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The harder path
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future.
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The good, bad and ugly
The combined share of multichannel viewing looks set to grow by some 11% this year, outstripping both BBC1 and ITV1 for the first time as the two main terrestrial channels continue to lose viewers year on year.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity spin-off hits 6.7m
ITV1 cashed in on the popularity of reality show I'm a Celebrity as a spin-off show peaked with 6.7 million (34%) at 10.05pm.
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NewsBroadcast Awards: Channels and Indies
Terrestrial and multichannel brands will slug it out for the title or the Channel of the Year at the 2005 Broadcast Awards in January with a shortlist of six channels.
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NewsThomson takes on BBC strategy brief
BBC director of policy and legal Caroline Thomson is to take on the added portfolio of strategy and distribution following the departure of its current head Carolyn Fairbairn.
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NewsMPC sale nets ITV£52.7m
ITV has finally offloaded its post production facility The Moving Picture Company to French technology group Thomson.
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NewsAnglia Studios face closure
Around 20 jobs are facing the axe at ITV's Anglia Studios because the company has failed to find any new work following Trisha Goddard's defection to Five.
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NewsPearson shuts down Penguin TV
Penguin Television, the TV production division of the Pearson-owned publishing group, is set to close after only one year in business.
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NewsThe Man Who Broke Britain gets 2.4m
BBC2 one-off The Man Who Broke Britain managed a peak of 2.4 million (11%) but faced the might of Five's Hollywood blockbuster The Specialist.
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NewsBBC makes commissioning change
The BBC has unveiled the first major change to its commissioning structure following the review into its content supply arrangements, with the creation of four new commissioning areas in factual.
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NewsC4 unveils Celebrity Big Brother
Channel 4 is cashing in on the success of Big Brother 5 by bringing back its celebrity spin-off, Celebrity Big Brother , for an extended run.
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Revolution at the BBC.
Anger over 15% budget cut - Unions threaten strike action - Staff feel 'betrayed'.
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Comment - The harder path.
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Indies attack 15% cuts.
Programme-makers have reacted with concern to BBC director general Mark Thompson's plan to cut 15% from
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Manchester move mired in uncertainty.
The plans for the BBC's Manchester move had been so heavily leaked that there were few
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The view on the ground.
'I Feel betrayed. There is a deep sense that we have been sold down the river
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Selling off the silver.
In what was probably the least surprising announcement made on Tuesday, Mark Thompson confirmed that BBC Broadcast is to be sold and partners sought for BBC Resources, writes Will Strauss.
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Industry reaction.
ON MANCHESTER'The move to Manchester is long overdue but the lead time seems unnecessarily long and
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Leopard snaps up ex-Talkback factual chief.
Ruth Wrigley, the former head of factual entertainment for Talkback Thames, is to join indie Leopard Films as its first head of entertainment, writes Michael Rosser.
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MTV MD given Paramount Comedy brief.
MTV Networks UK & Ireland managing director Michiel Bakker is to take control of the UK Paramount Comedy channels, writes Susan Thompson.