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NewsITV to counter Deal by cutting kids TV
ITV is considering cutting 30 minutes of its CiTV children's block in order to schedule The Price is Right against Channel 4's hit show Deal or No Dealand BBC2's Ready Steady Cook. Sources at the ...
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Internal candidates vie for BBC News job
Contenders are lining up for the post of editor of the BBC's 10 O'Clock News, with two internal candidates - Stephen Mawhinney, deputy editor of the 10pm bulletin, and Mark Popescu, former controller of News 24 - emerging as the leading contenders. The closing date ...
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NewsHeart still number one in London
8.45am:Chrysalis station Heart 106.2 has maintained its number-one position in the London radio market for the second quarter.
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Sampson quits ITV
ITV's director of customer relationship marketing Justin Sampson is to leave the broadcaster, with no job to go to.
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NewsGMG takes Scottish Rajar crown
GMG's Real Radio Scotland recorded a record share of 17.7% in the latest round of Rajar results, making it the country's largest commercial radio station.
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NewsSpirits low in BBC Factual
Morale in the BBC's factual and learning department has plummeted with staff angry that too few senior executives have been cut as part of the department's 424 job losses.
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NewsITV Morse spin-off set to return
Lewis, ITV's Inspector Morsespin-off, is set to return after pulling in over 11 million viewers on Sunday night.
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NewsITV 'faces production demerger calls'
10.15am:ITV could face calls from major investors to demerge its production business to prop up the firm's share price.
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NewsOnly 1.8m are part of The IT Crowd
Channel 4's new sitcom The IT Crowdgot off to an unremarkable start with the first episode of a double-bill attracting 1.8 million (7.5%) at 9pm.
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NewsIngenious appoints ex-Sky chief
Former BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball is returning to the UK media scene as chairman of an Ingenious Media fund that plans to spend£250m buying media assets.
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NewsMarch launch for Disney Cinemagic
8am:Disney has set a mid-March launch date for its new premium channel Disney Cinemagic.
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NewsLiving TV buys 'actress idol'
8am:Living TV has bought the rights to an American acting talent show The Starletfrom Warner Brothers International Television Distribution (WBITD).
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NewsMPs: Radio 4's Today could learn from Radio 5 Live
MPs have again criticised John Humphrys and his fellow Today programme presenters for the 'gladiatorial style' they adopt when interviewing politicians.
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NewsNicktoons US buys CBBC's The Secret Show
BBC Worldwide has sold forthcoming animation series The Secret Showinto the US before production has finished.
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NewsOfcom tweaks sponsorship rules
Ofcom has decided to allow commercial TV and radio channels to be sponsored but not those that carry news bulletins or current affairs programmes.
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NewsTWI's Clemmow joins Juniper
Juniper has poached TWI head of factual programmes Richard Clemmow to become its new managing director.
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NewsVirgin Queen exec producer quits BBC
8am:Simon Curtis, one of the executive producers behind BBC1 period drama The Virgin Queenhas quit the BBC to go freelance.
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NewsSky One lands David Jason for£6m Christmas special
Sky One has lined-up David Jason to star in its£6m adaptation of Hogfather, the Terry Pratchett best-selling fantasy fiction novel set in Discworld.
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NewsScreen Burn set for small screen
The Guardian Guide's acerbic TV review column Screen Burn, devised by Nathan Barleyco-writer Charlie Brooker, is to be turned into a series for BBC4.
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NewsOver 2,000 complain to BBC over 'anti-Muslim' cartoons
More than 2,000 people have complained to the BBC over its decision to broadcast images of cartoons branded anti-Muslim.