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NewsLangham in The Thick of It at Comedy Awards
Chris Langham, the man who was axed from Not the Nine O'Clock News 25 years ago to make way for Griff Rhys-Jones, was one of the surprise winners at the British Comedy Awards.
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NewsTV Corp's mystery buyer withdraws interest
Television Corporation's discussions with an unnamed interested party have ended, leaving Tinopolis the only suitor in the running.
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NewsComedy Awards amuse 5.4m
ITV1's coverage of The British Comedy Awards only gave the viewers some mild amusement as the first 90-minute slot drew 5.4 million (25.1%) at 9pm.
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NewsBBC staff face compulsory redundancy
Up to 280 BBC staff will face compulsory redundancy, director general Mark Thompson has warned.
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NewsC4 board appoints Lord Puttnamas deputy chair
Channel 4 will make veteran film producer Lord Puttnam its new deputy chairman, replacing Barry Cox when he steps down from the role in February.
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NewsNTL appoints new CEO
NTL today surprised the City by replacing its chief executive Simon Duffy with an executive from US firm Comcast.
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NewsFreudenstein quits Sky
BSkyB chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein, one of the company's most influential executives, is to leave the company in the summer.
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NewsSMG to axe 59 jobs
Unions have blasted SMG's decision to axe a fifth of its staff, costing 59 jobs, as the group blamed less news output and less regional programmes, for the cuts.
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NewsPEER POLL: 2005
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was 2005 a good year for the broadcasting industry?
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NewsFormer Ofcom exec joinsHuman Capital board
8am: Robin Foster, the man who spearheaded Ofcom's PSB review, has joined consultants Human Capital as chief adviser to the board.
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NewsDuncan calls on BBC to increaseregional indie spend
8am: Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has called for the BBC to be forced to spend around a third of its annual independent production spend outside London.
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NewsHomechoice looks to EntertainmentRights for content
8am: Homechoice has signed a 12-month content deal with kids indie Entertainment Rights, to secure a series of titles for its pre-school, on-demand children's channel, Scamp.
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NewsBBC Worldwide could soothe WorldService cutbacks
8am: BBC Worldwide is looking to take over the BBC World Service's Czech newsdesk, under proposals which could save some of the ten foreign language stations facing the axe.
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NewsOfcom cuts costs
8am: Ofcom has cut its annual operating budget for the second year running - saving broadcasters thousands of pounds.
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NewsLoughrey warns against lazy reporting
8am: BBC journalists have been told to deliver more original news stories and stay away from 'air conditioned journalism' - reporting without leaving the office.
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NewsITV & BBC lock horns over World Cup
8am: ITV and the BBC are embroiled in a battle over who gets what in the World Cup with both broadcasters targeting a potential clash against Germany in the second round.
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NewsChorion in tie-up with EMI
10.15am: Chorion, the rights company that owns Noddy and Miss Marple, has joined forces with EMI Music Publishing in a partnership that will see the world's largest music publisher place music into TV shows.
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NewsLangham in child pornography probe
Just days after being named best television comedy actor at the British Comedy Awards, it has emerged that The Thick of It star Chris Langham has been arrested over alleged child pornography offences.
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NewsBirrell quits Hit Entertainment
11am: Hit Entertainment's director of corporate developmentNigel Birrell has quit after more than six years to join online gaming company PartyGaming.