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    Grade faces public grilling

    2005-07-21T07:50:30Z

    It was a busy week for BBC chairman Michael Grade as he embarked on a gruelling series of public appearances to convince licence fee payers and industry detractors that his governance style was open and transparent.

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    BSkyB to give parents power to block EPG

    2005-07-21T07:50:12Z

    BSkyB is to give parents the ability to block out any channels from its EPG that they don't want their children to see.

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    ITV banks on new drama and sport

    2005-07-21T07:50:10Z

    An extra£20m worth of ITV drama and sport is to hit screens this autumn following the network's better-than-expected licence deal.

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    Paramount buys up Fox comedies

    2005-07-21T07:50:08Z

    Paramount Comedy has bought first-run UK rights to Stacked, the 20th Century Fox comedy starring Baywatchbeauty Pamela Anderson.

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    Debonnaire exits Talkback

    2005-07-21T07:50:06Z

    Sally Debonnaire, one of Talkback Thames's longest serving executives, has become the latest senior figure to quit.

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    ITV sheds 8% of afternoon audience

    2005-07-21T07:50:04Z

    ITV1 is having further daytime troubles with new figures showing its afternoon schedule is down 8% year on year.

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    Five to tell story of 7/7

    2005-07-21T07:50:02Z

    Five has commissioned a fast-turnaround feature-length film on the recent terrorist attacks on London.

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    Ricochet snares C4 pair

    2005-07-21T07:50:00Z

    Supernannyindie Ricochet has raided Channel 4, poaching two of its factual commissioners.

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    Mosey leads way to Manchester

    2005-07-21T07:49:00Z

    The BBC is pushing ahead with plans to move its sport department to Manchester after appointing head of TV news Roger Mosey as its new director of sport.

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    FX commissions 'adult' Jackass

    2005-07-21T07:48:50Z

    Multichannel broadcaster FX has greenlit its first original production, ordering a grown-up version of MTV's Jackass.

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    Tarantino's CSI peaks with 3.9m

    2005-07-20T11:29:07Z

    Five's postponed episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, directed by Quentin Tarantino, proved to be a big hit with the double helping peaking with 3.9 million (17.8%) at 10.15pm.

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    MPs to probe analogue switch-off plans

    2005-07-20T09:59:25Z

    Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to face a cross-party Parliamentary probe into the government's plans to switch the country to digital television by 2012.

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    BBC governor: colleagues were 'naive' over Springer row

    2005-07-20T09:55:15Z

    The BBC governor who rebelled against the screening of Jerry Springer - The Operahas said the corporation's managers were

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    Thompson: Manchester move will happen

    2005-07-20T09:49:04Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has told Parliament the BBC will press ahead with plans to move to Manchester despite protests by staff who are refusing to quit London.

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    Ofcom's Carter paid£415k

    2005-07-20T09:40:35Z

    Ofcom's chief executive Stephen Carter took home a pay packet of£414,463 in the last financial year, boosted by a£53,500 bonus.

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    RTL buys out UBM Five stake

    2005-07-20T09:35:40Z

    RTL Group has taken full control of Five after buying United Business Media's (UBM) 35.4% stake for£247.6m.

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    Ofcom calls for regulatory rethink

    2005-07-20T09:08:26Z

    Broadband Britain will need to rethink its approach to content regulation as more programmes and channels are delivered via new media platforms, Ofcom's Ed Richards warned yesterday.

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    Sex, death & Danan to feature at Edinburgh

    2005-07-20T08:00:00Z

    Sex, death and Paul Danan are all on the programme for this year's Edinburgh Festival which was unveiled yesterday.

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    Five's actresses fail to perform

    2005-07-19T11:55:01Z

    Five's countdown of Britain's Finest Actressesproved to be more popular than last week's programme on actors but still had a tough time with an average of 900,000 (5%).

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    LBC chief quits

    2005-07-19T10:29:25Z

    LBC managing director and director of programmes Mark Flanagan has quit, prompting a reshuffle at the London station.