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Analysis - Can they be trusted?
Michael Grade has promised the launch of any new services by the BBC will be scrutinised more closely, but commercial rivals remain concerned about the corporation's expansionist tendencies, writes Jenny Smith.
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Promax focus - Who will be the winners in 2012?
One of the themes at this year's Promax is future-proofing for 2012. So what will the media landscape look like then? Broadcast asks five industry figures to predict the trends and technologies that will affect TV's marketers and creative directors and th
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NewsBSkyB ease share buyback through
BSkyB shareholders have approved the controversial share buyback scheme, allowing Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to raise its stake in the satellite broadcaster.
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NewsChinese broadcasters hope tolearn from UK TV
8am: One of China's most successful broadcasting groups is coming to the UK to ask for advice from British TV executives.
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NewsS4C hands 20 years of programme rights back to indies
8am: Welsh broadcaster S4C is handing rights in all its programmes made before the introduction of the terms of trade back to the independent sector.
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NewsLiving TV picks up The Comeback
8am: Living TV has picked up the rights for Friends star Lisa Kudrow's HBO comedy The Comeback, which was panned by critics and axed by the network after one series in US.
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NewsDisney buys European mobilegame developer
10.15am: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has bought top Munich-based mobile game developer and publisher, Living Mobile, in preparation for the European rollout of Disney Mobile.
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NewsC4 axes Princess Michael of Kent show
Channel 4 has pulled a documentary about Princess Michael of Kent mid-way through filming.
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NewsTV Commerce destined for America
10.30am: Interactive TV operator TV Commerce has extended its psychic TV service Your Destiny into the US, securing slots on both cable and local channels.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing waltzes past The X Factor
The ongoing battle for Saturday night viewers heated up further as BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing pulled ahead of its arch-rival The X Factor for the first time in the current series with an average of 7.8 million (38.5%) at 6.20pm.
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NewsEgypt loses 1m viewers
BBC1's Sunday night historical drama Egypt couldn't hold on to its viewers as the second instalment lost 1 million viewers from last week but still averaged a very respectable 6 million (23.9%) at 9pm.
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NewsSky News losing viewers since relaunch
Sky News has lost 300,000 viewers since the channel's multi-million pound re-launch two weeks ago, as the new state of the art set and re-jigged schedule fails to impress viewers.
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NewsEntwistle is BBC head of TV current affairs
The BBC has named George Entwistle as head of television current affairs, replacing Peter Horrocks who moved across to become head of television news in September.
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NewsLiving TV commissions workplace special
Living TV has greenlit All3Media to make Now I'm The Boss, a 60 minute special following an employee who thinks she can do a better job than her manager.
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Ex Celador exec sets up consulting company
Former Celador International commercial director Steve Lazarus has launched his own company Lazarus Consulting, which will help businesses get in to TV sales, ad-funded programming and licensing.
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NewsFM licence winners forNorthallerton & Swansea
8am: The Local Radio Company (TLRC) has clinched its 30th FM radio licence from Ofcom, as the regulator announces the award of two further local stations.
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NewsNew Popworld chief exec
8am: ITV's former director of licensing Martin Lowde has been appointed the new chief executive of TV venture Popworld.
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NewsBBC to trial HD over World Cup period
8am: The prospect of the 2006 World Cup broadcast in high definition came a step closer today as the BBC announced it will trial HD broadcasting next year.
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NewsITV linked with£120m bidfor Friends Reunited
ITV has offered a reported£120m for school reunion website Friends Reunited in a deal that has raised scepticism in the City.
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NewsShameless star launches indie
Shameless star Chris Bisson and former ITV Granada executive Eamonn O'Neal have set up a Manchester-based independent production company called Centini.