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NewsLloyd's crew member killed in firefight
ITN has said new evidence indicates that a member of its news crew missing in Iraq since March last year died in the same firefight that killed reporter Terry Lloyd.
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NewsBBC unveils 'public value' test
The BBC is to unveil plans to apply a 'public value test' to the launch of new services when it presents its Charter renewal submission next week.
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NewsFive expands Britain's Worst strand
Five is to expand its Britain's Worst strand with four new one-hour specials to find the country's worst wife, teenager, neighbour and mother-in-law.
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NewsITV snares Lewinsky for exclusive interview
ITV has secured a world exclusive interview with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky following the publication on Tuesday (22 June) of former US president Bill Clinton's autobiography.
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NewsPEER POLL: Big Brother
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Has Big Brother gone too far?
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NewsFrasier finale pulls 2.4m to C4
The last ever episode of Frasier in a double bill offering at 22.50 entertained 2.4 million (19.7%) and 1.7 million (20.5%) respectively.
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The new law for indies
After months of waiting, Channel 4 has become the first broadcaster to reveal its new terms of trade for doing business with independent producers. So has the indie sector got the deal it wants?
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Poliakoff scripts trilogy for BBC1
Award-winning playwright Stephen Poliakoff has been commissioned to make three epic feature-length films for BBC1 set against the backdrop of the 1980s and 1990s.
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BBC1 rebuilds houses after acts of God
BBC1 has commissioned a new twist on the home makeover show, with a series following families' attempts to rebuild homes destroyed by floods, fires and even runaway coaches.
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BBC3 puts parenting in the spotlight
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a second series of parenting show Who Rules the Roost as part of a season on the subject. The 10 x 60-minute Ricochet-made series, which is due to air later in the year, asks working parents to stay at ...
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Parsons for BBC3
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has appointed his first channel executive, with a remit to manage output issues such as compliance and editorial matters. Katherine Parsons, who previously headed development in the BBC lifeskills department, will also help manage long-term strategy as well as providing editorial support.
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ITN analyses Iraqi handover for C4 news
Channel 4 has commissioned ITN to make a quick-turnaround two-hour news special devoted to the 30 June handover of sovereignty in Iraq. Iraq: Counting the Cost , presented by Jon Snow, will be broadcast between 19.00 and 21.00 on 28 June. C4 claims the show ...
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C4 airs view on BBC
Channel 4 chiefs have told MPs that Ofcom should consider taking over regulation of the BBC when it conducts its five-year review. In evidence to the all-party media select committee this week head of corporate relations John Newbigin said, in the meantime, the BBC should have a management board and ...
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GMTV gives disney 90 days to decide
GMTV will next week send out a sale prospectus to shareholders Disney, SMG and ITV outlining SMG's proposal to sell its 25% stake to ITV for£31m. The move effectively gives Disney 90 days to decide whether it wants to raise its stake by exercising a right to buy a quarter ...
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Allen goes to Tiger
Foz Allen, producer of BBC soap Casualty , has quit the corporation to join indie Tiger Aspect. He will join in August as an executive producer working alongside Teachers executive producer Jane Fallon and report to Tiger Aspect head of drama Greg Brenman. He will ...
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ITV to grant Harry Hill an audience
ITV is poised to commission a new An Audience with ? starring big-collared funny-man Harry Hill. The show from Granada's entertainment division is likely to go out in the autumn to kick-start the new series of Harry Hill's TV Burp ...
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Skillset av survey
Skillset will next week undertake its annual census of the audio-visual industries. Company chief executives and human resources manager will have the forms on Wednesday 30 June. Forms can also be downloaded from www.skillset.org/census.
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Dream Home back for sixth time on TVNZ
Distraction's Dream Home format has been licensed for a sixth series to TVNZ in New Zealand and has gone into production for a second series with French Canada's TVA. The format, in which two young families renovate neighbouring derelict properties over nine weeks, has done ...
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NewsHytner exits ITV for Barclays role
ITV has lost one of its key executives after high street bank Barclays poached the broadcaster's marketing director, Jim Hytner.
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TV Corp seeks base for Paradise Hotel
The Television Corporation is set to create a new long-term tropical production base to film international versions of its US reality show Paradise Hotel after sealing a deal to create a Swedish version.