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Disney faces hostile bid by US cable giant.
US cable giant Comcast this week launched a $66bn (£37bn) hostile bid to take over the world's most famous media company, Walt Disney, writes Michael Rosser.
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Comment - The safe bets for DG role.
It's the question nearly everyone in the industry is asking - but are the possible answers all too similar?
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BBC reorders State of Play.
State of Play, BBC1's award-winning conspiracy thriller, has been commissioned for a second series, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV axe to fall on Nottingham studio.
ITV is poised to pull out of Nottingham after deciding to sell its multimillion pound studio
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NewsPeebles joins Smooth FM
Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Andy Peebles is to help relaunch JazzFM in the north-west next month under the new title Smooth FM.
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NewsOfcom unveils consumer panel
Ofcom has unveiled the make-up of its nine-member consumer panel, which is charged with ensuring the media regulator's decisions reflect the interests of the public.
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Here's to you ITV plc
ITV might be the darling of the Competition Commission, but has Charles Allen come to the end of his nine lives, asks Dawn Airey
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NewsSambrook: BBC needs to be more open
BBC director of news Richard Sambrook has said the corporation needs to become a more open place following the Dr David Kelly affair.
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Wire in the Blood (ITV1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Last night's first episode had many of the qualities of the first run, but it wasn't quite the same.'...
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Wire in the Blood (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Wire in the Blood was so dark and nasty it made The Bill seem as cosy as Dixon of Dock Green.'...
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Wire in the Blood (ITV1) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'Last night's episode consisted almost entirely of plot tropes cannibalised from films and other TV shows.' ...
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Wire in the Blood (ITV1) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'My incomprehension was not helped by the incoherent psycho-mutterings that Hill spouts in his twitchier moments.'...
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Cold Case (Sky One) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'Everything you could want from an American cop show.'...
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NewsPEER POLL: Will Back to Reality be Five's breakout hit?
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will Back to Reality be Five's breakout hit?
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Optex to sell sony
London-based reseller and rentals company OpTex has inked a deal with Sony to become the latest 'Sony premier reseller' in the UK. The deal covers the Sony DVcam systems and services and will see OpTex add the entire DVcam range to its existing Sony CineAlta HDcam high-definition products. Sony will ...
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Molinare spends
Molinare is continuing the£1.5m investment drive started by managing directors Steve Milne and Mark Foligno when they took over the company in September with the creation of a new Avid department. The 3,500 sq ft facility will house nine Avid Adrenalines with LAN-share supplied by Root 6. It will also ...
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More radio licences
Ofcom is to create 35 radio licences around the country. The broadcasting regulator has earmarked Liverpool, Manchester, Aberdeen and Cardiff for new licences, which will be created by squeezing more space out of the airwaves. Major groups such as Emap, Chrysalis, GWR and Capital are expected to pitch for the ...
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Sky sees profits soar in last six months
BSkyB has seen its operating profits rocket up 84% to£130m in the six months to 31 December. In its latest quarterly results the satellite giant also announced that it has pulled in 193,000 new subscribers to Sky Digital over the period, giving the platform 7.2 million customers. The company's overall ...