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NewsAyre appointed to Ofcom content board
Richard Ayre, the former deputy chief executive of BBC news, has been named as one of five people appointed as non-executive members on Ofcom's content board.
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NewsBBC strikes put on hold
Broadcasting unions have put on hold the threat of strikes at the BBC, after a last-minute meeting with the corporation's management.
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NewsMansfield bidding for Liverpool FM licence
Ex-GCap chief executive David Mansfield is to go head-to-head with his former company in a bid for the new Liverpool FM licence.
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NewsBBC Drama will benefit from licence fee hike
The BBC will spend a third of the£1.6bn it has set aside for 'quality content' on drama if it is given its inflation-busting licence fee rise.
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NewsReverend to front new BBC religious series
Peter Owen-Jones, the advertising executive-turned priest who fronted BBC2 series The Battle For Britain's Soul, is to try his hand at different religions for a new BBC2 series.
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NewsJudge defends BBC's 'Pop Idol for theatre actors'
Theatre impresario David Ian, a judge on the new BBC reality series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, has hit back at claims from actors' union Equity that the show is 'demeaning'.
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NewsBBC attacks Olympic Committee over games schedule
The BBC has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of targeting 'short-term, commercial interests' by rescheduling Beijing Olympic events to suit US broadcasters.
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NewsFive secures CSI rights for US channel
Five has signed a multi-million pound annual deal with US producer Alliance Atlantis for the exclusive video-on-demand rights to the CSI franchise, while securing access to screen repeat episodes on its new US acquisitions channel.
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NewsDutch company suspends shares after Millionaire bid
2waytraffic, one of the companies bidding for the rights to the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?format, has this morning suspended its shares.
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NewsPokerFace ends with 5.8m
ITV1 quiz PokerFaceended on a high with 5.8 million (29.3%) people tuning in at 8pm, seeing off new BBC1 drama The Chase.
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NewsLove Island sinks to 1.5m
ITV1's Love Island could only scrape together 1.5 million (7.6%) viewers on Friday at 10pm - only 10,000 away from it coming bottom of the pile when compared to its terrestrial rivals in that time slot.
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NewsBBC F&L hires three new execs
The BBC has hired three executives to head up development teams in different areas of its factual and learning department.
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NewsOrange CEO headlines Mipcom's mobile TV day
Sanjiv Ahuja, chief executive of mobile operator Orange, has been unveiled as the latest addition to the speaker line-up at this October's Mipcom.
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Off the Fence in Asian co-pro
Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence has teamed with France 5, Bang Singapore and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to co-produce the investigative documentary The Lost Kingdom of Guge.
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NewsEndemol targets Latin America for growth
Endemol International is continuing to grow its finished programme sales team, with the appointment of Ariel Tobi to the newly created post of sales manager, Latin America.
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NewsFireworks lines up new deals for Emmy Awards
Fireworks International has struck a series of international sales for the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be broadcast live from LA on August 27 on NBC.
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NewsFremantle inks dinosaur deals at Discop
Fremantle International Distribution has concluded a raft of deals in central and eastern Europe with flagship factual series Prehistoric Parkgenerating strong sales.
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NewsRebrand could follow RDF Rights restructure
RDF Rights is considering a rebrand that would see it operate at an arm's length from holding company RDF Media Group and could pave the way for a merger with another distributor.
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NewsComment: Broadband's brave new world
While most UK producers have generated little or no revenue from new media platforms to date, growth in VOD and download services over the coming months is likely to change this.
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NewsVeteran presenters to return for last TOTP
Sir Jimmy Savile, Tony Blackburn, Mike Read and Pat Sharp will co-present the final edition of Top of the Popsbut the BBC has ignored calls for the show to return to BBC1 on a Thursday night for its swansong.