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NewsThompson to plug Brookside gap with anything but soap
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has confirmed that he is not looking for a new soap to replace Brookside , writes Jane Marlow
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BBC puts faith in team writing
Team writing, the communal script process that has made a success of major US shows such as The Simpsons and Friend...
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Best radio to be honoured
The Radio Academy is launching a 'Hall of Fame' to recognise outstanding achievement by UK radio broadcasters, ...
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C4 to improve skills in inner city Liverpool
Channel 4 is backing a new multimillion pound production and media training facility, Toxteth TV, that will open in...
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Granada news staff face job cuts
Granada has offered all staff in its Manchester news and current affairs operation voluntary redundancy in a bid to free up jobs for those facing cuts at the company's digital production division, writes Steve Aston
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Flextech takes new approach to marketing
Flextech channel controllers will now be responsible for marketing their channels after the company axed jobs at it...
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New stakeholder will boost Einstein
Einstein TV is poised to be bought-out by a new owner which plans to inject more cash into the company and launch a lifestyle TV channel, writes Paul Revoir
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Chrysalis cuts Sky News deal
Chrysalis Radio is teaming up with Sky News to use the satellite broadcaster's top news reporters, such as politica...
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Betty unites with Five for website doc
Betty, the indie founded by former Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner, is making a film for Five based on the cult website Friends Reunited, writes Penny Hughes
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Oneword moots slot for shock jock Stern
Oneword, the highbrow digital radio station, is in talks with US shock jock Howard Stern to air his breakfast show ...
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Gardam steps in to save Rise
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam has taken direct control of troubled breakfast show Rise, amid rumours ...
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ITV and RTL bid for indie status fails
The ITV companies and RTL-owned production company Fremantle failed in their attempt to gain independent status whe...
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Pace Micro issues fifth warning after US and European sales slide
Pace Micro Technology issued its fifth profit warning of the year ...
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Digital television woes push Granada to£378m loss
Granada has been forced to take a£250m goodwill writedown ...
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Reality is that scenes from show were staged, Osbournes admit
At least two of the zaniest scenes in the first series were set up by MTV producers ...
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NewsBBC to appoint indie champion
The BBC is to appoint a new indie champion with wide-ranging powers to deal with the independent sector as part of a concerted effort to improve its faltering relationship with outside programme suppliers, writes Leigh Holmwood
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I've whored for Channel 4, confesses Brookside boss
Brookside creator Phil Redmond admitted yesterday he had probably 'prostituted himself' to C4 bosses ...
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Merger review 'expected'
Granada and Carlton have asked the Office of Fair Trading to consider their combined share of the entire UK adverti...