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Shareholders give blessing to ITV merger
Carlton and Granada shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger of ITV at separate extraordinary general meetings this week. The two companies now only need formal court approval later this month for the merger to come into being. Granada chairman and new ITV chief executive Charles Allen used the opportunity to announce ...
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Jowell: no plans to ban junk food ads
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has ruled out implementing a ban on junk food advertising to children. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention this week, Jowell said she was looking to collaborate 'with the fast food industry in pursuit of a better way of working' rather than impose a ban. According ...
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BBC digital curriculum open for pitches
Indies have officially been invited to pitch for commissions for the BBC's controversial£150m digital curriculum project. The BBC lodged a notice on Tuesday (13 January) with Ojec, the European website which lists business opportunities with public bodies. The BBC has pledged to commission out half the£90m content budget for the ...
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The Perfect Holiday (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'You wonder if TV executives just drank way too much over the Christmas holidays, with unfortunate consequences.'...
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Hunt for the Nazi Diamonds: The Great Adventure (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Last night's documentary remained rather vague on certain key questions - including who exactly Svoray is and whet...
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Pissed on the Job (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Paul Wilmshurst's film turned out to be an intriguing affair.' ...
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Pissed on the Job (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'The whole thing was so grimly persuasive and entertaining.'...
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RatingsBBC1 struggles in peaktime
BBC1 had its worst peaktime performance last night (14 January) since 17 September last year, attacting an audience share of just 15.3%.
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NewsThe cornflake wars
As big names Chris Moyles and Johnny Vaughan take over the morning shifts at Radio 1 and Capital Radio respectively, competition in the crucial breakfast slot is hotting up as never before.
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NewsPost-production 2004
On March 5th 2004, Broadcast will publish the results of a major piece of research into the broadcast post-production sector in the UK.
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Notorious (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Watching the first in BBC2's new series on controversial entrepreneurs, left one floundering in a miasma of incred...
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Didn't They Do Well? (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
?Didn't they do well? is the kind of limp, low-budget quiz show you'd expect to find in the middle of the day that'...
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Flesh and the Devil (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?This 90-minute documentary added up to a thoughtful, serious and ultimately convincing attack on the Church's poli...
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The Alan Clark Diaries (BBC4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'The Alan Clark Diaries was slight but charming, very well presented but ultimately rather ineffectual.'...
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The Alan Clark Diaries (BBC4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'Last night's first episode was a painfully threadbare affair.'...
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The Alan Clark Diaries (BBC4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The Alan Clark Diaries was a real treat.'...
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NewsBroadcast launches green light
Green Light - a new service that allows Broadcast readers to search more than 1,000 commissioned programmes - is launched this week on our website.
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RatingsBBC4 scores record hit with Clark diaries
The BBC's decision to show The Alan Clark Diaries on its specialist arts channel BBC4 was a great success for the broadcaster with 848,000 (7.22% of multichannel homes), making it the most watched show on the channel since it launched.
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Endemol plans Shattered for celebrities.
Endemol UK is developing a celebrity version of its controversial Channel 4 reality show Shattered, writes Glen Mutel.