutrisk of making speeches
BBC presenters have been warned about the risks of making public speeches in the wake of the furore over a speech by Today host John Humphrys.
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NewsCresswell gets new COO role at ITV
Granada chief operating officer John Cresswell, who helped drive ITV's recent management restructure, has been given the role of COO for the whole company.
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Cresswell gets new COO role
8.30am: Granada chief operating officer John Cresswell, who helped drive ITV's recent management restructure, has been given the role of COO for the whole company.
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NewsEndemol confirms listing in Amsterdam
Endemol could be valued at up to Euro1.6bn after confirmation its owner Telefonica is to float around 35% of the international TV production company.
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NewsMore Black and Asian faceson TV, says report
Black and Asian faces are more likely to appear on screen in sports or on light entertainment programming than in soap operas or news bulletins.
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NewsHallmark 2 to launch in the spring
Sparrowhawk, owner of Hallmark International, is gearing up to launch its second UK channel in spring next year, targeting the same female skewed audience of its flagship Hallmark Channel.
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NewsITV says sorry to Celtic fans
ITV has written to Celtic Football Club to apologise to fans after a reference to the sudden death of a former manager during an episode of Mike Bassett: Manager, caused offence.
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NewsDoc Martin attends to 8.3m
ITV1's popular drama Doc Martin came back with a bang as the second series kicked-off with a hefty average of 8.3 million (35.3%) at 9pm.
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NewsBBC radio refuses to reveal budgets
Commercial radio companies have lodged a formal complaint with the information commissioner after the BBC refused to reveal its programme budgets.
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NewsAt The Races goes to court
The on-going dispute between At The Races (ATR) and 31 of the UK's leading racecourses reaches the High Court today (14 November).
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NewsUKTV publishes The Next Big Thing
8am: The UKTV-backed book of collected media essays is published today [Monday], with contributors such as Elisabeth Murdoch, Alan Sugar and Lorraine Heggessey predicting what the next major leap in British broadcasting will be.
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NewsPrever takes on Smooth breakfast slot
8am: London's 102.2 Smooth FM has poached LBC's afternoon DJ David Prever as its new breakfast show host, making Smooth the latest London station to revamp its breakfast line up in the hope of boosting listeners.
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NewsDesmond resurfaces on Avanti board
Avanti Screenmedia, the retail TV supplier set to become a high definition satellite broadcaster, has appointed former ITV Broadcasting chief Mick Desmond as a non executive director.
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NewsKeating launches Dragons' Den spin-off
BBC2 controller Roly Keating is hoping to repeat the success of Dragons' Den with another series about entrepreneurial skills.
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NewsFrost to front new ITV politics show
Sir David Frost has been signed up to present ITV London's new politics show, as the network revamps its regional political programming.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity lines-up for Sunday night
11am: Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost has emerged as the highest paid star of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, which kicks off on ITV1 this Sunday night.
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NewsChild of Mine chills 5.9m
ITV1's one-off psychological thriller Child of Mine managed to draw in a respectable 5.9 million (26.8%) at 9pm.
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NewsChrysalis report profit slide
Chrysalis Group has reported a 72% drop in pretax profits to£2.7 for 2005, blaming a slow radio advertising market for the slide.
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NewsHomechoice to help deprived Londoners go digital
Video Networks, provider of Homechoice, is joining forces with community group The Shoreditch Trust to launch a subsidised TV over broadband pilot scheme in two of London's most deprived estates.
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NewsEngland victory scores for BBC1
BBC1 dominated afternoon viewing on Saturday when England faced Argentina and scored with 9.2 million (48.1%) from 4.35pm.