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NewsBBC still faces top slicing
The BBC may have won the battle for a new 10-year Charter and licence fee but the threat of top slicing has been left hanging over the corporation.
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NewsAnother Freeview slot up for grabs
Crown Castle is to put another Freeview slot up for grabs in the next couple of months.
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NewsEx Disney boss to run Hallmark
Former Disney International president David Hulbert has been lined up to run Hallmark International following David Elstein's£127m purchase of the business last week.
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NewsBBC green paper: industry reaction
Leading figures from the broadcasting give their reaction to the government's proposals.
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NewsFox snaps up Scream Films
Fox Television Studios (FTVS) has concluded its deal to buy Scream Films, paying a seven-figure sum for the indie.
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BBC staff hit out
The BBC board of governors may have learned their fate on Wednesday, but scores of other BBC employees took to the streets to complain that they were still very much in the dark about their futures at the corporation.
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Abbott moves into docs with ITV survival series
Paul Abbott, the award-winning creator of Shameless, is overseeing a Touching the Void-style documentary series for ITV1.
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Moody leaves BBC factual
The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.
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ITV axe falls on children's hours
ITV is to reduce its children's content by over an hour a week from Easter, after Ofcom gave it the greenlight to reduce its commitment to the genre.
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Box TV lays off staff after pitches fail
Drama producer Box TV, the company set up by former Channel 4 drama head Gub Neal, has laid off its heads of comedy and drama after two major ITV projects failed to get the greenlight.
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Indies to benefit from More4 cash
Channel 4's new digital free-to-air service, More4, is set to commission over half its content from indies when it launches in October.
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Pinewood eyes up Whitfield St
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is in talks to buy into central London audio facility Whitfield Street Studios.
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NewsBBC governors to be scrapped
The BBC's board of governors will be scrapped in one of the biggest overhauls in the corporation's history.
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NewsMoody quits BBC
The BBC has lost another senior executive after documentaries and contemporary factual commissioner Nicola Moody decided to quit.
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NewsFoxy quits Capital
Capital Radio's drivetime DJ Neil Fox is hanging up his headphones after 17 years at the station and will be replaced by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon.
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NewsEastEnders falls to second lowest ever audience
BBC1's EastEnderstook another battering in the ratings last night, falling to its second lowest ever audience of 6.3 million (28%) as it went against ITV1's Emmerdalein direct competition.
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NewsFive to screen Empire Awards
Five has snatched the rights to screen the 10 thEmpire Movie Awards from Sky, which Johnny Vaughan is hosting this year.
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NewsAl-Jazeera staffs up for English service
Al-Jazeera International has signed up two top ITN foreign news executives in preparation for the launch of its English-language television channel at the end of the year.
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NewsBBC exposes asylum centre racism
Fifteen detention centre workers have been suspended after a BBC exposé alleging racist abuse at an immigration centre.
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NewsBashir faces contempt charge
Journalist Martin Bashir could face contempt of court charges, which comes with a possible jail sentence or fine, after he refused to answer questions while appearing as a witness at Michael Jackson's child abuse trial yesterday.