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NewsThompson wanted 600 factual cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson planned to cut 600 jobs from the factual and learning department, but was convinced by its director John Willis that the consequences would have been 'disastrous'.
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NewsBBC1's Hungerford doc draws 5.9m
BBC1's chilling documentary The Hungerford Massacre pulled in the viewers from 9pm-10pm peaking at 5.9 million (27%) at the end.
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NewsUnions threaten action at BBC
All three unions at the BBC have threatened co-ordinated 'disruptive action' if any section of the corporation is threatened with compulsory redundancies.
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NewsDe Mol takes stake in Hit
Endemol founder John de Mol has taken a 5% stake in Hit Entertainment sparking renewed speculation over ownership of the children's indie.
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NewsAd revenue up at Jetix
Pan-European kids entertainment group Jetix Europe has posted a 12% rise in revenue thanks to a hike in advertising sales during 2004.
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NewsBBC staff consider their futures
BBC staff were this morning considering their futures following director general Mark Thompson's announcement yesterday that at least 2,900 of them will soon be out of a job and another 1,800 will have to re-locate from London to Manchester.
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NewsBBC's The Culture Show accused of titles rip-off
A German broadcaster has complained that the opening titles for BBC2's new The Culture Showare strikingly similar to that of its leading arts strand.
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NewsPEER POLL SPECIAL: BBC shake-up
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the BBC emerge stronger from the job cuts and measures being proposed by Mark Thompson?
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NewsI'm a Celebrity final gets 10.9m
The final of ITV1's reality show I'm a Celebrity? Get Me Out of Here! averaged 10.9 million, a fall of 3.2 million from the last series.
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NewsBBC staff braced for job cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson has unveiled sweeping changes to the corporation that will see up to 6,000 jobs cut and the children's department, sport and Radio 5 Live moved to Manchester.
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NewsEndemol fined£15,000 for asbestos exposure
Big Brother creator Endemol has had to pay out almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos on the set of BBC talent show Fame Academy.
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NewsGSB sheds 23 jobs
Twenty-three people have been made redundant at Granada Sky Broadcasting, in the first batch of departures since ITV bought BSkyB's stake in the channel operator.
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NewsMowlam heads Emap Belfast FM bid
Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Emap's bid to roll out its a Kerrang! rock music brand in Belfast.
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NewsJowell dismisses MPs ITV rebellion
ITV looks set to be given the green light to scrap its non-news regional programmes after media secretary Tessa Jowell agreed that the broadcaster was losing money on such programmes.
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NewsAbsolute joins Manchester FM bids
Absolute Radio has revealed it will bid for a lucrative new FM licence in Manchester with a music station aimed at the over 40s market.
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NewsBroadcast Awards shortlist published
Green Wing , Shameless , Strictly Come Dancing and hard-hitting BBC3 drama Bodies , are among the programmes doing battle for the title of Best New Show at the ...
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NewsTop Gear finds 4.8m
BBC2 raced ahead of its elder sibling last night as motoring show Top Gear in the ratings took 4.8 million (18%) at 8pm. BBC1 fell to its lowest Sunday night performance since May.
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NewsCBeebies editor quits
The editor of the BBC's digital pre-school channel CBeebies is to leave the corporation to set up his own indie, but has denied his departure is connected to the impending move of the department to Manchester.
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News50 more jobs to go in ITV regions
More than 50 jobs are facing the axe in Manchester and Leeds, as a result of the new digital news technology being introduced across ITV.
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NewsSMG spends£1.3m on SPL coverage
SMG has pumped£1.3m into its production resources arm in a bid to make its coverage of the Scottish Premier League as good as Sky's coverage of the Premiership.