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NewsJowell clears erotic VOD content in daytime
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has backed a new code of practice for Video On Demand (VOD) providers, which will let them show adult content throughout the day, writes Paul Revoir
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The last trip down the garden path
Britain's best-loved gardener, Alan Titchmarsh, has just recorded his last appearance on the BBC's Ground Force. ...
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Blow for Jamie as more of his chefs walk out
He proudly names it Fifteen, after the number of would-be chefs he had painstakingly trained to work in the establi...
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HIT is clouted over US trading
Bob the Builder group HIT Entertainment dug a hole for its share price yesterday after warning that US trading cond...
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ER girl turns warrior queen
In the medical drama ER, she battles to save lives. But with a roar and a flash of her dagger, Alex Kingston show...
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Disney hoping to buy Jim Henson
Walt Disney was last night rumoured to be seeking to acquire Jim Henson, the company that gave the world the Muppet...
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Alex the Warrior Queen
Alex Kingston, the British actress who decamped to Hollywood to star in the medical drama ER after her husband Ralp...
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Rupert Murdoch's early Christmas gift from the OFT leaves City pundits puzzled
On Tuesday, the Office of Fair Trading announced that Sky had not breached competition law ...
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Parliament to study media intrusion
An inquiry into media intrusion is to be conducted by the influential Commons Select Committee on Media, Culture an...
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Weak toy market dents HIT shares
Shares in HIT Entertainment, whose stable of children's characters includes Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Eng...
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NewsBBC ups text capability
The BBC is to dramatically increase the range of text message services on its BBC Radio 1 and Radio Five Live stations after signing a new deal with wireless service provider Wireless Information Network Ltd (WIN), writes David Wood
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Living TV pilots chat formats
Living TV has shortlisted three indies to make its first UK chat show - a deal that will offer the successful company a contract for 100 hours of programming, writes Paul Revoir
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Frank pulls out of Five chief race
RDF Media managing director David Frank this week ruled himself out of the race for the Five chief executive job, writes Penny Hughes
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Fulcrum starts formats push
Factual indie Fulcrum Productions is moving into format production and has poached the executive behind ITV's The Real Bad Girls to oversee the push, writes Penny Hughes
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C4 to offer war zone training
Channel 4 and industry training body Skillset are to offer up to 60 TV freelancers hostile regions training, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV duo explore GMTV sales link
Carlton and Granada are considering using their sister ITV breakfast franchise, GMTV, to sell some of their airtime if the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decides that a single ITV sales house is monopolistic, writes Steve Aston
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Further boost to ITV 2 hours
ITV 2 is to extend its hours again to become a 24-hour channel, heightening speculation that the channel will receive a cash injection from shareholders Carlton and Granada, writes Steve Aston
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Bloomberg exit threatens to dent confidence in digital
Digital radio was dealt a blow this week after newscaster Bloomberg Radio pulled its service from national digital multiplex Digital One, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Barrett steps up to take helm of BBC 2's Horizon
Horizon deputy editor Matthew Barrett is moving up to become editor of the BBC 2 science strand in the new year, writes Georgina Lipscomb