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Ofcom could loosen ITN ownership rules
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose.
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Lambie Nairn offshoot
Three Lambie Nairn staff have quit the design company to form their own agency. The new company, Dunning Eley Jones, will offer advertising, web development, internal communications and identity services and aims to be an 'independent alternative to the global media giants currently dominating the marketplace'. Brian Eley and Marcus ...
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Potter web launch
Endemol-owned companies Initial and Victoria Real are to film a one-off event for the web to mark the launch of JK Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Hosted by actor Stephen Fry, the event at London's Royal Albert Hall will ...
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NewsITN loses Purvis after 31 years
ITN chief executive and editor-in-chief Stewart Purvis is to retire before the end of the year after 31 years at the news provider, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsITV set for full ITN ownership
ITV could be allowed to have complete ownership of news provider ITN from the end of the year, according to media minister Baroness Blackstone, writes David Rose
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NewsVoice of horse racing dies
Peter Bromley - former BBC racing correspondent and radio's voice of horse racing for 41 years, has died aged 74.
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NewsFash to present Man Versus Beast
TV tough-guy John Fashanu has landed a presenting job on a new Gladiator-style show, Man Versus Beast - in which humans compete against animals writes Sam Matthews
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'If your mum could see this...'
With their Channel 4 show How Clean Is Your House? Aggies MacKensie and Kim Woodburn have made housework more fashi...
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Is Channel 4 bringing down the curtain on televised sport?
Pulling the plug on Lord's Test may be sign of things to come, writes Paul Kelso. ...
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This is as dumb as it gets
The communications bill is yet another attack on the notion of public service broadcasting. ...
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Puttnam acts to shield Channel 5
Lord Puttnam, the chief cheerleader of Labour rebels in the Lords, last night put forward a compromise to extricate...
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Fash lands the beast job on TV
I'm A Celebrity star John Fashanu has signed a deal to present a new Gladiators-style show - in which humans compet...
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Murdoch faces Channel Five 'public interest' test
Rupert murdoch would face a special 'public interest' test if he makes a bid for Channel Five under a proposal intr...
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NewsBig Brother creator quits chairman post
Endemol chairman John de Mol, creator of the groundbreaking reality format Big Brother, has stepped down as chairman of the company to concentrate on creative strategy, writes Penny Hughes
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FA faces cash crunch as TV bids fall short
The Football Association is facing a cash crunch after the value of bids for its next television contract covering ...
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Kumars take on the world
Foreign telly chiefs are ordering their own Indian takeaways to make the Kumars a world hit. ...
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Foiled again
The BBC pulled a Radio 4 documentary marking 20 years of Blackadder after a dispute with Ben Elton and its other wr...
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NewsWare takes the helm at BBC4
BBC4 managing editor Nick Ware is to take over day-to-day running of the digital culture channel from the middle of the month when acting-controller Nicola Moody goes on maternity leave, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Spurned radio star deseves more support from BBC
Fi Glover, a joy on Five Live and one of the most consumate broadcasters on national radio, worked her socks off to...
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NewsBBC bags exclusive Rowling interview
The BBC's Jeremy Paxman has interviewed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling for what will be a UK broadcast exclusive for the corporation, writes Luke Satchell