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NewsJowell questions 10 year BBC Charter
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has warned the BBC that it is not certain it will have its Charter reviewed for another ten years.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to Wonfor
Leading industry figures have paid tribute to Andrea Wonfor, one of the most influential and highly respected women in British television who died last week.
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NewsPact launches new rights initiative
Producers' alliance Pact has launched a new initiative designed to help indies better exploit and protect their programme rights.
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NewsLeague of Gentlemen writer pens BBC comedy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a new long-running comedy drama about a set of weird characters in Blackpool from the award-winning writer of the League of Gentlemen.
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NewsPostman Pat indie buys Tweenies creators
Entertainment Rights (ER), the owner of Postman Pat and Basil Brush , today acquired Tweenies creator Tell-Tale Productions for£3.1m.
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NewsITV confirms ITV3 line-up
ITV has unveiled a line-up full of domestic and imported drama for its over-35s digital channel, ITV3, which is set to on 1 November.
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NewsPromising debut for NBC's Joey
Joey , the much-vaunted spin-off of hit comedy Friends debuted in the US last week to solid ratings and mixed reviews.
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NewsHumphrys rapped over interview
Today programme presenter John Humphrys has been rapped by his BBC bosses for interrupting too much during an interview with a Home Office minister.
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NewsVirgin Radio profits slump
SMG has reported a disappointing set of trading results for Virgin Radio and has placed the blame on audience measurement group Rajar.
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NewsUpbeat profits for ITV
Shares in ITV took a tumble yesterday despite a relatively upbeat set of interim results from chief executive Charles Allen.
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NewsLittlejohn producer joins al-Jazeera
Steve Clarke, the executive producer of Richard Littlejohn's former Sky News show, is to join al-Jazeera's planned English language channel.
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NewsBig Brother goes coy about sex and alcohol
Channel 4 has performed a marketing u-turn ruling out linking the Big Brother brand to alcohol or condoms in merchandising and licensing deals.
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NewsPEER POLL: C4 partner
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the BBC the best potential partner for C4?
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Five's gamble on Joey
The fierce battle for Friends spin-off Joey was won by Five. But, despite paying top dollar, there is no guarantee that the new comedy will bolster the channel's growing stable of American imports.
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When the firing started
CNN reporter Ryan Chilcote writes frankly about the horrific task of reporting for hours from the streets of Beslan
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Brule to present BBC4 media show
Tyler Brûlé, the founder of iconic lifestyle magazine Wallpaper , is to front new BBC4 flagship media show The Desk and his indie will co-produce it.
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C4 doc explores origins of AIDS virus
Channel 4 is to explore the origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with a documentary which claims that the disease spread from monkeys to humans via polio vaccination.
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Simm stars in BBC adaptation of Blue/Orange
The BBC has signed up an all-star cast for a feature-length dramatisation of Joe Penhall's Olivier-award winning play Blue/Orange.
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BBC1 is still in it to win it with Dale
BBC1 has commissioned 12 Yard Productions to produce a further 12 x 45-minute series of lottery show In It to Win It. Dale Winton will return for the fourth series of the monetary quiz show, which has been recommissioned by BBC controller of entertainment ...
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Creative touch goes into the unknown
London-based indie Creative Touch Films is making a 26-part documentary series about modern-day explorers for the National Geographic channel. Into the Unknown , which will air on National Geographic channels internationally from January next year, is the third biggest adventure and exploration-based series that the ...