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BBC looks serious for winter.
The launch of new current affairs strands will be the focus of BBC2's winter slate while
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Bectu warns BBC tech closure will cost jobs.
Broadcasting union Bectu has warned that up to 350 jobs could be at stake following the BBC's confirmation that it is to sell its commercial BBC Technology arm, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BSkyB and ITV in channel talks.
ITV is in talks with BSkyB about launching its spin-off channels as joint-ventures, writes Paul Revoir.
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ITV's Jones calls for tax cut to protect regions.
ITV joint managing director Clive Jones has warned that ITV's regional offering could suffer if the government does not reduce the£250m 'supertax' it forces the company to pay each year, writes Jane Marlow.
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Optimistic goes to World's End.
Johnny Vaughan's indie, World's End, has secured a deal to be a key contributor to the portfolio of new digital channels being launched by David Brook's Optimistic Network, writes Michael Rosser.
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Silver to oversee Shine features.
Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, has poached Talkback head of factual John Silver to head a new
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LWT puts The Good Life to test.
LWT factual has been commissioned to make an eight-part series for ITV1, in which families give up their day jobs and live self-sufficient lives in suburbia like Tom and Barbara from classic sitcom The Good Life, writes Paul Revoir.
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Granada's Hunt to leave ITV.
Granada controller of daytime and lifestyle James Hunt is leaving the company to work in the independent sector, after he was left without a role in the ITV merger restructure, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC lines up Widdecombe for boat race.
A group of 18 celebrity Oxbridge alumni are to recreate the famous university boat race for a BBC reality show, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsRadio Authority scotches Telford FM deal
The Radio Authority has thrown out The Midland News Association's attempt to take over local radio station Telford Fm, claiming it is against the public interest.
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Inside the Mind of Frank Bruno (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Its tone sobered up and what unfolded was essentially a classic boxing tale.'...
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Inside the Mind of Frank Bruno (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Inside the mind of Frank Bruno was anything but. We learned nothing of Bruno's mental state?'...
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Inside the Mind of Frank Bruno (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'While not the initmate psychological portrait the title seemed to promise, [it] was an absorbing run-through of hi...
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Horizon: Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'For me, a would-be Percy, the programme was as instructive as it was entertaining.'...
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Bedsitcom (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Here was a show that seemed to have nothing to recommend it whatsoever.' ...
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EastEnders (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'This was strong stuff, especially for 19.30.'...
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NewsJowell kicks off BBC Charter review
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has kicked off the BBC Charter renewal process, launching a major public consultation on the future of the corporation.
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NewsOfcom appoints chief economist
Ofcom has made its latest key appointment in the run-up to its official establishment on 29 December with Dr. Helen Weeds being brought in as chief economist.
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ITV's taxing question
ITV's regional programming could be ?impossible' if the government does not reduce the supertax imposed on the broadcaster. That was the message from its managing director, but did anyone listen? Peter Keighron reports.
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Every Picture Tells a Story (Five) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'The programme had a brisk energy and a winning sense that, even when you're talking twaddle about it, art matters....