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NewsSky joins 'free' broadband battle
James Murdoch today unveiled a£400m investment in a 'free' broadband service for Sky customers as the satellite giant waded into the war for broadband customers.
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NewsPanorama to make primetime comeback
Panoramawill return to a regular weekday primetime slot, airing for 30-minutes on Mondays at 8.30pm from January, BBC1 controller Peter Fincham announced today.
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NewsOnly 2.8m interested in Driving Mum and Dad Mad
ITV1's new documentary series Driving Mum and Dad Madgot off to a limp start at 9pm last night with an audience of just 2.8 million (14.1%) in the face of tough competition from BBC1 and Channel 4.
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NewsTalent to spearhead BBC1's autumn
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has unveiled his autumn schedule, claiming that he is putting 'top talent' at the heart of the channel with new shows for Sarah Lancashire, Lenny Henry and Dawn French.
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NewsLucas and Walliams at work on new BBC1 series
Matt Lucas and David Walliams are developing a new series for BBC1 featuring characters from Little Britain after signing a three-year exclusive deal with the corporation.
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NewsJohnson to stay on as C4 chairman
The Ofcom board has reappointed Luke Johnson as chairman of Channel 4 for a further three year term.
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NewsC4 attacks Panorama slot shift
Channel 4 has hit out at the BBC's decision to re-schedule Panoramain a Monday night slot that pits it against its own acclaimed current affairs strand Dispatches.
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NewsBBC invests in dinosaur series for 'tweens'
The BBC has partnered with Discovery and Alberta Filmworks to produce a new children's series that integrates life-like CGI dinosaurs with live-action scenes.
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NewsNew DAB multiplex will not reach Northern Ireland
Ofcom has announced its intention to advertise the second national radio multiplex by the end of the year but confirmed it will not be able to cover Northern Ireland and parts of western Wales.
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NewsWildebeest trek finally arrives at BBC1
BBC1 has finally scheduled Trek, an epic wildlife documentary following the great wildebeest trek across the African savanna, which has been more than two years in production.
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NewsBBC moves cricket to BBC1
The BBC has decided to switch its cricket World Cup highlights from BBC2 to BBC1, when action starts in the West Indies in March 2007.
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NewsLBC listeners handed control of programme
LBC radio listeners will be given free reign of the air waves when a presenter-less phone-in is held later this month.
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NewsGardiner to oversee Tonight
Granada Factual has promoted Alexander Gardiner to deputy controller of current affairs as part of a series of new appointments.
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NewsSparrowhawk appoints distribution boss
Sparrowhawk Media has poached TWI executive John Morris to become managing director of its programme distribution business.
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NewsMassive shake-up at BBC
A massive shake-up of BBC production and commissioning will see director of television Jana Bennett take control of all audio-visual content, and create four new 'super commissioners'.
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NewsSplash exits Tinopolis group
Splash Media, the indie set up by former BBC entertainment executives Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis, is to leave the Tinopolis group and set up as a lone company.
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NewsFirst Artist buys NCI Management
NCI Management, the TV talent agency which represents names such as Gillian McKeith and Janet Ellis, has been bought by European football agency First Artist.
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Al-Jazeera technician shot by Israeli soldiers
An Al-Jazeera technician has been shot following a clash with Israeli troops while filming in the West Bank, the Arabic television channel said today.