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Close but no cigar
The annual report is a start but Michael Grade must go further to address legitimate concerns about the BBC.
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NewsBBC comedy to get own department
The BBC is looking to give greater emphasis to comedy commissioning by creating a new comedy division on a par with its entertainment and drama departments.
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NewsBBC draws up battleplans
BBC chairman Michael Grade presented his first annual report this week, amid moves to show that he is putting clear water between governors and the corporation's management.
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NewsHeggessey poaches BBC exec for Talkback
Former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has made her first raid on BBC talent, poaching Traumaexecutive producer Camilla Lewis to join her at Talkback Thames.
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NewsFive orders UK 'Desperate Housewives'
A British answer to Desperate Housewives- a comedy thriller set in the Home Counties - is to launch on Five.
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NewsITV kids channel set for autumn
ITV has scrapped plans to link up with multichannel broadcaster Nickelodeon for a new kids offering and is set to launch its own channel instead.
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BBC to cap bonuses... next year
BBC director general Mark Thompson displayed some shrewd political acumen, turning down his£135,000 bonus telling staff 'it wouldn't have felt right' taking the money as he axes nearly 4,000 jobs.
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Union pressure over redundancy process
The BBC is facing the prospect of further industrial action after union Bectu warned of industrial action if the corporation turned down applications for voluntary redundancy, while pressing ahead with compulsory ones.
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Beattie fills Sky feature commissioning position
Sky One has drafted in former RDF head of features Anna Beattie to take on the newly created role of commissioning editor for features.
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Gillbe leaves Optomen
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmaresboss Peter Gillbe has stepped down as managing director of indie Optomen Television.
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NewsITV pays dearly for Trisha loss
ITV1's failure to find a long-term successor for Trishahas cost the channel over 15% of its morning audience.
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News'Citizen reporter' sets challenges for TV news
The broadcast coverage of last week's London bombings were marked by the emergence of 'citizen reporters' armed with a mobile phone camera and a media-savvy sense of what to do with the images they create.
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ITV reopens Real Crime casebook
ITV1 is to revive its Real Crimestrand with a new 12 x 60-minute series.
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NewsITV News appoints Bradby as political editor
ITV News has promoted home news editor Tom Bradby as its new political editor.
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Sony TV poaches New Tricks exec
Fresh from its purchase of a 15% stake in indie Shine, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has added further muscle to its UK programming arm by poaching the executive producer behind BBC drama New Tricks.
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NewsRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares ends with 3.7m
Channel 4's successful second series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmarescame to a close last night with an average of 3.7 million (18%).
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NewsEcosse signs DVD deal
Monarch Of The Glenproducer Ecosse Films has signed a DVD publishing deal with 2 Entertain, the company run by the BBC and VCI Group.
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NewsITV1 stacks up daytime orders
ITV1 has commissioned three new shows for its daytime schedule, including a show that aims to find Britain's best amateur portrait painter.
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NewsS4C hands out£1m development cash
Welsh broadcaster S4C has handed out£1m in development funding to five local indies.
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NewsNewsnight under fire
The BBC has once again been forced to defend Newsnight's treatment of MP George Galloway during interviews.