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NewsComment: For growth, look global
At Pact's Creative Strategies conference in Glasgow last week, Grant Thornton's head of media and entertainment Terry Back suggested that more UK indies should be looking to the international market for growth.
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NewsFive News looks at end of the world
Five News has commissioned four fast turnaround short films for its daily news bulletins, from Television for the Environment (TVE).
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NewsBBC says no to Scottish news bulletin
BBC director general Mark Thompson has ruled out the prospect of a 6pm news bulletin on BBC1 specifically for Scotland, claiming the majority of the country's viewers do not want it.
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NewsBBC2's Springwatch returns with highest ever audience
Springwatch, BBC2's surprise hit of last year, returned on Monday with its highest ever audience of 4.1 million (17.2%) at 8pm.
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NewsSky and Setanta score Irish Premiership rights
BSkyB and Setanta Sports last night secured live Irish rights to Premiership matches starting in August 2007, mirroring the deal struck in the UK earlier this month.
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NewsMGM sacks Sony as distributor
Longstanding US film studio MGM - producer of the James Bond film franchise - is to re-establish its television distribution activities, snatching back the rights from Sony Pictures.
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NewsAl-Jazeera International brings in Arabic news veteran
Veteran al-Jazeera journalist Ibrahim Helal has been made deputy managing director of news and programmes of the broadcaster's new English language service.
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NewsNew editor for BBC World Service
The BBC World Service has promoted long-serving Liliane Landor to become editor for news and current affairs.
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NewsEngland friendly draws 9.3m for BBC1
BBC1's coverage of England's friendly against Hungary was match fit yesterday with a sizeable 9.3 million (39.3%) from 8pm, towering over both ITV1 and Channel 4.
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News130 BBC News staff face redundancy
More than 130 news staff are still facing redundancy at the BBC, prompting threats of a strike by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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NewsTop Up in voluntarily liquidation
Top Up TV has placed itself into voluntary liquidation after undergoing a corporate restructuring and name change.
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NewsAnother GCap exec exits
Capital Radio's marketing director Carl Lyons has become the latest GCap executive to exit.
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NewsColin Firth joins cast of BBC1's drama London
Colin Firth, Anne-Marie Duff and Robert Carlyle have signed up to star in Dominic Savage's new BBC1 drama which tackles the issue of homelessness.
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NewsProfile - Phil Bigwood: Channelling England's hopes
Profile of Phil Bigwood, BBC's executive producer of football
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NewsInterview - Scott Taunton: Still talking tough
UTV Radio's MD Scott Taunton plans to make Talksport the number one national commercial station
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NewsITV tackles BBC's grip
ITV intends to put up a fight over the BBC's traditional dominance of viewers in the World Cup
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Comment - Scoring an own goal
Emily Bell on the need for commercial broadcasters to have decent World Cup sites
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Two Way TV puts money on Deal or No Deal
Endemol UK has licensed Two Way TV the rights to create and run a betting format game based on Channel 4's Deal or No Deal.
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Comment - On the counter attack
C4's Julie Oldroyd believes that the broadcaster can attract viewers with no interest in the World Cup