All articles by Chris Curtis – Page 79
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BBC Trust sets up Gaza decision committee
The BBC Trust is setting up a special committee to examine complaints about the BBC's decision not to broadcast the DEC Gaza appeal.
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BBC extends MOTD deal
Match of the Day's future has been safeguarded until the end of the 2013 football season after the BBC extended its Premier League highlights deal.
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Ratings
More than 4.5m watch Gaza appeal
More than 4.5 million people saw the Disasters Emergency Committee's Gaza appeal last night despite neither the BBC nor Sky News showing the charity plea.
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Outline exec joins Mentorn
Mentorn Media has hired The House of Tiny Tearaways exec producer Helen Hawken.
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Ofcom: ITV's Home Office deal broke rules
Ofcom has criticised ITV's sponsorship agreement with the Home Office for its Beat: Life on the Street series.
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Former Sky exec named Current boss
Current TV, the UGC broadcaster backed by Al Gore, has appointed former Sky executive James Baker to lead its UK operation.
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BBC would have to publish star salaries under Tories
A new Tory government would force the BBC to publish top stars' salaries and scrap the BBC Trust, shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey has revealed.
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Five to push USA brand with channel relaunch
Five US will relaunch as Five USA on 16 February and it plans to mark the channel name and identity change by airing a new drama.
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Ofcom unveils radical regional news plan
Ofcom believes the proposed partnership between the BBC and ITV will only safeguard local news in the short term and has recommend the creation of a series of independently-funded news consortia in the devolved nations and English regions.
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Ratings
BBC1's Hunter withstands ITV1 pressure
BBC1's Five Days spin-off Hunter got off to a solid start last night, with 5.4m (20.9% share) tuning in at 9pm.
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C4 and Five clash over merger plan
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has claimed a merger with Five would be 'a tragedy' - but RTL Group boss Gerhard Zeiler has insisted it would help secure the future of public service broadcasting.
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BBC to serve up Murray's matches
The BBC has signed a deal to air all of Andy Murray's tennis matches on terrestrial TV during the forthcoming Australian Open.
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Emmerdale exec producer stands down
Emmerdale executive producer Keith Richardson is stepping down after 24 years.
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Bazalgette links up with Cowell at Sony Music TV
Peter Bazalgette will work alongside Simon Cowell's Syco TV after being drafted in as non-executive chairman of Sony Music TV.
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Features
Balancing act in an asymmetric war
With the BBC receiving over 1,000 complaints about its latest Gaza coverage, Chris Curtis and Katherine Rushton examine how news bulletins have handled this politicised conflict.
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CBeebies picks up Yoko! Jakamoto! Toto!
CBeebies has bought Collingwood O'Hare's Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, which previously aired on CiTV.
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Channel TV appoints chief executive
Channel Television, the ITV franchise holder for the Channel Islands, has named Rowan O'Sullivan as its first chief executive since 2006.
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NewsKangaroo kicks off competition battle
Project Kangaroo has begun the battle for clearance by the Competition Commission, suggesting its partners compete with one another to sell catch-up content to third parties to help ease competition fears.
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NewsNoel's Christmas Presents delivers for Sky 1
Sky 1's returning Noel's Christmas Presents grabbed more than 1.4m viewers (7.4% share) in multichannel homes at 6pm last night.
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NewsBBC1/ITV1 boosted by Xmas dramas
Christmas dramas boosted BBC1 and ITV1 yesterday with Lark Rise to Candleford and Clash of the Santas doing well for the channels respectively.