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NewsBBC makes case for PSB plurality
The BBC is trying to prevent the PSB debate from becoming a tug-of-war with Channel 4 by urging Ofcom to maintain “institutional plurality” in the new PSB landscape.
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NewsFlextech to rent and sell programming online
Flextech is to enter the online download market, offering viewers the chance to rent US network shows it broadcasts and buy episodes of its own commissions, including Most Haunted.
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NewsPact holds key new media talks
Pact is holding a council meeting today during which the producers' alliance will decide whether to accept or reject Channel 4's new media rights offer.
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NewsC4 promotes Dispatches commissioner
Channel 4 has appointed Kevin Sutcliffe, the commissioner of Dispatchesand Unreported World, its new deputy head of news and current affairs.
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NewsBrainiac gets new exec producer
Granada factual executive producer Brent Baker is to oversee award winning Sky One shows Brainiacand Vroom Vroom, after the creative team behind both shows quit to set up their own company.
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NewsFreeview overtakes analogue
Freeview has overtaken traditional analogue television for the first time, according to Ofcom.
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NewsITV1's big spenders lure 2.9m
ITV1's Britain's Biggest Spendersmanaged just 2.9 million (14.3%) at 9pm - making it the second least popular terrestrial show at that time.
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NewsBBC licence fee settlement delayed
The BBC's licence fee settlement will not be decided until at least October, further delaying final sign-off on the corporation's plans for the next 10 years.
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NewsC4 serves up exclusive deal for Ramsay
Channel 4 has signed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in a big bucks golden handcuffs deal that will see him work exclusively for the broadcaster until July 2011.
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NewsTrial shows mobile TV is watched four hours a week
O2 and Arqiva's five month mobile broadcasting trial has concluded that viewers will watch TV over mobile handsets for four hours a week, with each session averaging 24 minutes.
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NewsBBC's NHU to make badger reality TV
The BBC is to make a ' Big Brother for badgers' as part of its Natural Worldseries for next year, one of nine programmes so far lined up to air from autumn 2007 onwards.
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MIG goes to Ireland
Mobile broadcast specialist Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) has launched a new branch in Ireland.
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NewsC4 and Pact agree new media deal
Channel 4 and Pact have reached an agreement on new media rights after months of negotiations, with the broadcaster winning its hard fought battle for a 30-day exclusive window in which to exploit its programmes via all platforms.
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NewsSky News reverses revamp
Sky News has confirmed it will return to a rolling news service from July, axing The Sky Report, World News Tonight, as well as its triple header daytime presenting teams and 16 jobs.
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Profile - Peter Bennett-Jones: Why Tiger's still hungry for more
Profile of Peter Bennett-Jones, the chairman of Tiger Aspect
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Comment - Mobile calls for soft touch
Sam Delaney discusses projecting personality on mobile broadcasting
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Comment - Breaking down barriers
Simon Cole believes podcasting will extend the limits of what media brands can offer
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Comment - Shameful addictions
Steven D Wright says Big Brother'sfreak show is a sign of things to come
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NewsInterview - Angus Macqueen: Swapping sides
Film-maker Angus Macqueen on life since he joined C4 earlier this year