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BBC news cuts delayed
Hundreds of BBC news staff are being kept waiting to hear if they will be allowed to take voluntary redundancy, as the NUJ and management hold further talks on the department's future.
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ITV News Channel sees Freeview hours cut in half
The ITV News Channel has been given a last-minute reprieve on the Freeview platform but has had its hours slashed in half.
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Daytime Sudoku shows set for battle
The BBC and ITV are gearing up for a battle of the Sudoku shows, with both channels preparing to unleash daytime quizzes based on the Japanese craze.
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NewsRoberts takes executive roleat Coronation Street
Former Coronation Street producer Kieran Roberts, who oversaw some of the soap's most successful storylines, including the Richard Hillman serial killer plot, has been made executive producer of the show.
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C4 heats up Fridays with new comedies
Channel 4 plans to revive its flagging Friday night line-up this winter with a new series from the producer of The Office and hit US comedy My Name is Earl.
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NewsFresh Freeview slot draws bids
Another Freeview slot is up for grabs and owner National Grid Wireless (formerly Crown Castle) has asked for minimum bids of£5.5m a year.
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NewsBBC plans interactive online drama
The BBC is set to launch its first interactive drama, which will be offered exclusively to broadband users online.
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NewsChannel 4 launches mobile channel
Channel 4 will this week become the first terrestrial broadcaster to launch a branded mobile TV channel, screening popular shows such as Supernanny and Brat Camp in full.
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NewsBBC news in major revamp
BBC head of TV news Peter Horrocks is planning a major overhaul of the corporation's newsgathering service which would see it shift its focus from the major terrestrial bulletins to News 24.
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NewsShaps to overhaul ITV commissioning
ITV director of television Simon Shaps is planning a radical overhaul of ITV's commissioning system, creating three new genre 'ministries' and hiring around eight more commissioners.
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Casting a shadow over reality TV
A good reality show depends on just the right mix of participants, whether celebrities or 'real people'. But how easy is it to find them now that the boom in the genre has made us all media-savvy - and are the burgeoning number of casting agencies a boon or a ...
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NewsInterview: John Yorke & Lucy Richer - Drama's double act
BBC drama's John Yorke and Lucy Richer are on a roll with the successful return of the Mitchell brothers and series such as Spooks and Hustle. They tell Geoff White about what they gained by moving from C4 to the BBC.
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Profile: Mark Browning - Programming from the Heart
Mark Browning has steered Heart 106.2 clear of rival Capital through a change of personnel and a clear understanding of his target Londoners.
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Who will be the winners in 2012?
One of the themes at this year's Promax is future-proofing for 2012. So what will the media landscape look like then? Broadcast asks five industry figures to predict the trends and technologies that will affect TV's marketers and creative directors and the new skills and knowledge that will be needed ...
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Downloading the future
Soon we'll be able to download TV programmes in the same way we can songs and albums, says David Docherty, so what future is there for conventional broadcasters?
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Putting people first
Daisy Goodwin questions whether the super-indie is the best environment for nurturing talent.
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Can they be trusted?
Michael Grade has promised the launch of any new services by the BBC will be scrutinised more closely, but commercial rivals remain concerned about the corporation's expansionist tendencies, writes Jenny Smith.
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Sky pushes its limits
By buying Easynet, Sky has become the first TV company to move into telecoms - but can it make the culture clash work in its favour?
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Show me the money
With the death of traditional advertising, UK broadcasting needs alternative ways of making money - and soon.
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BBC sends celebs back to school
The BBC plans to make celebrities relive their school days with a new quiz show based on the national curriculum.