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BBC joins£1.5m docs initiative
The BBC has stepped up its commitment to high-end documentary making by putting £500,000 into a new£1.5m fund to finance theatrically released feature length films, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Blair fails to get BBC to remove Gulf bodies footage
The BBC refused yesterday to remove footage of two British soldiers killed in Iraq from a documentary despite press...
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New director's dignity decree outlaws Italy's TV bimbos.
Italian state television may soon be stripped of perhaps its greatest aid to keeping Italians glued to their screen...
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Everyone likes to watch the BBC...unless it's a rather nasty trailer
The BBC was swamped with protests after showing a gruesome promotional clip of a woman plummeting to her death. ...
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Sony reveals its new game plan
Sony announced plans for a powerful do-it-all game machine yesterday, as the worlds largest consumer electronics co...
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'Disgusted Hoon joins outcry over BBC's sick video
Defence supremo Geoff Hoon last night fired off an angry broadside at the BBC over its plans to screen footage of t...
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New system to measure audiences boosts BBC, Talksport and BSkyB
BSkyB, Talksport and the BBC's Radio 4 yesterday received big increases in their measured audience under a new elec...
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Microsoft loses£1.5bn on Telewest stake
Microsoft has taken a£1.5bn hit after selling its 23.6% stake in troubled cable operator Telewest for just£3m. ...
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Microsoft offloads stake in Telewest for a paltry£3m
The American software giant Microsoft has offloaded all its shares in Telewest for just $5m ($3m) as the troubled U...
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Media stocks climb as hopes rise of an ad upturn
Media and engineering stocks were the star turn yesterday as the London market registered a near six month high. ...
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BBC defies Blair and families to show dead
The BBC said yesterday that it was in the public interest to broadcast footage of two British soldiers killed in th...
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BBC under fire as it launches record label
The BBC is launching a record company whose artists will be promoted across the corporation's radio and television ...
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BBC refuses to back down over Iraq doc
The BBC has defended its plans to screen a Correspondent special in which the bodies of two British soldiers 'executed' in Iraq are featured, saying the Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew about the programme months ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Sued: Wet weathermen
Bosses of some of Britain's top theme parks may sue TV weather forecasters over too-gloomy bulletins. ...
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This Morning staff face restructure
The 100 staff at ITV's flagship daytime show This Morninghave been ordered to reapply for their jobs following plans to restructure two of the show's departments in a bid to cut costs, writes Penny Hughes.
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YTV runs off with top RDF executive
RDF executive producer Sam Anthony has been appointed as Yorkshire Television's controller of features, giving him control of programmes such as Countdownand With a Little Help from My Friends, writes Paul Revoir.
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Trauma ahead for Emmerdale as BBC1 strips against ITV1
BBC1 is to strip a new hospital documentary series, Trauma, across the week in a 19.00 slot as part of new scheduling plans to try and break the ratings dominance of ITV1 soap Emmerdale, writes ...
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Wonder of Wogan
Terry Wogan is a national treasure whose talent has been 'squandered' by the BBC, Chris Evans said last night. ...
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Better deal in offing for freelance staff
Independent production companies will be encouraged to pay pension contributions to freelancers under planned changes in the way members of producers' alliance Pact treat non-contract staff, writes Paul Revoir.
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Bath time is a TV hit
A children's television series about toys in a bathtub is turning into a worldwide hit. ...