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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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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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Mersey gets ready for Redmond exit.
Phil Redmond has appointed former Discovery chief Joyce Taylor to the board of his indie, Mersey Television, in preparation for his eventual departure, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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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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Pepper pours£1m into HD kit
London post-production facility Pepper has purchased a Spirit Datacine together with a Da Vinci 2k Plus grading system in an investment representing£1m, writes Farah Jifri.
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SRH makes headway in FM104 purchase
Scottish Radio Holdings has been given the green light by the Competition Commission to buy Dublin music station FM104 for nearly£18m, providing it sells its 8.8% stake in Newstalk by the end of the year. It must also pull out of advertising group Independent Radio Sales. The Competition Commission has ...
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£8m BBC2 arts show
BBC2 controller Jane Root this week confirmed a£8m investment in arts programming including a new 60-minute weekly arts journalism series, The Culture Show , which she billed as the channel's biggest new cultural programme for 10 years. The show will feature arts coverage from around ...
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BBC2 to air Asian arts and culture series
The BBC's Asian Programme Unit (APU) is to launch its first Asian arts, entertainment and culture show since Network East. Desi DNA, which is due to air on BBC2 from next month, will showcase British Asian talent and will be presented by BBC Radio 1's Nihal Arthanyake, BBC Asian Network's ...
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American Idol 3 set for global airing
American Idol 3 , the US version of hit ITV show Pop Idol , is to be screened on a string of channels around the world including ITV2. The latest series of the show, produced by 19TV and Fremantle ...