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Video: Andy Duncan, chief executive, C4
Footage from the Broadcast Interview with Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan.
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Dramas are a hit for ITV1
Despite ITV1's dismal annual results, its drama output seems to be in good shape.
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Jade and football pressurise Five and BBC2
A big night of European football and Living's ongoing programming featuring Jade Goody turned up the heat on terrestrial channels BBC2 and Five at 9pm.
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BBC1 finds its Waterloo
Waterloo Road, BBC1's drama series set in a secondary school, was given a ratings lesson by ITV1's The Bill at 8pm as the corporation's show attracted an audience of 4m (16.9% share).
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BBC Knowledge bolsters commissioning team
The BBC has made a brace of appointments as part of the restructure of its Knowledge department, naming Martin Davidson and Jo Ball commissioning editors.
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Revenue rises 6% at UTV
Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media has posted a 6% rise in revenue for 2008, increasing group turnover to£120.3m and making a pre-tax profit before exceptional items of£20.3m.
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BBC2 picks up The Wire
BBC2 has bought the rights to all five seasons of The Wire, one of the most critically acclaimed US drama series of all time.
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Kosminsky: Where is the BBC's mischief?
TV Drama Forum: Writer and director Peter Kosminsky has launched a blistering attack on the BBC, claiming it has abandoned troublemaking drama and is stifling creativity through an emphasis on “top-down” commissioning.
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ITV and BBC plan for regional news partnership
ITV and the BBC have published a roadmap for a regional news partnership that could be worth more than£7m a year to the commercial broadcaster by 2016.
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BBC and ITV hunt 'ordinary lives' dramas
TV Drama Forum: BBC and ITV drama commissioners are on the lookout for more contemporary series about ordinary lives.
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Comic Relief helps BBC1 triumph
BBC1's back-to-back Comic Relief shows dominated viewing last night as its Kilimanjaro climb picked up 8.7m (36.5% share) followed by the charity version of The Apprentice with 7.9m (32.9%).
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BBCW wins NBC commission
BBC Worldwide is making a travelogue/gameshow hybrid series for NBC from its LA production studio.
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Harries slams product placement decision
TV Drama Forum: Bafta winning producer Andy Harries has blasted the government for failing to lift product placement restrictions in the UK.
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BSAC adds voice to product placement criticism
The British Screen Advisory Council has joined the myriad voices criticising the government for retaining the ban on product placement, branding its decision an act of “fundamentalist nostalgia”.
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Jade Goody's wedding viewed by record 1.1m
Living's two-hour coverage of Jade Goody's wedding gained a total audience of 1.1m (5.2% share) last night, making it the channel's most watched programme ever.
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RTL slashes Five value to£232m
RTL Group has written down the value it places on Five by more than 50% as a result of the plunging ad market.
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BBC pulls Horne & Corden gun sketch
The BBC has pulled a sketch from repeats of the first episode of Horne & Corden in which the duo perform a spoof anti-gun crime dance, in the wake of the shooting of 15 children in a German school this week.