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In training for the big one
Having lost out on the BBC1 controller's job, former BBC daytime scheduler Alison Sharman is now looking to make he...
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Special day or tedium TV?
Lisa Chapman thought the BBC struggled to spice up this weekend's royal wedding coverage, while ITV and Sky News ma...
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Adding value with interactivity
Producers are increasingly getting to get to grips with what interactivity can offer, from boosting revenues to pro...
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The Marshall Plan
With revenues from ITV Interactive growing at an impressive rate, department head Jane Marshall is confident that s...
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The clash of art and commerce
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson explains why the BBC distorts the UK broadcasting sector and how a TV industry which mixes commerce and creativity can be problematic - but is also capable of producing spectacular results
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Weather or markets?
What makes the latest FTSE and Dow information more important than storms looming over the horizon for Newsnight's ...
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Changing the face of TV
Former ITV chief Richard Eyre devours all the gory detail of the enormous risks and rewards behind John de Mol's Big Brother,as revealed in Peter Bazalgette's 'big and brainy' new book, Billion Dollar Game.
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A real waste of money
The feeble idea behind BBC3's rural reality show, The Week the Women Left, and its high costs prove that BBC in-house production needs to be more accountable, says Ted Harrison.
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Electing to do better
It's time for broadcasters and politicians to try to find a way out of a relationship skewed by constant confrontation.
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NewsMPs: relations with media at new low
Relations between politicians and the broadcast media are at an all-time low, according to a poll of MPs conducted by Broadcast.
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NewsMPs survey votes BBC top
The BBC is by far the most influential broadcaster in getting politicians' messages to voters and in setting the political agenda, according to a poll conducted by Broadcast.
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NewsHeggessey makes her first move
Lorraine Heggessey has yet to step down as controller of BBC1 but she has already made her first appointment as chief executive of Talkback Thames.
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NewsSwitchCo hires chief
SwitchCo, the company responsible for driving the government's switch from analogue to digital by 2012, has appointed Ford Ennals, a senior marketing figure, as its chief executive.
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NewsSky nabs Ant & Dec celeb golf show
A celebrity golf special fronted by Ant and Dec has been dropped by ITV for being below par and snatched up by Sky.
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NewsUS gives Fulcrum format a new life
Super-Size Medirector Morgan Spurlock has picked up Fulcrum TV's factual format Can You Live Without...?for the North American market.
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Channels spice up politics to woo viewers
Broadcasters are going to greater lengths than ever to jazz up this year's coverage of the general election, now just three weeks away, in an attempt to make jaded viewers watch election coverage.
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Steering a course between the grown-up and the gormless
Let me confess right now: I love elections, and I can't get enough of this one,
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BBC goes after Five's Frow
The BBC is making a play for Five's controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, to fill one of two top jobs at the corporation.
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Sony TV boosts output
Sony Pictures Television International is looking to grow its production clout in the UK and mainland Europe and has appointed former Granada Entertainment USA president Antony Root to oversee the strategy.
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NewsMacIntyre signs 3-year Five deal
Five has signed up investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre until 2008 in a deal that will see him explore new territory beyond his trademark undercover and access documentaries.