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NewsITV giants in co-production first
Carlton and Granada are pushing ahead with the consolidation of their non-advertising-based businesses regardless of the outcome of the Competition Commission inquiry, as tension builds in anticipation of the verdict of the investigation, writes Paul Revoir
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TV bosses snub Cilla's big tribute
Cilla Black's plans for a TV special to mark her 40th year in showbiz have been snubbed by ITV bosses. ...
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TV watchdog checks claims of bias on Murdoch channel
The Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel, whose determinedly patriotic stance during the Iraq conflict bought it critical...
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Muppets go for a song
The Muppets are going home. After four years under German ownership, Kermit, Miss piggy and the rest are returning ...
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NewsC4 urges inquiry into Miller shooting
Channel 4 has made an unprecedented call for a full and open inquiry into the death of award-winning cameraman James Miller, who was shot while filming in the Gaza strip last Friday night (2 May), writes Penny Hughes
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Coming up after the bad news
Earlier this week Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield sat down in his office overlooking London's Leicest...
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They were both traitors and idealists
It's not surprising that the onslaught against the BBC over tomorrow's television programme, Cambridge Spies, was l...
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TV's Trading Places student is expelled after vodka binge
The Trading Places teenager who swapped his inner city home for a leading public school has been expelled after a d...
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NewsBBC website will reunite WWII veterans
The BBC is to launch a Friends Reunited-style website where war veterans can get in touch with each other and share their stories as part of mammoth plans to commemorate next year's 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, writes Leigh Holmwood
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This Morning returns for 16th series
The sudden departure of presenter John Leslie from ITV's This Morninghas not dampened the network's enthusiasm for the show, which will return for a 16th series later this year. Granada has been commissioned to bring the programme back in September, retaining the current presenting partnership ...
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ITV2 agrees new David Letterman deal
ITV2 has re-signed its deal for The Late Show with David Lettermanand has also picked up exclusive UK rights to US daytime talkshow The John Walsh Show. The channel has signed with CBS Broadcast International for the rights to Letterman, ...
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CBBC orders 26-part Basil Brush series
CBBC head of entertainment Anne Gilchrist has commissioned a further 26 x 30-minute series of The Basil Brush Showfrom Foundation TV and Entertainment Rights. Foundation will make the show, which will air in 2004 and 2005, with Vanessa Amberleigh as the producer and Dez McCarthy ...
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C4 to scrutinise multinationals
The first-time director behind The Luckiest Nut In The World- the Channel 4 film presented by a singing peanut that was feted in the broadcaster's 2002 annual report - has secured a four-part series for C4, writes Penny Hughes.
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S4C gets Pavarotti concert exclusive
S4C has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast opera star Luciano Pavarotti's UK farewell concert to be staged at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. S4C is likely to air the performance within days of the event, which will be held on 5 July. It will also be broadcast on S4C ...
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BBC plans second Fame Academy
BBC talent show Fame Academyis to return, although this time the corporation will put more emphasis on its public service merits. BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has put an end to speculation over the show's future by ordering a second run from Endemol-subsidiary Initial, despite criticism ...
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Kidd gets T-shirty in cancer ad
Supermodel Jodie Kidd is the face of a new campaign to promote the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirt for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The ad, posted by Rushes and directed by Brave's Lucy Blakstad, shows Kidd facing the dilemma of what to wear on a big night out before finally finding ...
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ADI aims to widen field of work with new truck
Outside Broadcast company ADI has built itself a£700,000 truck in an effort to win a wider variety of broadcast work, writes Sam Espensen.
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BBC uses 'dung cam' to spy on elephants
Wildlife documentary-maker John Downer is to camouflage a tiny camera as a piece of animal faeces for a new BBC1 special about a herd of elephants, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Beetan joins Flare
Flare DVD has a new head of department after Katy Beetan joined the outfit from Universal International Pictures. She left her role as production manager for international product, saying that after 'a number of structural changes at Universal, this was the right time for me to go'. She joins as ...
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First birthday at KPM
Music library company KPM's Internet site is a year old, and the company has been making improvements to the site as a result of customer feedback. Closer compatibility and faster integration are two requests from users, so music can now be downloaded as WAV and/or AIFF files, at either 44.1 ...