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NewsEndemol puts comedy into 3G mobile phones
Endemol UK is to offer advice to users of third-generation (3G) video mobile phones on how to dance, flirt and even pass wind after signing a deal with telecoms company Hutchison 3G, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC2 lines up season of films on infidelity
A series of five films looking at themes of love and infidelity have been put together in a 50-minute special for BBC2 called Ways to Leave Your Lover. The 5 x 10-minute films features films by a number of different writers and directors such as ...
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Five whittles UK's heritage down to top 10
Five has ordered a two-part 'top 10' series counting down Britain's most popular stately homes and ancient monuments, writes Penny Hughes.
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Regional indie breaks into BBC1 primetime
Belfast-based indie Wild Rover has snared a primetime Saturday night BBC1 commission - one of the first times such a slot has gone to an indie outside London, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC gears up for charter renewal
The BBC has set up five internal teams headed by senior executives to look at different areas of its remit as part of the next stage in its preparations for the renewal of its charter in 2006, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsCNBC in Euro row
Newscaster CNBC Europe is set for a showdown with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) tomorrow over claims that it violated sponsorship rules by taking money from the European Commission to make a programme about the Euro, writes Paul Revoir
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News100 jobs axed as BBCi tightens belt
The bursting of the dotcom bubble has finally caught up with the BBC, which is axing around 100 jobs in its new media department BBCi and refocusing on interactive television, write Leigh Holmwood and Jane Marlow
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Westcountry signs up for hospital reality
Carlton Westcountry controller of features and programme development Caroline Righton has commissioned a further series of fly-on-the-wall hospital documentary Emergencyfrom Seventwenty Productions. The next 8 x 30-minute series will be again set in the casualty department of a Plymouth hospital. David Atkins will produce with ...
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NewsBBC hits Sky with satellite move
The BBC has announced a shock move to broadcast its channels via a new satellite - saving£85 million in encryption charges to Sky over the next five years, writes Conor Dignam
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Broadcasters and publishers head losers' board
A choppy day for the broader market ended with the modest gains for the FTSE 100 but the media sector was prominent...
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The wired network comes home to roost
Local connections take on a new meaning as domestic entertainment uses the advent of broadband as a springboard int...
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Broadcasters are spoiling for a fight
The war in Iraq will mark an evolutionary shift in newsgathering ...
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Cliffhanger for ITV duo as merger is referred
Carlton and Granada shares tumbled to fresh lows as their planned merger was referred to the Competition Commissio...
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Complaints rocket as TV turns up the violence
Television has sunk to new depths with record complaints abou violence and swearing, it was revealed yesterday. ...
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NTL imports new boardroom talent
Cable company NTL is strengthening its management team with the appointment of a new chairman and chief operating o...
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Inquiry to decide on ITV merger
The future of the UK television industry was placed in the hands of the competition commission yesterday. ...