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  • Video

    Video: Andy Duncan, chief executive, C4

    2009-03-12T08:50:25Z

    Footage from the Broadcast Interview with Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan.

  • Ratings

    Dramas are a hit for ITV1

    2009-03-12T09:35:34Z

    Despite ITV1's dismal annual results, its drama output seems to be in good shape.

  • Ratings

    Jade and football pressurise Five and BBC2

    2009-03-12T11:08:55Z

    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.

  • Ratings

    BBC1 finds its Waterloo

    2009-03-12T11:52:27Z

    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).

  • News

    BBC Knowledge bolsters commissioning team

    2009-03-12T12:23:37Z

    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.

  • News

    Revenue rises 6% at UTV

    2009-03-12T13:40:27Z

    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.

  • News

    BBC2 picks up The Wire

    2009-03-12T15:53:04Z

    BBC2 has bought the rights to all five seasons of The Wire, one of the most critically acclaimed US drama series of all time.

  • News

    Kosminsky: Where is the BBC's mischief?

    2009-03-12T16:17:56Z

    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.

  • News

    ITV and BBC plan for regional news partnership

    2009-03-12T16:20:49Z

    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.

  • News

    BBC and ITV hunt 'ordinary lives' dramas

    2009-03-12T16:52:40Z

    TV Drama Forum: BBC and ITV drama commissioners are on the lookout for more contemporary series about ordinary lives.

  • News

    TV Drama Forum: BBC1 wishlist

    2009-03-12T17:07:06Z

    TV Drama Forum: What BBC1 wants.

  • News

    TV Drama Forum: ITV1 wishlist

    2009-03-12T17:12:15Z

    TV Drama Forum: What Laura Mackie is looking for.

  • News

    TV Drama Forum: Channel 4 wishlist

    2009-03-12T17:17:19Z

    TV Drama Forum: What Channel 4 wants.

  • Ratings

    Comic Relief helps BBC1 triumph

    2009-03-13T10:03:32Z

    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%).

  • News

    BBCW wins NBC commission

    2009-03-13T10:22:58Z

    BBC Worldwide is making a travelogue/gameshow hybrid series for NBC from its LA production studio.

  • News

    Harries slams product placement decision

    2009-03-13T11:06:21Z

    TV Drama Forum: Bafta winning producer Andy Harries has blasted the government for failing to lift product placement restrictions in the UK.

  • News

    BSAC adds voice to product placement criticism

    2009-03-13T11:39:43Z

    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”.

  • Ratings

    Jade Goody's wedding viewed by record 1.1m

    2009-03-13T12:07:54Z

    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.

  • News

    RTL slashes Five value to£232m

    2009-03-13T12:59:52Z

    RTL Group has written down the value it places on Five by more than 50% as a result of the plunging ad market.

  • News

    BBC pulls Horne & Corden gun sketch

    2009-03-13T13:11:15Z

    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.