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NewsFive makeover duo to front The Farm
Five's reality series The Farmis to return for a second run in April hosted by property presenters Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan.
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NewsPepsi exec takes BBC marketing job
BBC director general Mark Thompson has appointed a top Pepsi executive as the corporation's new marketing boss.
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NewsC4 rapped for sex animation
Channel 4 has breached the programme code for airing with an animated film with sexual content before the watershed.
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NewsReality TV stocks up
Reality TV, the channel run by Zone Vision Networks, has signed up five new series' including Flame TV's Cage Combat.
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NewsEndemol aims for floatation
Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica is looking to float a stake in Big Brothercreator Endemol on the stock market before the end of this year.
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NewsFaith brings 4.4m to BBC1
BBC1's powerful one-off drama Faithstruggled with a peak audience of 4.4 million (18%) at the start in the face of stern competition from ITV1.
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NewsBBC Showcase to feature ITV dramas
BBC Worldwide is launching a range of ITV-commissioned dramas at BBC Showcase.
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NewsC4 puts£22m into drama
Channel 4 is pumping a total of£22m into drama in a bid to air a major production every month from next year.
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NewsBBC staff plan mass walkout
BBC workers will take to the streets today in a mass protest against the corporation's planned job cuts.
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NewsBBC: Popetown toon was not funny
Controversial cartoon series Popetownwas pulled from by the BBC because it wasn't funny, and not because of complaints from the Catholic Church, the BBC has said.
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NewsNTL VOD service launches in Wales
NTL has launched the second phase of its TV-on-demand roll out in South Wales bringing the total number of customers who can access the service to 150,000.
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NewsC4I bags CBBC show
Channel 4 International has picked up rights to a BBC kids series for its MipTV drama slate.
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NewsBashir faces contempt charge
Journalist Martin Bashir could face contempt of court charges, which comes with a possible jail sentence or fine, after he refused to answer questions while appearing as a witness at Michael Jackson's child abuse trial yesterday.
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NewsBBC exposes asylum centre racism
Fifteen detention centre workers have been suspended after a BBC exposé alleging racist abuse at an immigration centre.
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NewsAl-Jazeera staffs up for English service
Al-Jazeera International has signed up two top ITN foreign news executives in preparation for the launch of its English-language television channel at the end of the year.
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NewsFive to screen Empire Awards
Five has snatched the rights to screen the 10 thEmpire Movie Awards from Sky, which Johnny Vaughan is hosting this year.
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NewsEastEnders falls to second lowest ever audience
BBC1's EastEnderstook another battering in the ratings last night, falling to its second lowest ever audience of 6.3 million (28%) as it went against ITV1's Emmerdalein direct competition.
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NewsFoxy quits Capital
Capital Radio's drivetime DJ Neil Fox is hanging up his headphones after 17 years at the station and will be replaced by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon.
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NewsMoody quits BBC
The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.
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NewsBBC governors to be scrapped
The BBC's board of governors will be scrapped in one of the biggest overhauls in the corporation's history.