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Sky TV Package remix pushes up prices
Sky is bumping up the prices of all its packages to coincide with the creation of its new genre-based mixes of basic channels. From 1 September, the cheapest point of entry - to be known as the 2 Mix pack - will rise to£15 from£13.50 per month, while the Six ...
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BT poaches two from Sky and Freeview
BT has poached BSkyB's head of pay-per-view, Karen Saunders, and Freeview general manager Lib Charlesworth to join its television arm. Saunders is to become head of programming and acquisitions for BT's Television Services division. During seven years at Sky she was responsible for the content acquisition, programming and marketing of ...
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Bland blasts BBC Green Paper ideas
Former BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland has criticised the government's plans to shake up the way the corporation is governed. Bland, now chairman of BT, said replacing the present BBC board of governors with a BBC Trust to regulate it and ensure it delivers its Charter requirements looked unworkable. 'It ...
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NewsYou Are What You Eat special piles on 4.6m
A special edition of Channel 4's You Are What You Eatbrought a peak audience of 4.6 million (23%) at 8.50pm as the broadcaster's successful peaktime line-up gave it a share of 15.5%.
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NewsLynam to reveal 'real age' on BBC1
Des Lynam is to reveal his 'real age' as part of a live, interactive health programme for BBC1's Saturday night schedule.
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NewsGambino joins MTV
BBC controller of business development and emerging platforms Angel Gambino is leaving the corporation to join MTV Networks UK.
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NewsBig Brother to gain three new housemates
Channel 4 is extending its coverage of Big Brothertonight as three new contestants are introduced to the reality show.
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NewsNBC to search for celebrity pop star wannabes
Granada America is to produce a Celebrity Stars in their Eyesstyle show for US network NBC, called I'm a Celebrity But I Want to be a Pop Star.
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NewsBazalgette: relax product placement restrictions
Ofcom has been told that it must relax 'ridiculous' product placement regulations or commercial broadcasters such as ITV will not survive.
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NewsCaminada quits Hit
Hit Entertainment's New York based chief operating officer Charlie Caminada has quit after 15 years at the company, following its acquisition by Apax Partners in May.
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News4.3m watch Henman exit
The on-court action of the British players may have brought mixed results but the BBC's coverage served up an inevitable ace with 4.3 million (50.2%) seeing Tim Henman crash out of the tournament at 4.35pm.
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Commissioning - BBC3 TEARAWAYS SHOW GETS SECOND RUN.
Family advice series The House of Tiny Tearaways has been greenlit for a second run on
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Analysis - Power to the nations?
Ofcom's plans for Irish, Gaelic and Welsh language channels sound well intentioned, but with viewers turning off S4C and doubts about funding and broadcasters' commitment, how feasible are they? By Steve Clarke.
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NewsHumphrys to be grilled by Lords
John Humphrys and the BBC's newly appointed political editor Nick Robinson are going to find themselves on the other end of a political grilling this week when they are questioned by a House of Lords select committee.
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NewsOfcom poised to cut ITV licence
ITV's annual license fee payments are expected to fall by somewhere in the region of£100m this week, when Ofcom announces the terms of the broadcaster's new licence.
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NewsGilchrist is CBBC's 'indie champion'
Children's BBC has appointed its first 'indie champion' to pull in more pitches from outside the BBC.
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NewsBBC and Africa twin local radio stations
As part of its Africa season, the BBC is next week twinning local radio stations in the UK with stations in Africa. Each day British listeners in five different areas will be able to hear African presenters, guests and phone-ins, and vice versa.
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NewsBazalgette: 'Small indies need protection'
The BBC should commission a set percentage of its output from smaller independent producers to prevent 'super-indies' driving them out of business, Peter Bazalgette, the head of one of the UK's biggest indie producers has warned.
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NewsFremantle chief says formats are the future
Reality television is to get bigger and better according to the maker of Pop Idoland the X Factor.
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NewsWhiteley: tributes pour in
Tributes from the broadcasting industry have poured in for the late Countdownpresenter Richard Whiteley.