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Watson does battle with ITV over doc length
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has clashed with ITV over plans for a sequel to his award-winning documentary Malcolm and Barbara, A Love Story.
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Bazalgette: small indies need quota
Peter Bazalgette, the head of Big Brotherproducer Endemol, has called on the BBC to commission a set percentage of its output from small producers to prevent 'super-indies' like his putting them out of business.
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Trisha hires Wright
Town House TV Productions, the indie behind Trisha Goddard's Five show has appointed Jezz Wright to the role of head of factual entertainment. Wright, who joins from Belfast-based indie Mint Productions, becomes editor for Goddard's show and will work on new projects alongside Town House managing director Malcolm Allsop.
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NewsBig Brother dominates with 5.5m
Channel 4's edition of Big Brotheraveraged 5.5 million (30%) last night, the second-highest audience for the current series after the opening show.
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Radio 4 to look at the art of comic timing
Indie Angel Eye is examining the art of comic timing for a BBC Radio 4 programme, as well as recording a series on unfinished buildings. The Comic Pause, a half-hour programme, uses examples of comedians' use of silence and asks how far the comic pause can ...
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NewsAustralian TV dumps US The Office
Australia's Network Ten has axed the NBC version of BBC cult comedy The Officeafter just two episodes.
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NewsBBC America lines up co-pros
BBC America's new general manager has signed off a series of co-productions and acquisitions, after the channel announced it would double its programme budget over the next two years.
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NewsTories reiterate top-slicing call
BBC bosses faced a renewed threat to the licence fee this week when the Tories stepped up the demand that they share the revenue with other broadcasters.
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NewsLicence fee victory for ITV
Ofcom has slashed ITV's annual licence fee payments by more than half, saving the company£135m a year. The settlement, which was better than expected, saw the company's share price rise by more than 5 per cent.
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NewsRichard & Judy sheds viewers
Channel 4's high profile afternoon chat show Richard & Judyhas seen its audience fall by around a third since it was moved from its 5pm slot.
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NewsNew Tricks ends run with 7.4m
BBC1's detective drama series New Trickscame to the end of its run with a sizeable peak audience of 7.4 million (34%) at the end of the 60-minute episode.
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NewsBroadcast temp
Broadcastis currently looking for a temp to help out with admin duties across the magazine and the website. Duties include: compiling cuttings from newspapers; assisting with research; dealing with reader enquiries as well as general administration duties.
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NewsBlair to face second MTV grilling
Tony Blair has volunteered to endure another grilling on MTV, this time over key issues surrounding the G8 summit, such as Africa and climate change.
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NewsMP to investigate BBC online archive
A BBC project to make its archive available online has been criticised by a media MP, who fears it could spark a new trade in illegal downloads.
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NewsBBC to test staff before promotions
BBC journalists will have to pass new training courses in order to be promoted, as part of the corporation's response to the Neil Report on its journalistic standards.
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NewsComing soon: ITV on your phone
ITV is poised to sign a deal with O2 that will see it become the first terrestrial channel to be broadcast live on mobile phones.
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NewsBBC makes Mitchell and Kenyon follow up
BBC2 is making a follow up to its surprise hit documentary The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon.
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News...then suffers worst ever share
After BBC1's strong Saturday performance the corporation's main terrestrial channel fell to its worst all-day share ever on Sunday (26 June) with just 17.4% of the viewing audience.
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NewsBBC1 trounces rival with tennis...
BBC1's live coverage of Andy Murray's valiant but doomed Wimbledon match against David Nalbandian managed a sizeable peak audience of 9.3 million (51.1%) at 7pm as ITV1 suffered its second worst all-day share ever.
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NewsC4 drops today's Countdown
Channel 4 has postponed today's broadcast of Countdownfollowing the death of presenter Richard Whiteley.