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NewsSky and BBC in talks over 'Freesat'
BSkyB has said it is actively talking to the BBC about the corporation becoming a joint venture partner in its new free-to-air satellite offering.
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NewsBBC unveils Charter renewal plans
The BBC yesterday (Tuesday) unveiled its manifesto for securing a new Royal Charter, pledging to be more accountable, more transparent and to introduce a new public service test for every BBC service.
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NewsBBC to air Scottish World Cup qualifiers
Scotland's crucial away World Cup qualifying games against Norway, Slovenia, Belarus and Moldova have been signed up by BBC Scotland.
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NewsRDF expands Wife Swap format in USA
RDF Media is expanding its Wife Swap franchise on US network ABC before the original format is even aired in a bid to combat a similar show being launched by rival broadcaster Fox.
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NewsR1 to air download chart
The UK's first official music download chart is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 when it launches later this year.
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NewsBBC launches defence of Charter
BBC chairman Michael Grade and director general Mark Thompson will this morning (Tuesday) launch the corporation's defence of the licence fee and spell out their plans for the future direction of the organisation.
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NewsOfcom rejects complaints over séance
Media regulator Ofcom has rejected the avalanche of complaints it received about the controversial Derren Brown Séance , saying the programme did not breach its programme code.
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NewsITV set to sell-off non-core assets
ITV is set to sell off a large number of its non-core assets in a bid to make further savings from the merger process, including post-production house The Moving Picture Company.
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NewsGardner recovers in UK hospital
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, shot whilst on assignment in Saudi Arabia, has been transferred to a UK hospital where he is continuing to make good progress, the BBC has said.
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NewsDJ Fox picks up NTL radio award
Capital FM DJ Neil Fox has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to radio broadcasting at the NTL Commercial Radio Awards.
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NewsAirey: I'm staying at Sky
Sky Networks chief Dawn Airey today told Broadcast she is ruling herself out of the race to become the new chief executive of Channel 4.
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NewsLloyd's crew member killed in firefight
ITN has said new evidence indicates that a member of its news crew missing in Iraq since March last year died in the same firefight that killed reporter Terry Lloyd.
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NewsBBC unveils 'public value' test
The BBC is to unveil plans to apply a 'public value test' to the launch of new services when it presents its Charter renewal submission next week.
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NewsFive expands Britain's Worst strand
Five is to expand its Britain's Worst strand with four new one-hour specials to find the country's worst wife, teenager, neighbour and mother-in-law.
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NewsITV snares Lewinsky for exclusive interview
ITV has secured a world exclusive interview with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky following the publication on Tuesday (22 June) of former US president Bill Clinton's autobiography.
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NewsPEER POLL: Big Brother
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Has Big Brother gone too far?
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NewsFrasier finale pulls 2.4m to C4
The last ever episode of Frasier in a double bill offering at 22.50 entertained 2.4 million (19.7%) and 1.7 million (20.5%) respectively.
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The new law for indies
After months of waiting, Channel 4 has become the first broadcaster to reveal its new terms of trade for doing business with independent producers. So has the indie sector got the deal it wants?
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Poliakoff scripts trilogy for BBC1
Award-winning playwright Stephen Poliakoff has been commissioned to make three epic feature-length films for BBC1 set against the backdrop of the 1980s and 1990s.
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BBC1 rebuilds houses after acts of God
BBC1 has commissioned a new twist on the home makeover show, with a series following families' attempts to rebuild homes destroyed by floods, fires and even runaway coaches.