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Big three bid to show FA Cup football
The BBC, ITV and BSkyB are all vying for the live TV rights for England internationals and FA Cup football matches after initial bids were submitted this week, writes Paul Revoir
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Living TV enters NBC co-pro deal
Living TV has made its most expensive programme investment to date, signing a format and co-production deal with US broadcaster NBC, writes Colin Robertson
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ITV Digital staff win pay victory
EX-ITV Digital workers are considering legal action in the high court after an employment tribunal backed their claims that they should be paid an estimated£2m still owed to them.
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Gutch joins Blast!
Blast! Films, the indie responsible for Channel 4's opera The Death of Klinghoffer, has hired former Film Four Lab head Robin Gutch to oversee a new film and drama arm, writes Penny Hughes
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Emap and GMG gear up to expand radio divisions
Radio consolidation has been thrust back into the limelight after Emap and Guardian Media Group (GMG) last week unveiled their respective financial firepower and stated their intentions to grow their radio interests, writes Michael Rosser
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C4's cross-platform dept goes offline
Channel 4 has axed its cross-platform development department following the departure of its head, Peter Grimsdale, writes Penny Hughes
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Purvis steps down from ITN
ITN announced the retirement of its chief executive yesterday as the government moved closer to allowing ITV to tak...
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Tributes flow for Bromley
Sir Peter O'Sullevan and Willie Carson were among the racing figures who yesterday paid tribute to Peter Bromley, t...
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Ratings Analysis - BBC2 makes some lifestyle changes.
In the 1990s leisure and lifestyle shows ruled the roost at BBC2, but what will replace them now that audiences are declining and the governors have decreed that the 'wall of leisure' be pulled down?
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OFF THE RECORD - Real ale makes soap palatable.
While Crossroads' two daytime viewers may be crying into their beer over the demise of the
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Ratings Analysis - TX - Attack of the crones.
Creating a fantasy drama series that has elements of horror is not an easy business. Subsequently,
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OFF THE RECORD - Animal crackers.
OTR can reveal that the Wife Swap phenomenon has reached new heights in the States, where
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AND FINALLY ... Rob Feast, BBC chief engineer Everest Live, on tippling away on yak dung half-way up Everest.
What do you sing in the shower?I can only dream of showers at the moment and
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OFF THE RECORD - Exit, stage right.
So farewell then to John Cassy, the Guardian's media business correspondent, who has suddenly left the
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Interview - Future history.
The History Channel is now in 76 countries and is AETN International's biggest brand. Will programming VP Michael Katz be able to keep up the expansion with 'history now' content about the likes of Sars and the Black Hawk Down disaster?
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - CINTEL CUTS 12 JOBS.
Telecine manufacturer Cintel has reduced its 60-strong workforce to 48 after making 12 redundancies at its
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - M2 BUYS DIGITAL FUSION.
Soho post facility M2 has bought a Digital Fusion effects package. General manager Keith Williams, discussing
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Indie Finance - Why indies are in the money again.
For years venture capital firms have steered a wide berth around independent producers, but now they are appearing on City buy-lists again. So why is the sector coming back into favour with the money men?
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Free to Air - From badger to worse.
Reality television has finally transcended debate: no longer a good reason to write to your MP,