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NewsFrank: Fincham will work with RDF
RDF boss David Frank has been personally assured by ITV director of television Peter Fincham that the broadcaster is “open for business” with the super-indie.
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NewsBBC making Proops biopic
The BBC is developing a biopic of the former Daily Mirror agony aunt Marje Proops who worked until she died aged 85.
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NewsTV critics 20 May '08
“Quite beautiful and hangs about the street corners of your mind.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsPace snares BT Vision set-top box deal
BT Vision hopes to secure 'two to three million subscribers' after signing a deal with Pace for next-generation personal video recorders.
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NewsNews Corp grows Premiere stake
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has raised its stake in German pay-TV operator Premiere AG to 25%.
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NewsLivingstone joins LBC
LBC 97.3 has signed ex-mayor of London Ken Livingstone to present his own afternoon phone-in show.
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NewsBurnham under pressure over cricket
Media Secretary Andy Burnham is under pressure to make a policy decision that would plunge him into head-on collision with satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
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NewsCameras to follow Irish students in the US
Motive is to follow three Irish students working on summer placements in the US for an ob doc series for Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
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NewsLaverne takes 6 Music mic
BBC 6 Music has hired Lauren Laverne to host a new radio show as part of a new-look evening schedule.
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NewsCome Dine With Me served to Spain and Netherlands
Channel 4 cookery show Come Dine With Me is to be remade for audiences in Spain and the Netherlands.
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NewsDuchess fails to grab ratings crown
ITV1's new documentary two-parter The Duchess in Hull failed to secure the ratings crown last night at 9pm but still managed a respectable audience of 5m (21.2%).
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NewsGavin and Stacey boost iPlayer numbers
BBC3 comedy Gavin and Stacey had more than 250,000 hits on BBC iPlayer in the week following its Bafta win.
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NewsMoffat replaces Russell T on Doctor Who
Coupling creator Steven Moffat will replace Russell T Davies as lead writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.
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NewsMPC adds to visual effects team
Soho post production facility the Moving Picture Company (MPC) has taken on two new visual effects supervisors.
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NewsSalmon quits Blue Peter
Blue Peter is to lose its second presenter in as many months, with the departure of Zoë Salmon to present a new CBBC game show.
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NewsSky One drama under fire
MPs have lambasted The Home Office for using£400,000 of taxpayers to help fund Sky One's Border Force, a series which focuses on the UK's war on illegal immigrants.
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NewsRadio body launching ad push
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) will this week launch a national radio advertising campaign extolling the virtues of using the medium.
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NewsRDF reveals cost of Queengate
RDF Media Group has revealed the full financial cost of last summer's Queengate scandal with full-year pre-tax profits tumbling from£6.2m to£2m.
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NewsFriday Night Project moving to Sunday
The Friday Night Project is to move to Sundays when it returns to Channel 4 next month.