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Tories not to be on panel to find BBC chair
The Tory party has said it will not sit on the scrutiny panel to oversee the selection process for the new BBC chairman. Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Baker turned down a request from the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Dame Rennie Fritchie, who will chair the panel, after expressing concern ...
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CBM four aim to launch Freesport
Four members of CBM Media - the company that made an aborted attempt to launch a free-to-air sports channel on Freeview - are forming a new enterprise to further develop the idea. The group, comprising Simon Bazalgette, David Bellin, Peter Knowles and Rod Connors, are aiming to launch Freesport, a ...
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Disney rejects hostile bid by Comcast
Walt Disney this week rejected a hostile $66bn (£37bn) takeover bid from US cable giant Comcast and bolstered its portfolio of characters by buying The Muppets from the Jim Henson Company for an undisclosed sum. The deal with Henson, which also includes characters from Bear ...
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Five commissions more 'swap' shows
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss Swap on Channel 4. Controller of special events and pop features Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Flame TV to produce three 60-minute instalments: ...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'An excellent opening installment of the BBC's three-part docu-dram.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Like Operation Dynamo itself, Dunkirk is a chaotic affair, improvised and cobbled together from desperately limite...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Apart from being informative and inspiring, Dunkirk was also very impressive in technical terms.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Dunkirk describes itself as 'a dramatised documentary' - a phrase that can signify almost anything. Either way, it...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'Dunkirk continues tonight and ends tomorrow. Don't miss it.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'In one sense, the flaw in Dunkirk was that it was too well made.'...
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RatingsDunkirk spirit gives boost to BBC2
BBC2's new drama documentary series Dunkirk kicked-off with an impressive 4.8 million (19.8%) but helped draw viewers away from BBC1 as the corporation's main channel had its worst peaktime audience since June 1998.
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The future of ITV news
Staff at Meridian TV are trying to make sense of a 40-page consultation document laying out management plans for a radical restructuring of news and regional programming. It makes fascinating reading, and not only for Meridian employees. Because this is not just a local issue. This document is being described ...
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Thompson: I won't apply for DG's job.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson this week said he will not apply to become BBC director general, writes Glen Mutel.
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Dyke's Manchester vision under threat.
The BBC could scrap a controversial Charter review plan to move a huge chunk of the
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Root eyes Discovery job.
Jane Root, BBC2's controller, is considering quitting to take a senior executive role at The Discovery Channel in the US, write Leigh Holmwood and Glen Mutel.
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Women still lagging, says Skillset survey.
Low pay and poor job prospects are endemic among women working in broadcasting, with the majority earning below£20,000, writes Lisa Campbell.
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COMMENT - Back to reality with a bump.
Five may pay the price for attempting 'event' TV instead of sticking to what it does best, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Digital debate hots up.
Broadcasters this week stepped up their call on the government to give a precise date for
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ITV to retain news presence in Nottingham.
ITV will maintain a regional newsroom in Nottingham, in spite of plans to close down its 17-acre Carlton Studios complex in the city, writes Colin Robertson.
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Tait to sit on BBC news panel.
Former ITN editor-in-chief Richard Tait is to join an internal BBC panel that will look into the corporation's editorial systems following Lord Hutton's assertion that they were 'defective', writes Leigh Holmwood.