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NewsITV News Channel clings on to Freeview
The ITV News Channel has been given a last minute reprieve on the Freeview platform but will have its hours slashed in half.
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News3DD opens TV production arm
Distributor 3DD Entertainment, which sells footage from pop stars Robbie Williams and U2, is moving into TV production.
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NewsITN anchor joins CNN International
CNN has poached ITN's news anchor Isha Sesay as the network beefs up its international arm.
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NewsMcCloskey lands key role in ITV fund
ITV West and Westcountry director of programmes Jane McCloskey has been appointed editor of the broadcaster's£3m annual regional production fund, the scheme aimed at developing new talent outside London.
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NewsAardman secures raft of mobile deals
Aardman Animations has signed a series of global deals to sell its library of cartoon content for viewing on mobile phones.
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NewsRippon signs up for Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting
Reef Television's daytime success Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and is to be hosted by Angela Rippon.
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NewsLorraine Kelly to front DNA show for ITV
8am: GMTV host Lorraine Kelly has been lined up to anchor ITV1 daytime's new DNA testing series Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories.
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NewsLords attack BBC proposals
A House of Lords committee has criticised demands by the BBC for an inflation-busting licence fee rise and called for plans to replace the BBC governors with a Trust to be scrapped.
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NewsTV chiefs line-up for Manchester
BBC director of television Jana Bennett will deliver a key note speech on the BBC's future commissioning and production plans at the Broadcast Commissioning Conference in Manchester this month.
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NewsCountdown returns with 1.8m
The smooth presenting charm of Des Lynam looks to have been an instant hit with the Countdown viewers as his debut on the gameshow drew a strong 1.8 million (21.8%) at 3.30pm.
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NewsEx-TV Corp duo sell indie stake
Former TV Corp executives Chris Rowlands and Charles Thompson have sold a majority stake in their new indie to intellectual property and production group Apace Media.
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NewsGoldman Sachs man launches indie
8am: A former Goldman Sachs executive has launched a television production company to provide new revenue streams for high profile sporting clients of his financial services business.
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NewsSMG to support Gaelic channel
8am: Ofcom has raised a further£400,000 a year towards funding a new Gaelic TV Channel after agreeing to change ITV broadcasters Scottish TV and Grampian TV's indigenous language requirements.
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NewsSecond helpings for Beyond Boundaries
8am: BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a second series of disability adventure travel programme Beyond Boundaries while the first series is still on air.
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NewsC4 appoints new commissioning editor
8am: Channel 4 has hired Kashaf Chaudhry, the producer of The Real Da Vinci Code, to join its science, history and religion department.
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NewsPeter Kay to run 6 Music
8am: Comedian Peter Kay and various chart-topping acts are to take charge of BBC digital station 6 Music's programming as part of The BBC 6 Music Selector.
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NewsC4 revives Comic Strip
8.30am: Channel 4 is reviving Comic Strip Presents... 23 years to the day since it first aired on the broadcaster's opening night.
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NewsUnions bid to reduce World Service cuts
9.30am: Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of people set to be axed from the World Service staff.
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NewsSex Traffic up for five craft awards
Eight members of the production team that worked on the Granada-produced docu-drama Sex Traffic are up for gongs at this month's RTS Craft and Design Awards
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NewsTony Blair Rock Star headsC4 winter season
Tony and Cherie Blair both feature in Channel 4's winter season unveiled by the broadcaster this morning but the Prime Minister is unlikely to be happy with his TV portrayal.