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NewsGameshow indie for sale
12 Yard Productions is up for sale, with first round bids from interested parties expected by the end of this week.
NewsThompson faces staff battle
Support for Mark Thompson plummeted this week ahead of the unveiling of the corporation’s strategy to staff.
NewsNew BBC Films structure
BBC Films has been restructured following last month’s news that boss David Thompson has quit.
NewsJane Garvey to host Woman's Hour
BBC Radio 5 Live veteran Jane Garvey is to join Radio 4's Woman's Hourteam as a presenter, replacing Martha Kearney who left in April to become the main presenter of World at One. [ALL]
NewsBBC hires digital technology head for iPlayer
The BBC has drafted in a new head of digital media technology, Anthony Rose, who is responsible for delivering the 'next generation' of BBC iPlayer. [ALL]
NewsTwofour hires former Leopard exec
Twofour Broadcast has hired former Leopard Films head of programmes Bernard Periatambee as a development executive. [ALL]
NewsSky airs doc to kick off new Prison Break
Sky One will celebrate capturing Prison Breakfrom Five by airing a 60-minute special on the show the day before it screens the first episode of season three.
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BBC2 daytime quiz to exercise viewers' brains
BBC2 has commissioned a daytime quiz series designed to exercise the brain.
NewsOscar winner savages BBC over Storyville cuts
Kevin Macdonald, whose Oscar-winning documentary One Day in Septemberappeared on Storyvillelast year, has hit out at the BBC claiming it has 'forgotten its remit to produce informative programmes'.
NewsWall to Wall starts£25m sale process
The sale of Who Do You Think You Are?producer Wall to Wall has been kick-started with an information memorandum sent to interested parties.
NewsVirgin Media mulls own news channel
Virgin Media is considering launching a news channel to rival Sky News with ITN as its content supplier.
NewsOscar winner attacks BBC
Kevin Macdonald, whose Oscar-winning documentary One Day in Septemberappeared on Storyvillelast year, has hit out at the BBC, claiming it has 'forgotten its remit to produce informative programmes'. [ALL]
NewsMurdoch: premium rate phone-ins are grubby
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has said that the satellite broadcaster decided against launching premium-rate phone quizzes on its channels because they felt 'pretty sleazy'. [ALL]
NewsDoctor Who series five delayed
The fifth series of Doctor Whohas been postponed by a year, throwing David Tennant's future as the Timelord into further doubt. [ALL]
NewsSky News regrets airing Diana crash pictures
Sky News has apologised for airing photographs of Princess Diana being given oxygen at the scene of the Paris car crash that lead to her death. [ALL]
NewsFreesat appoints managing director
The launch director behind Freeview, Emma Scott, has been given the managing director job at Freesat, BBC and ITV's planned free-to-view satellite service. [ALL]
NewsGCap poaches Paul Jackson
Virgin Radio boss Paul Jackson has quit to join GCap as managing director of Capital Radio. [ALL]
NewsSky News opts out of live Diana coverage
Sky News has opted out of broadcasting live coverage of the Princess Diana service of thanksgiving - a move that has stunned rival newscasters. [ALL]
NewsPaxman fights corner against budget cuts
Edinburgh:'So are you going to sack Paxo?' the BBC chairman Sir Michael Lyons was asked by a fellow Edinburgh festival-goer following Jeremy Paxman's hard-hitting MacTaggart lecture.
NewsLife on Mars creators given drama greenlight
BBC1 has given the greenlight to Bone Kickers, a new drama from the co-creators of Life on Mars.[ALL]