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NewsKids are bad for your career, finds survey
If you're reading this, chances are you are under 35, white, live in London, earn at least£30,000 and if you have kids you keep it quiet for fear of jeopardising your career.
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NewsWood to quit as Corrie producer
CoronationStreetproducer Tony Wood has confirmed he will step down from the role at Christmas, with former Emmerdaleproducer Steve Frost tipped to replace him.
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BBC show spend rises to£2.4bn
The BBC is to reveal that it pumped an extra£100m into programme-making last year, but the amount given to the indie sector grew by only£3m.
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NewsMarquess in deal with Endemol
Former Talkback Thames head of drama Paul Marquess has unveiled his new deal with Endemol, which will see him set up a new drama production arm backed by the Big Brotherproducer.
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C4 gets first look at Kosminsky
Channel 4 has signed a first-look deal with Peter Kosminsky, the writer/director behind The Government Inspector.
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True North sells cop-killer documentary to America
Leeds-based indie True North has sold its cop-killer documentary Death of a Policemanto US broadcaster CBS.
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Producers launch Moxie
Sharon Bloom, the executive producer behind the last reincarnation of Crossroads, has teamed up with Auf Wiedersehen, Petproducer Joy Spink to launch an indie.
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19TV makes M15 conman drama for Five
Simon Fuller's indie, 19TV, is developing a one-off drama for Five on the astonishing true story of a conman who posed as an MI5 agent and ruthlessly deceived victims over a 10-year period.
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C4 to put£2m into broadband
Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to grow its new media presence by ploughing£2m into new broadband services.
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NewsEvans signs to Radio 2
Chris Evans is officially back. The maverick DJ today agreed a seven-month deal with BBC Radio 2, signing the contract in typically flamboyant style - in front of a packed auditorium at the Radio Festival in Edinburgh.
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News1.8m follow Ann Widdecombe's advice
Ann Widdecombe's agony aunt show for BBC2 could be turning into a minor hit for the channel as the show picked-up a reasonable 1.8 million (8.1%) at 8.30pm.
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NewsSuperted producer goes it alone
Robin Lyons, the writer and producer of kids' series Superted, has quit Welsh indie Siriol Productions to set up his own production company.
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NewsSharman bids to boost CBBC interactive
Incoming controller of CBBC Alison Sharman will use her first speech in the role to put new media at the heart of the department's output.
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NewsGoddard Norwich return scuppered
Daytime chat show host Trisha Goddard has been dealt a blow after plans to move production of her Five show back to her home town of Norwich were scuppered.
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NewsHenson shuts London arm
The London arm of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has been shut down with the loss of 23 jobs.
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NewsNew BBC rights deal for radio indies
Independent radio producers are to get a better deal from the BBC after trade body the Radio Independents Group (RIG) and the BBC agreed new terms of trade.
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NewsAudit chief: BBC should be more transparent
BBC chiefs are facing a renewed bid to force them to open all their books to the National Audit Office (NAO) to prove they provide value for money in the way they spend the licence fee.
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NewsGCap: we'll sue Ofcom over digital plans
Radio giant GCap Media said today it would sue Ofcom if the regulator decides to license further national digital multiplexes.
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NewsNigella charms 800,000
ITV1's new chatshow Nigellahad a modest start yesterday with 800,000 (12%) at 1.30pm, which was just one of a trio of new daytime shows for the commercial network.
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NewsBBC kicks off redundancy talks
Unions and BBC management will begin division-by-division talks on job cuts this week after members of Bectu voted overwhelmingly in favour of negotiations.