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NewsC4 puts£22m into drama
Channel 4 is pumping a total of£22m into drama in a bid to air a major production every month from next year.
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NewsBBC staff plan mass walkout
BBC workers will take to the streets today in a mass protest against the corporation's planned job cuts.
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NewsBBC: Popetown toon was not funny
Controversial cartoon series Popetownwas pulled from by the BBC because it wasn't funny, and not because of complaints from the Catholic Church, the BBC has said.
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NewsNTL VOD service launches in Wales
NTL has launched the second phase of its TV-on-demand roll out in South Wales bringing the total number of customers who can access the service to 150,000.
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NewsC4I bags CBBC show
Channel 4 International has picked up rights to a BBC kids series for its MipTV drama slate.
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NewsBashir faces contempt charge
Journalist Martin Bashir could face contempt of court charges, which comes with a possible jail sentence or fine, after he refused to answer questions while appearing as a witness at Michael Jackson's child abuse trial yesterday.
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NewsBBC exposes asylum centre racism
Fifteen detention centre workers have been suspended after a BBC exposé alleging racist abuse at an immigration centre.
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NewsAl-Jazeera staffs up for English service
Al-Jazeera International has signed up two top ITN foreign news executives in preparation for the launch of its English-language television channel at the end of the year.
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NewsFive to screen Empire Awards
Five has snatched the rights to screen the 10 thEmpire Movie Awards from Sky, which Johnny Vaughan is hosting this year.
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NewsEastEnders falls to second lowest ever audience
BBC1's EastEnderstook another battering in the ratings last night, falling to its second lowest ever audience of 6.3 million (28%) as it went against ITV1's Emmerdalein direct competition.
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NewsFoxy quits Capital
Capital Radio's drivetime DJ Neil Fox is hanging up his headphones after 17 years at the station and will be replaced by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon.
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NewsMoody quits BBC
The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.
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NewsBBC governors to be scrapped
The BBC's board of governors will be scrapped in one of the biggest overhauls in the corporation's history.
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Pinewood eyes up Whitfield St
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is in talks to buy into central London audio facility Whitfield Street Studios.
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Indies to benefit from More4 cash
Channel 4's new digital free-to-air service, More4, is set to commission over half its content from indies when it launches in October.
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Box TV lays off staff after pitches fail
Drama producer Box TV, the company set up by former Channel 4 drama head Gub Neal, has laid off its heads of comedy and drama after two major ITV projects failed to get the greenlight.
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ITV axe falls on children's hours
ITV is to reduce its children's content by over an hour a week from Easter, after Ofcom gave it the greenlight to reduce its commitment to the genre.
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Moody leaves BBC factual
The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.
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Abbott moves into docs with ITV survival series
Paul Abbott, the award-winning creator of Shameless, is overseeing a Touching the Void-style documentary series for ITV1.
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BBC staff hit out
The BBC board of governors may have learned their fate on Wednesday, but scores of other BBC employees took to the streets to complain that they were still very much in the dark about their futures at the corporation.