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NewsQuestion Time to grill political leaders
The Labour Party has once again scotched a bid by the BBC to hold a live debate between the major parties' leaders - but has agreed to let Tony Blair appear in an unprecedented Question Timespecial involving all three leaders.
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NewsC4 steps up bid for licence fee cash
Channel 4 yesterday restated its desire for a share of the BBC's licence fee, warning that it may be forced to cut its public service broadcasting output because of falling revenues.
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NewsSonys snub for Radio 1 'saviour' Moyles
Loudmouth DJ Chris Moyles has been snubbed by judges of the prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards, despite pulling in over a million extra listeners to the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show.
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NewsDick & Dom's Ask the Family finds only 1.1m
BBC children's presenters Dick and Dom suffered a setback in their move to a more mainstream audience as the return of the quiz show Ask the Familycould only manage a peak audience of 1.1 million (6%) at the start.
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NewsFive acquisitions head joins C4
June Dromgoole is retiring as head of acquisitions for Channel 4 and will be replaced by Five's managing editor and director of acquisitions Jeff Ford.
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NewsYooMedia buys gaming broadcaster
YooMedia, the interactive group headed by former BBC executive David Docherty has bought ViaVision, the owner of Game-In TV, for an estimated£1.4m, in a bid to expand its presence in the gaming industry.
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NewsSex Traffic leads Bafta craft award nominations
Sex Traffichas picked up seven nominations for the upcoming Bafta Academy Television Craft Awards.
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NewsMPs hits out at BBC cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson is facing MPs' demands to call a halt to plans to axe more than 3,780 jobs and find other ways to make savings.
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NewsBBC made up Eccleston resignation quote
The BBC has been forced to apologise to Doctor Whostar Christopher Eccleston for issuing a statement in his name falsely claiming he had quit the show because he did not want to be typecast.
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NewsDyke to face Lords grilling over BBC
The House of Lords has given Greg Dyke a platform to say what he thinks about the Government's plan to shake up the way the BBC is run.
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Pinewood buys Teddington for£2.6m
Pinewood Shepperton plc has bought Teddington Studios for over£2.6m, rescuing the west London studios from administration.
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News2.6m lose interest in BBC1's Doctor Who
Doctor Who'ssecond outing on Saturday night was down by 2.6 million viewers from last week's launch episode with an average of 7.3 million (36%) at 7pm.
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NewsBBC1's all-day share slips to just 18.1%
BBC1 suffered its worst Sunday all-day share so far this year as its period drama Fingersmithlost over a million viewers from last week to average 3.7 million (15%) at 9pm.
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NewsSharman lands CBBC role
BBC daytime controller Alison Sharman has landed the job of controller of CBBC.
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NewsMore4 to premiere West Wing
The West Wing, the cult US White House drama, is to be given a regular peaktime slot on Channel 4's forthcoming digital channel More4.
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NewsFahrenheit 9/11 distributor bids£500m for Hit
Hit Entertainment is set to find itself at the centre of a£500m bidding war as Canadian media group Lions Gate Entertainment prepares to make a takeover approach.
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NewsRDF confirms float plans
RDF Media has confirmed plans to float on the London Stock Exchange next month at an estimated value of£55m.
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NewsC4 takes new Freeview slot
Channel 4 has joined ITV in securing one of Crown Castle's two available slots on the Freeview digital television platform.
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NewsBBC pushes Arabic service in Iraq
The BBC is attempting to encourage Iraqi citizens to tune in to its Arabic radio service with a TV and poster advertising campaign across the country.
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NewsFootballers' Wives seduces 7m
The trashy glamour of ITV1's Footballers' Wiveshasn't lost its shine with the viewers as the drama series returned to a peak audience of 7 million (32%) at 10pm.