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BBC in court
The controversy over Jerry Springer - The Operathreatens to erupt again, as the High Court decides whether a legal action against the BBC should go ahead. The Christian Institute took the corporation to court over its airing of the programme in January, which attracted more than ...
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Toon on Homechoice
Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network is set to launch on Video Networks' on-demand service Homechoice, on 25 April. Shows available will include Cartoon Network originals Dexter's Laboratory, Ed, Edd n Eddyand The Powerpuff Girls, plus characters from its sister channel Boomerang such as ...
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RDFR sells C4 rock
RDF Rights has agreed deals with VH1 in the US for Rock School, a new Channel 4 series where Kiss frontman Gene Simmons will tutor a group of school children in the ways of rock. VH1 will show the original 7 x 30-minute UK series, and ...
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The match takes cricket to Bollywood
Bollywood stars are going head to head with Indian cricketing legends in a local adaptation of Initial's sport reality format The Match. Endemol International has sold the format to Indian channel Star TV. The network plans to co-produce the show with Initial later this year under ...
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Sky launches digibox loyalty card
BSkyB is to launch another TV first this week - an interactive TV credit and loyalty card. The scheme, to be unveil...
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Allen is new comedy commissioner
BBC editor of comedy Kenton Allen is understood to have been appointed as the BBC's comedy commissioner. The move follows the departure of Mark Freeland, who left the BBC this week to join indie producer Hartswood Films. Freeland will take on an unspecified role at the indie best known for ...
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Fox TV distribution promotes two
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted Jennifer Harrington and Denis Cantin to head its world format sales in the UK and Europe, effectively splitting the position held until recently by Peter van den Bussche. In her new role as director of format sales, Harrington, formerly a sales manager for ...
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Strike threat to BBC election coverage
The BBC's general election coverage could be hit by strikes. Thousands of BBC workers are to be balloted on strike action after last-ditch talks between union negotiators and director general Mark Thompson failed. Bectu, the NUJ and Amicus are threatening a 24-hour walk out, with one union official warning coverage ...
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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.