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BBC may face internal scrutiny
The BBC may be exposed to external scrutiny by the National Audit Office as part of the government's forthcoming re...
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Trading accelerates for Game Group
Game Group, which warned on profits in December, said yesterday that current trading was running ahead of internal ...
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Murdoch offers bargaining chip in bid for DirecTV
News Corp, the US media group led by Ruper Murdoch, plans to deflect opposition to its $6.6bn acquisition of a cont...
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Watchdog threat to ITV's duo plan
Granada and Carlton's£2.6bn merger may be trickier to get past the regulators than they first thought. ...
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Chris Evans 'lied about events before his sacking'
Chris Evans was accused yesterday of lying in court about 'crucial' events that led to his sacking by the media com...
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Granada-Carlton merger hits trouble
The proposed merger of Carlton and Granada was dealt a heavy blow yesterday after the Competition Commission appear...
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Evans 'told lies in court over Virgin'
Chris Evanss was yesterday accused of lying in court over the build-up to his sacking by Virgin Radio. ...
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True vision makes war docs for discovery
Indie True Vision is making two documentaries for Discovery Networks Europe. Set to be screened later this year on Discovery Channel UK, Reporters at War is a 3 x 60-minute series examining the history of conflict coverage from the first world war to modern-day embedded reporters in Iraq. Meanwhile, in ...
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UK Food takes second helping of Day-Lewis
UK Food channel executive Gareth Williams has commissioned Pacific Productions to make a second series featuring cookery writer Tamasin Day-Lewis. The 15 x 30-minute self-titled series, jointly commissioned by UK Food with ITV1 Westcountry, kicks off on 25 August. It will be shot at Day-Lewis's Somerset home and feature her ...
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Radio 4 show to mark the Queen's ascension
The mammoth task of broadcasting the Queen's coronation to the nation will form the basis of a new BBC Radio 4 documentary. Still Room in the Tower will combine BBC archive with freshly gathered material and will air at 20.00 on 31 May, just a few days before the 50th ...
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Living TV organises more ghost chases
Living TV commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered two new event specials from indie Hanrahan Media. The World's Biggest Ghost Hunt Ever on 1 July will search for ghouls at Derbyshire's Tutbury Castle. A further Most Haunted Live event will also be screened on the summer solstice, 21 June. Both ...
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William and Mary to return as ratings soar
ITV drama controller Nick Elliott has ordered a second series of romantic ratings hit William and Mary (left), starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham. The Granada show finished its six-part run with 9 million viewers on Sunday night and has averaged 8.1 million viewers during its stint. It will go ...
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President Putin to front BBC Russian show
Russian president Vladimir Putin is to host one of a season of BBC programmes celebrating the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg. Putin will be joined by over 40 world leaders at a gala performance, featuring performances from opera star Placido Domingo and the Kirov Ballet, which will air on BBC2 ...
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Stars jump for charity on ITV
They have been stranded in the jungle, locked in a house of two-way mirrors and had their vocal skills tested for Comic Relief - and now C-list celebrities are to be chucked from an aeroplane as part of new show for ITV, writes Paul Revoir.
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Gardening shows in season at UK Style
UK Style is marking the arrival of summer next month with a raft of gardening shows, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Raft of orders for Prospect
Prospect Pictures has secured a series of new commissions, including a 20-part ITV daytime show in which people who have problems living together are offered advice from a co-habitation trouble-shooter, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Winton set for daytime return
Presenter Dale Winton is poised to make a return to daytime TV with a show that reunites celebrities who used to work with each other, as part of a series of new commissions from BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman.
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Reflecmedia NAB award
Reflecmedia, a manufacturer of chroma key products, has won the NAB award for innovation in media. Its ChromaFlex product won the award for its ease of use. The portable chroma key solution is a collapsible frame covered with Reflecmedia's patented Chromatte fabric, which folds into a 36-inch bag and opens ...
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Lola in on BBC show
London effects house Lola is following up its work on Wall to Wall's upcoming Ancient Egyptians with a series for the BBC about the destruction of the Roman City of Pompeii. Lola founder Grahame Andrew has just returned from three weeks working as post supervisor in Tunisia for the programme, ...