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NTL CUTS 2,000 STAFF.
Cable company NTL is to cut its 14,000-strong UK workforce by 2,000 over the next three
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Millionaire to give viewers chance to win.
The international gameshow hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is to have its format changed for the first time since its launch in 1998, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC plans sale of Technology arm.
The BBC is set to announce plans to sell its commercial technical offshoot BBC Technology in
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Thompson warns giving extra rights to indies will hit budgets.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has warned that the new broadcaster codes of practice, set to be introduced by Ofcom next year, could hit the number of commissions available for small and medium-sized indies, writes Jane Marlow.
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ITV gets in quick with Rugby specials.
ITV is cashing in on the mania surrounding Rugby World Cup star Jonny Wilkinson. A 60-minute
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Comment - Fear of the future.
Channel 4's wariness of the new contract between indies and broadcasters reveals a surprising conservatism, says Conor Dignam Editor.
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Broadcast Commissioning Conference 25-26 November - Chambers' Five grows up.
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers said this week that he wanted to put the channel
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ITV plans latest daytime drama.
ITV1 is set to take another chance with original drama in daytime despite the high-profile flops of Crossroads and Night and Day, writes Michael Rosser.
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Bellamy gets extra powers to keep him at Channel 4.
Channel 4 has given head of factual entertainment Julian Bellamy a beefed-up role in a bid to keep him at the broadcaster, writes Glen Mutel and Jane Marlow.
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Bennett backs Restoration's second series.
The BBC is pushing ahead with a second series of Endemol UK's interactive series Restoration, writes Jane Marlow.
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My Family man to oversee comedy.
Fred Barron, the creator of BBC1's hit comedy My Family, is to oversee a new team written series about the life of a twentysomething secretary - his first commission since joining the BBC in April, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Allen plans to save£100m.
More jobs are to go in the ITV regions after ITV's chief executive designate Charles Allen
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LWT focuses on creating formats.
LWT has set up a new formats arm at its London base with a view to developing more shows for the US and ITV, writes Paul Revoir.
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Penk returns to roots and joins Key 103.
Controversial DJ Steve Penk is turning his back on London and returning to the Manchester station where he launched his career, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC PLANS SING-ALONG-A-CHRISTMAS.
Classic musicals such as The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz are to be
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ITV INTRODUCES ROLLING OFFERS SESSIONS.
ITV director of television Nigel Pickard is to free up the commissioning process at the channel
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Theatre of Dreams (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Bringing a camera crew into this world is a bit like dropping chunks of bleeding meat into a shark tank.'...
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Trail of Guilt (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Yesterday's episode treated the drama sections so seriously - and structured them so carefully - that we soon ende...
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Little Britain (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express and Daily Star
'Here we have the running gags of The Fast Show mixed with the weirdness of The League of Gentlemen.'...
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Little Britain (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'I didn't find Little Britain tremendously funny, though I'd concede that it had its moments.'...