Media Brief
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| 10:55 UK time, Monday, 6 December 2010
I'm the 91Èȱ¬'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
Every community in the UK will gain access to superfast broadband by 2015 under a new scheme announced by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The private sector is to tackle two thirds of the UK. Other, mainly rural, areas will receive public funds to build a "digital hub" with a fibre optic internet connection. The government has earmarked £830m for the scheme, using money from the 91Èȱ¬ via the TV licence fee.
that broadband access could create up to 600,000 jobs.
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The 91Èȱ¬ Director-General that he aims to make annual savings of £500m following the recent licence fee settlement. He said the 91Èȱ¬ would have to operate on a smaller staff than its current 23,000 but promised that no TV channels or radio stations would come off air because of lack of resources.
Mr Thompson also said on the Andrew Marr Show that the freezing of the licence fee for the next six years would result in the 91Èȱ¬ making fewer hours of programmes "but to higher quality". He said the deal, announced in October, had been "a tough settlement but a good settlement".
that people shouldn't laugh at Richard Desmond's boast - in an interview with Management Today - that he offered Rupert Murdoch £1bn for his four UK newspapers. He says Mr Desmond usually gets what he wants.
Ann Widdecombe, self-proclaimed 'dancing elephant', was finally voted off Strictly Come Dancing. The she remained defiant, insisting she had entertained viewers and inspired a generation of older women to try dancing - even if they worried they would not be any good.
The that Coronation Street will celebrate its 50th anniversary this week with a dramatic storyline featuring a devastating tram crash.
Coronation Street as a northern phenomenon.
The story of the Russian-born parliamentary aide facing deportation from the UK accused of spying is carried by many of Monday's papers. Russian media reports consider her treatment "revenge" over the 2018 World Cup vote, reports the Daily Telegraph. The 91Èȱ¬ newspaper review rounds-up how the story is covered.
Links in full
• 91Èȱ¬ | Government reveals super-fast broadband plans
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• 91Èȱ¬ | Mark Thompson pledges 'higher quality' 91Èȱ¬
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• 91Èȱ¬ | Newspaper review
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