All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 39

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    ITV1 explores rough and soft side of Holloway

    2009-02-04T16:24:36Z

    Wild Pictures will expose the drugs, arson and violence of Holloway Prison - as well as the softer side of Europe's largest female jail - in a three part series for ITV1.

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    ITV to reveal more cuts on 4 March

    2009-02-04T16:21:33Z

    ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell has warned staff to expect more swingeing cost saving measures on 4 March.

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    Linsey named BBC entertainment commissioner

    2009-02-04T15:50:16Z

    The BBC has appointed Mark Linsey the new controller of entertainment commissioning, following Elaine Bedell's defection to ITV.

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    Vinnie Jones to shadow hard cops for ITV4

    2009-02-04T12:17:29Z

    Vinnie Jones will be returning to ITV4 for another round of World Toughest Cops, but this time will travel around the world to meet them on the front line.

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    BBC drops Carol Thatcher

    2009-02-04T09:47:24Z

    The BBC has dropped Carol Thatcher as a presenter of BBC1's The One Show after she called a professional tennis player a “golliwog”.

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    ITV hands Big Tackle to rugby star

    2009-02-03T12:02:14Z

    England rugby stars Austin Healey and Matt Dawson have been selected to present new sports programmes on ITV4.

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    Billie Piper mulls indie launch

    2009-02-02T10:34:49Z

    Billie Piper could be the next high profile celebrity to set up their own independent production company.

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    Expert warns 'beware the digital divide'

    2009-01-30T12:25:13Z

    Plans to deliver broadband access to every home in Britain by 2012 will not succeed unless the internet becomes relevant to more of the British population, according to Deloitte director of research Paul Lee.

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    Digital Britain: The action plan

    2009-01-29T14:11:00Z

    Here, Broadcastnow presents the 22-point action plan proposed by the DCMS in its Digital Britain interim report.

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    Digital Britain: Main objectives

    2009-01-29T13:13:40Z

    The key objectives for shifting Britain to the forefront of the digital economy has been outlined in the Digital Britain interim report.

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    Question mark over cash ITV put aside for regions

    2009-01-28T18:47:40Z

    The future of at least£2m earmarked by ITV for funding indies in the nations and regions has been thrown into doubt after the fund editor was made redundant.

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    Anderson move prompts ITV factual reshuffle

    2009-01-28T18:23:41Z

    ITV's factual commissioning team has been reshuffled following Jeff Anderson's move to news and current affairs last month.

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    UTV to keep news at its heart in PSB shake-up

    2009-01-28T18:20:27Z

    UTV managing director Michael Wilson has revealed plans to “completely reinvigorate” the Northern Irish broadcaster following the second phase of Ofcom's PSB review.

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    Fonejacker to spring face-to-face pranks

    2009-01-28T18:00:45Z

    The Fonejacker, Kayvan Novak, has lined up a new comedy prank show for Channel 4 - but is hanging up his phone.

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    NUJ slams BBC/ITV regional plans

    2009-01-28T12:24:31Z

    The National Union of Journalists has condemned ITV and BBC's sharing plans for regional news bureaus, and has written to the Office of Fair Trading urging it to intervene.

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    Axe hangs over Heartbeat and The Royal

    2009-01-28T10:25:05Z

    ITV has denied it plans to axe long-running drama Heartbeat, and spin-off series The Royal, but will not take a view on recommissioning either series until 2011.

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    BBC confirms Ab Fab remake

    2009-01-26T12:17:43Z

    Classic BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous is to receive the Hollywood treatment for a US pilot.

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    ITV names Emmerdale series producer

    2009-01-22T16:35:55Z

    Coronation Street assistant producer Gavin Blyth has been named as the new series producer for the long-running soap Emmerdale.

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    ITV to become 'limited' PSB

    2009-01-21T10:07:15Z

    ITV is poised to throw off its 'regulatory burden' after Ofcom gave the green light for the commercial broadcaster to dramatically scale back its PSB licence obligations.

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    Ofcom: we haven't 'rolled over' for ITV

    2009-01-20T16:33:29Z

    Ofcom deputy chairman Philip Graf has defended the media regulator ahead of tomorrow's Public Service Broadcasting report, insisting it was not 'rolling over' in the face of demands from ITV to reduce its regulatory burden.