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BBC services may come with strings
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell was due to announce her approval of the BBC's proposed new digital services on Thursday, with one senior source suggesting the conditions imposed on the corporation in return would be 'tougher than anticipated', writes Lucy Ro
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NewsLilies attracts 5.3 million for BBC1
BBC1's new Friday night drama Liliesmanaged to attract 5.3 million (21.1%) at 9pm taking it above the channel's slot average of 5 million (22.5%).
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BBC confident its children's channels will get go-ahead
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has said it would be 'unbelievable' if the government rejected either of the corporation's two proposed new digital children's television channels, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Digital needs a push
The BBC must commit itself to promoting digital radio if its five proposed digital services are approved by the government this week, according to Digital One chief executive Quentin Howard, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ITC sets cultural agenda
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) this week moved to put content back at the heart of the debate over the future of communications as it published a collection of essays on
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NewsSoapstar Superstar finale serenades 6.8m
The final of ITV1's celebrity singing contest Soapstar Superstarhit the high notes with 6.8 million (28.1%) on Saturday but fell short of last year's event.
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French set to star in Granada alien sitcom
Dawn French, star of The Vicar of Dibley (left), is set to feature in a new romantic comedy for the BBC playing a tourist information officer who falls in love with an alien, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Cartoon head is off to Oz
Cartoon Network UK channel manager James Greville is to leave the kids service with no job to go to, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4 pay-TV boss in talks with Shine
Channel 4 pay-TV managing director Gerry Bastable is understood to be in talks with Elisabeth Murdoch's new indie, Shine, writes Simon Ellery.
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Lichtenstein joins Lawson
The widely anticipated downsizing of the BBC factual department began this week, as BBC creative director, general documentaries Olivia Lichtenstein quit the corporation to set up a new indie with cookery
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NewsBBC backs Content 360 at MipTV
Multimedia and application developers will have a chance to compete for a share of 100,000 euros in development funding at this year's MipTV, during the second annual Content 360 competition.
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C5 and RTL clash over Sky bid talks
Channel 5's management and majority shareholder RTL appear to be at odds over whether to entertain a bid from BSkyB for a stake in the broadcaster, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BRAGG SLAMS BBC
LWT controller of arts Melvyn Bragg has attacked BBC 1's commitment to arts programming. Speaking at an event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The South Bank Show on Wednesday (12
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EMMYS POSTPONED
The American primetime television Emmy Awards have been postponed following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The ceremony, due to be attended on Sunday (16 September) by a number
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High Point opens Irish office
Film and TV drama distributor High Point Group has set up a new subsidiary in Ireland, as it continues to expand its production activities.
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BAZ HITS AT OLDIES
Endemol Entertainment UK creative director Peter Bazalgette is expected to hit out at the TV industry's older generation in the Royal Television Society's Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture on Thursday (13 September).
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BOSS DEFENDS BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has rebutted criticism of her channel by saying it has a range of 'vibrant, dynamic and exciting programmes'. Presenting the annual Bafta lecture on Wednesday (12
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CINAR UP FOR SALE
Indie Cinar Europe, producer of The Adventures of Paddington Bear, has been put up for sale after its Canadian parent company, Cinar Corporation, hit financial troubles. It has been forced to
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ID brokers VoD deals for Rainbow Media
ID Distribution has secured a raft of deals with broadcasters in Europe and the Middle East for VoD content from US channel operator Rainbow Media.
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HOT SHOT SHOOTS UP
BBC daytime scheduler George Dixon, one of this year's Broadcast hotshots, has been promoted to head of planning and scheduling for BBC 2. He takes over from Liam Keelan, who is