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NewsBBC axes websites
The BBC has axed a handful of websites following a critical government report into the scope and scale of the corporation's on-line services.
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NewsBBC explores selling off commercial arm
The sale of BBC Worldwide is one option being explored as part of a review of the BBC's commercial operation ordered by new chairman Michael Grade and director general Mark Thompson.
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RatingsRose and Maloney attracts 6.3m
A new series of ITV1's crime drama Rose and Maloney opened with a respectable audience of 6.3 million (28.1%).
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NewsHewlett joins BBC digital review
Former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett is to scrutinise BBC3 and BBC 4 as part of Patrick Barwise's investigation into the BBC's digital TV services.
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NewsUS advertisers call for electronic radio measurement
US advertisers have slammed the 'archaic' way radio audiences are being measured, echoing calls by their UK peers to introduce electronic measurement.
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NewsTen O'Clock News goes interactive
The BBC is to launch a new digital interactive service for the Ten O' Clock News bulletin.
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NewsRTL chief to address Edinburgh
Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of Five majority shareholder RTL, is to deliver this year's Worldview Address at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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RatingsEastEnders hits new low of 6.3m
EastEnders , BBC1's most popular show, sunk to a new low in the ratings for the second time this year with an average of just 6.3 million (34.6%).
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Alain de Botton launches indie
Author Alain de Botton has joined forces with director Neil Crombie to launch a factual indie - Seneca Productions.
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ITV planning chief quits
ITV's director of planning and strategy, Julia Lamaison, has quit the network with no job to go to.
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Scot producers want 9% target
A Scottish pressure group backed by producers' alliance Pact is calling on terrestrial broadcasters to use Scottish producers for 9% of their commissions over the next five years.
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Still Game gets UK airing
BBC Scotland's hit comedy series Still Game has received a network commission from BBC2.
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C4 courts controversy with film on foetus life
Channel 4 is set to reignite the abortion debate with a film showing never-before-seen video footage of what foetuses can do in the very first weeks of life.
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North One poaches Discovery chief
North One Television has poached Discovery Channel director Katy Thorogood to oversee a push into factual and formatted programming.
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NewsFive show will offer brides plastic surgery
Five has commissioned an outrageous new reality show which will transform the lives of engaged couples with extreme makeovers, involving liposuction and plastic surgery, immediately before their wedding days.
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NewsITV turns to soap spin-offs to boost teatime
ITV is turning to spin-offs of soaps such as The Bill and Coronation Street to rescue its troubled teatime slot.
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NewsElstein in£500m bid for Hallmark
David Elstein has launched a bid to buy the Hallmark Channel's international business with an offer believed to be worth£500m.
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Fake lottery win story airs on ITV
ITV1 has commissioned Hewland International to make a one-off drama documentary about Howard Walmsley, the painter and decorator jailed in 2001 after posing as a£9m National Lottery winner to save his marriage.
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Living takes celebrity snaps
Living TV has commissioned new indie Thumbs Up to make a 20 x 30-minute reality show about photographers who snap celebrities for a living.
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C4 gives female orgasms the Bodyshock series treatment
Channel 4 is to chart the progress of three British women who travel to the US to test a new treatment for women who can't reach orgasm.