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NewsBBC to publish its top level exec expenses
The expenses spotlight is set to turn on the BBC later this year when the corporation begins publishing details of claims made by its executive board members.
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MPs reject licence fee freeze
More than 150 MPs voted to freeze the BBC licence fee at last year’s level yesterday - but the Tory motion was comfortably defeated in the House of Commons.
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Urgent decisions needed in radio, says Richards
RADIO 3.0: “It’s time for crucial decisions to be made” to safeguard the future of commercial radio, said Ofcom chief Ed Richards today.
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NewsGladiators out, Gray in at Murphy's Sky 1
Stuart Murphy has stamped his authority on Sky 1 by axing Gladiators and Don’t Forget the Lyrics and luring Duncan Gray to the channel as commissioning editor for entertainment.
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BBC1 to hunt Junior Apprentice
Sir Alan Sugar will challenge 10 teenagers to win a £25,000 career boost in spin-off series Junior Apprentice.
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BBCW completes ad sales team reshuffle
BBC Worldwide has completed a revamp of its senior global ad sales team with two new appointments.
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Endemol wins first Polish commission
Endemol is to adapt its Dutch drama Roses and Vodka Lime for audiences in Poland - its first commission in the country.
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BBC4 to dramatise life of Fonteyn
Anne-Marie Duff, star of The Virgin Queen and Is Anybody There?, is to play late ballet icon Dame Margot Fonteyn in a BBC4 biopic.
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T4 orders celeb eye-view doc
Channel 4 has ordered a showbiz pilot from Whizz Kid Entertainment where a pin-hole camera fixed at eye-level follows celebrities for a day to see how they really live.
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C4 axes Edinburgh Soho House
Edinburgh TV Festival institution Soho House has fallen victim to the cost-cutting at Channel 4.
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Phil Riley buys eight Global radio stations
Global Radio has sold eight of its Midlands radio licenses to former Chrysalis Radio chief radio Phil Riley and Lloyds TSB Development Capital for an undisclosed sum.
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BBC awarded £17.5m in bonuses despite cuts
The BBC paid £17.5m in bonuses last year to 9,777 staff – despite trenchant job cuts throughout the corporation.
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Thompson admits cuts risk quality of BBC News
BBC director general Mark Thompson has admitted cuts in BBC News risk damaging its quality – but pledged to “correct it immediately” if it does so.
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R2 to pre-record Jonathan Ross show
Jonathan Ross is to pre-record his Radio 2 show to make sure it is “watertight” against future editorial breaches.
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Question Time debate in peak gains 3.7m
BBC1’s decision to give Question Time a key peaktime slot paid off last night as 3.7m viewers (17.1% share) tuned in, comfortably winning the slot at 9pm.
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C4 defends Come Dine With Me racism claims
Channel 4 has defended an episode of Come Dine With Me that attracted a “surprising” flurry of complaints over alleged racist remarks.
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Sky admits to phone vote errors
BSkyB has admitted it charged Republic of Ireland viewers to enter three votes and competitions by text message, despite them having no chance of affecting the outcome.
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Channels agree five-year ban on revisiting Kangaroo
Project Kangaroo partners the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have made a five-year agreement with the Competition Commission that they will not try to acquire any part of their rivals video-on-demand activities.
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ITV plans double dose of The X Factor
ITV is in talks to deliver a double whammy of X Factor during the live finals, with a separate results show on Sunday nights.
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NewsTwitter TV series in the works
Shine-owned US producer Reveille is teaming up with Twitter to make a TV programme that incorporates the social networking site into the action of the show.