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OAPs given£100 to make digital switch
Pensioners taking part in a digital switch-over trial in Bolton have been given an allowance of£100 each to make the change to digital television.
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Sky One show to trace royal roots of families
Sky One has commissioned a genealogy show plus two documentaries about rare life-threatening diseases.
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NewsITV lines up celeb World Cup event
ITV has lined up pop superstar Robbie Williams to appear in a major celebrity football match in the build-up to next year's World Cup.
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NewsTelewest beats Sky to HD launch
Telewest is set to steal a march on rival BSkyB by rolling out a high definition TV service this week - well ahead of Sky's expected April launch.
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NewsChannel 4 axes Piers Morgan politics show
Former Mirror editor Piers Morgan's Channel 4 political chatshow has been axed following disastrous ratings.
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NewsBBC pulls Guerin out of Israel
Orla Guerin, the BBC Middle East correspondent accused of bias by the Israeli government, has been withdrawn from the region.
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NewsNews retreat from Iraq
Sky News and ITN admitted this week that the worsening security situation in Iraq has made it almost impossible to report accurately from the war-torn country.
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NewsRDF Media to buy IWC in£12m deal
Wife Swap producer RDF Media is poised to buy IWC Media, the Scottish producer behind Location, Location, Location, for around£12m.
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Taking the temperature of drama
What is the state of British drama today? What is the role of soaps and the influence of American series?Broadcast brought together leading lights in UK drama, from both the commissioning and writing sides to debate the hot topics.
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Interview: Fru Hazlitt - The Virgin queen
Virgin Radio's new chief executive, Fru Hazlitt, is looking to build profits by committing to getting on Freeview, launching new stations and hiring Christian O'Connell to present at breakfast-time.
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The new mainstream?
As Little Britain rides high in the BBC1 ratings, Peter Keighron considers the future of 'alternative' comedy and what the shifting landscape means for broadcasters seeking channel-defining laughs.
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Profile: Philip Edgar-Jones - Behind-the-scenes risk-taker
He is lauded as the man behind the success of Big Brother, but Philip Edgar-Jones is a modest man who isn't about to let his new challenge go to his head.
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Comment: Jess Search - The funds are out there
Jess Search discusses the power of British documentary and how non-fiction film-makers are breaking into the funding coffers that are traditionally reserved for fiction.
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In My View: Dawn Airey - Supply and on-demand
The BBC's trail-blazing Man Stroke Woman downloads show broadcasters starting to respond to changing needs, says Dawn Airey.
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The BBC at your cervix
How come the BBC has cancelled something as brilliant and worthy as hospital malpractice drama Bodies?
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Netting the future post profits
The traditional role of the post-production house is coming under imminent threat from cost-cutting and in-house operations, so how are the facility houses planning to earn their keep in the future? Kate Large reports.
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Anything but bleak
The opinions of John Birt and Paul Abbott not withstanding, British drama is in rude health, argues Conor Dignam, Editor.
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BBC F&L reveals Final Cut plans
The BBC's factual & learning department has outlined its plans to save between£4m and£6m a year over three years by bringing 20% to 25% of its post-production in-house.
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Five gives Grey's Anatomy terrestrial berth
Five has bought the terrestrial rights to US hit Grey's Anatomy after sub-licensing the show from Flextech-owned Living TV.
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Molinare buys four Grand Central studios
Molinare has bought the Marshall Street premises of Grand Central Studios for an undisclosed sum, as part of an expansion of its audio department.