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NewsBBC Broadcast sold for£166m
BBC Broadcast has been lined up for a£166m sale to Australian investment consortium Macquarie Bank Group, linking the owners of the BBC playout business with the company that will play a key role in digital switchover.
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NewsDyke: 'Sky has missed HBO chance'
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke believes that BSkyB has made itself 'vulnerable' by failing to become an HBO-style network.
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NewsWhiteley: tributes pour in
Tributes from the broadcasting industry have poured in for the late Countdownpresenter Richard Whiteley.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsSky News to broadcast live transcript of Jenkins verdict
Sky News is to broadcast live and verbatim a transcript of the verdict in the murder re-trial of Sion Jenkins - the first time it has ever been allowed in the UK.
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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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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.