All News articles – Page 4002

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    TWG DOES UBC DEAL.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    The Wireless Group has signed a 12-month deal with UBC Media to take a daily showbiz

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    DEAYTON GOES TO SPAIN FOR BECKHAM DOC.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    Angus Deayton has been lured to ITV1 to present a one-hour special on the build-up to

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    BBC RURAL REPORTER.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    BBC News has appointed its first rural affairs correspondent in a bid to enhance its coverage

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    MacKenzie set for court battle.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    Kelvin MacKenzie has confirmed he will launch legal action against radio industry body Rajar 'within a

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    BBC to dramatise Bakewell murder.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    The BBC is to press ahead with a drama based on the controversial Bakewell cemetary murder

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    Viewers run away from athletics.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    BBC1 suffered its worst ever week in peaktime last week with a share of just 23.4%, largely because of the lack of interest in its extensive athletics coverage, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Ofcom appoints standards head.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    Ofcom has appointed Independent Television Commission (ITC) head of factual programmes Chris Banatvala to the key post of head of standards, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC3 HIRES ANSTISS.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    The BBC has appointed the series producer of Kenyon Confronts as executive producer responsible for current

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    RORY PECK TRUST RECEIVES£90,000 GIFT.

    2003-11-05T10:25:16Z

    The Rory Peck Trust, the charity which supports freelance journalists around the world, has received£90,000

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    BLUE PETER'S MARSON STEPS UP TO EDITOR.

    2003-11-05T10:25:15Z

    The BBC has appointed a new editor for Blue Peter - only the fifth appointment in

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    BBC INVITES TENDERS FOR HORSE-RACING.

    2003-11-05T10:25:15Z

    The BBC is to commission out production of its horse-racing coverage to the independent sector in

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    BLAIR MAY LET TV BROADCAST PRESS BRIEFINGS.

    2003-11-05T10:25:11Z

    Broadcasters are poised for a big breakthrough after Tony Blair signalled he is prepared to allow

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    BBC admits to error over Kelly.

    2003-11-05T10:25:10Z

    The BBC has admitted it wrongly inflated the importance of Dr David Kelly as Andrew Gilligan's source in a statement issued after the BBC governors' emergency meeting in July, it emerged this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Mentorn sets up drama division.

    2003-11-05T10:25:08Z

    Television Corporation subsidiary Mentorn is launching a drama division on the back of a number of factually based projects, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Debbie Harry fronts rock doc for Discovery.

    2003-11-05T10:25:08Z

    Debbie Harry, the princess of new wave, has been recruited by the Discovery Channel to present a series on rock and roll for the autumn, writes Gavin Stamp.

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    BBC renews faith in docu-soaps.

    2003-11-05T10:25:08Z

    The BBC has given a new lease of life to the docu-soap - which went out

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    Voluntary redundancies at YTV.

    2003-11-05T10:25:07Z

    The entire production team at Yorkshire Television's documentaries and factual department have been invited to apply

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    TV's top chiefs share RTS stage.

    2003-11-05T10:25:07Z

    Carlton chairman Michael Green is to take a rare step into the limelight after agreeing to sit on a panel alongside his Granada counterpart Charles Allen at this month's Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge Convention, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Comment - Fox in the henhouse.

    2003-11-05T10:25:06Z

    What's the logic for Fox launching a rival to Sky One in the UK? asks Conor Dignam Editor.

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    Chambers lands Five job.

    2003-11-05T10:25:06Z

    Dan Chambers, Five's factual programming head, took over from former director of programmes Kevin Lygo this