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    BBC Books sale puts jobs at risk

    2006-06-22T15:00:00Z

    Publisher Random House has acquired a majority stake in BBC Books, whose titles include Rick Stein's French Odysseyand David Attenborough's Life in the Undergrowth, in a move expected to put jobs at risk.

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    Shaps reveals cuts and costs savings

    2006-06-22T16:15:00Z

    ITV director of television Simon Shaps yesterday spelled out the network's programming strategy and how the announcement of£100m in savings will impact on schedules and commissioning.

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    Sky News introduces three new roles

    2006-06-22T17:05:00Z

    Sky News has made three promotions in the wake of the channel's cull of 17 jobs and return to a rolling news format.

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    Analysis - Can C4 take them on?

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast's report last week revealing Channel 4's plans to launch arival to Radio 4's Today sparked a debate about how well the programmeserves its audience. So could a competitor really succeed, asks LucyRouse.

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    Opinion - Comment - Nationwide reborn?

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    With Nationwide set to return in the summer, John Mair, who worked onthe programme from 1981 to 1983, recalls the glory days and catches upwith anchor Michael Barratt.

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    Off the record - Where will former Television Corporation chiefexecutive re-appear?

    2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

    People keep asking the question - where will former TelevisionCorporation chief executive Peter Salmon re-appear. ...

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    PEER POLL: ITV's sports presenters

    2006-06-23T07:50:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Gabby Logan better than Steve Rider at presenting ITV's World Cup matches?

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    C4 in comedy reshuffle

    2006-06-23T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has restructured its comedy department, promoting Andrew Newman to oversee its output alongside his existing entertainment brief.

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    'Why we sold BBC Books to Random House'

    2006-06-23T08:00:00Z

    The BBC Worldwide executive responsible for the deal to sell BBC Books to international publisher Random House has said redundancies will be kept to a minimum.

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    ITV and BBC agree World Cup spoils

    2006-06-23T08:30:00Z

    ITV and the BBC have agreed on how to divide the next round of World Cup games, which do not include England.

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    Flextech hands out two promotions

    2006-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Living TV boss, Claudia Rosencrantz has promoted senior commissioning editor Clare Hollywood to head of commissioning.

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    Hustle to be re-made by Fox as a US movie

    2006-06-23T09:40:00Z

    Kudos Film & Television drama Hustleis set to move to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox picked up the film rights to the BBC 1 series.

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    Piers Morgan makes strong US debut

    2006-06-23T10:45:00Z

    Piers Morgan is on track to repeat the American success of Simon Cowell, as the new talent show he judges on debuted with ratings of over 12 million on US network NBC.

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    Ofcom chief hits out at health groups over TV ad ban

    2006-06-23T11:00:00Z

    Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has criticised health organisations, which are taking legal action against the regulator over its failure to consider a complete ban on junk food ads, claiming they are using the law for public relations ends.

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    Big Brother is cheered on by 4.1m

    2006-06-23T12:45:00Z

    The sight of the Big Brotherhousemates dressed as majorettes appealed to the viewers with 4.1 million (17.3%) tuning to Channel 4 at 9pm.

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    Italians are the most devoted World Cup viewers

    2006-06-23T14:00:00Z

    Over 20% of the UK population watched England's first World Cup match on TV at home, making them the third most patriotic nation behind Italy and Germany.

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    Flextech content chief has his say via podcast

    2006-06-23T14:00:00Z

    Flextech's content chief Malcolm Wall is positioning himself as media pundit with the launch of his own video podcast.

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    Futurama to make TV comeback

    2006-06-26T08:00:00Z

    Cult Channel 4 animated comedy Futurama is to be brought back from the dead, three years after the series from TheSimpsonscreator Matt Groening was axed.

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    Cartoon Network to launch broadband channel

    2006-06-26T08:00:00Z

    Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network is gearing up for the launch of a broadband TV service to be called SuperCartoonNetwork.co.uk.

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    TV producer Aaron Spelling dies

    2006-06-26T09:45:00Z

    Aaron Spelling, the legendary TV producer behind hits such as Charlie's Angels, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210, has died aged 83.