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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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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 ...
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C4 orders two new Wife swap series
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Hilary Bell has ordered two series of the reality show Wife Swap. Both 6 x 60-minute runs will air this year. RDF media has now appointed the show's executive producer Jenny Crowther on a full-time basis. She will also ...
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C4I does brisk business with Australia
Tiger Aspect's high-school drama Teachers has been sold to ABC in Australia as part of a package deal with Channel 4 International. ABC has also bought Lion Television's two-part documentary Island of the Minotaur , RDF Media's Carthage, The ...
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C4 moves to up rights revenue
Channel 4 has bolted together its distribution and sales arm with its consumer products division in a bid to increase its secondary rights revenue in the wake of the new broadcaster codes of practice, writes Glen Mutel.
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Action time does format deals in Europe
Distributor Action Time has secured a raft of format deals with broadcasters across Europe. Music gameshow All Together Now , created by Keshet Formats, has been picked for an additional 18 episodes by Star Channel in Greece and a second series on Show TV in ...
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MP warns against Commons TV freedom
broadcasters should not be given more freedom to cover House of Commons debates because MPs' behaviour could damage the dignity of Parliament, a former BBC producer turned MP has warned, writes David Rose.
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ITV gains terrestrial rights to Ali G films
ITV has snapped up the terrestrial premiere rights to Ali G in da House , the cinematic debut of Sacha Baron Cohen's comic creation, despite the fact that the character was developed by Channel 4. The acquisition is part of an output deal with Working ...