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NewsBBC DG to speak at religious conference
BBC director general Mark Thompson is to offer an olive branch to religious groups by making a key speech at a conference on religion and media.
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NewsC4 under-threat racing up for awards
Channel 4 Racing is in the running for three Royal Television Society sports awards tonight, in the same week channel executives decide whether or not to axe racing coverage because of costs.
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NewsC4 shifts Hamburg Cell to South America
Channel 4 International has sold Mentorn's award-winning drama-doc Hamburg Cell, which explores the lives of the people behind the September 11 bombings, to Latin America.
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NewsGrant Mitchell back in Albert Square
BBC drama chief John Yorke has made his first significant move to get the flagship soap back on track after persuading Ross Kemp to reprise his role as hardman Grant Mitchell.
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NewsStrikes chaos hits BBC
Up to 13,000 BBC staff across the country have joined the first in a series of 24-hour strikes today, causing chaos in the corporation's TV and radio schedules.
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NewsAnglia axes 50 jobs
ITV axed more regional jobs, with nearly 50 redundancies set to be made at Anglia.
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NewsLove Island appeals to 3.9m
Viewers haven't quite deserted ITV1's Celebrity Love Islandjust yet as the reality show picked up an extra 500,000 viewers last night to average 3.9 million (20.2%) at 10pm.
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NewsLove Island goes mobile
Footage of ITV's ratings disaster Celebrity Love Islandis to be offered to mobile phone users next week, as part of a new TV service from Orange.
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NewsHolmes joins Sky News
Former GMTV anchorman Eamonn Holmes is joining Sky News to host its breakfast show Sunrise.
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NewsMentorn chief quits
Mentorn managing director Charles Thompson has quit after three years in the post with no new job lined up.
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NewsTV Wrap delivers petition to No 10
The pressure group TV Wrap will take a petition to Downing Street today (Friday 20 May 2005) in its continued effort to improve working conditions for freelancers.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC strikes
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will next week's BBC strikes see the unions achieve their demands?
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NewsHunt appointed as BBC Daytime controller
Former Six O'Clock Newseditor Jay Hunt has been appointed as the BBC's new head of daytime.
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NewsViewers continue to divorce ITV1's island celebs
ITV1's Celebrity Love Islandcontinued its downward spiral with the third episode only attracting 3.4 million (17.1%), a fall of 600,000.
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Discovery Kids ups new output
Discovery Kids channel director Clare Laycock has signed off the channel's biggest commission slate to date with three new 13 x 15-minute series.
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Diverse draws on art world for BBC booking
Diverse, the indie behind Operatunityand Musicality, is attempting to democratise the world of high art for a new show for the BBC.
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Lion TV expands Beat the... format for BBC
Lion TV has secured another BBC daytime series with a spin-off of its Beat the Burglarformat.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Katie Speight
More4's editor is already getting excited by the programmes in development for this year's launch night, but she is still looking for some landmark event pieces to fill up next year's schedules
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Avalon bags fifth run for TV Burp
ITV1 has commissioned Avalon to make a fifth series of Harry Hill's TV Burp, with an increased 10-part run. The Bafta-nominated show, which takes a sideways glance at the week's television, has been booked for a 10 x 30-minute series, which is due to be delivered ...
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ITV2 follows X-Factor contestant
ITV2 has commissioned Sienna Productions to make a one-hour special about The X-Factorcontestant Tabby Callaghan. The programme, working titled What Tabby Did Next, has been following the singer since he was on the show and will also look at his family life. ...