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Thompson to take axe to C4 schedule.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is to announce sweeping programming changes next week, following his
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NewsTonight with Trevor McDonald criticised by ITC
ITV 1's current affairs series Tonight with Trevor McDonaldhas fallen foul of the Independent Television Commission (ITC) over the programme's description of a 'revolutionary breakthrough in the treatment of dyslexia', writes Jon Rogers
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An outsider at the BBC, I was as welcome as a protestant pope
When he joined the BBC, John Birt was shocked by its apathy and wastefulness. In this extract from his autobiograp...
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HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment, owner of children's characters such as Bob the Builder and which recently bought the rival Gulla...
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Leadership 'deal' to be drama
The agreement that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are said to have struck over the Labour leadership will be the subje...
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ITV1 censured
ITV1's Tonight With Trevor McDonald programme has been censured by the Independent Television Commission after comp...
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ITV duo to allay advertiser fears
Carlton and Granada, the two ITV companies locked in merger talks, will this month try to quash fears that the comb...
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Cut the BBC's umbilical cord
The ITC's dog days might yet turn into an Indian summer. After helping to bring BBC3 into the world with a half-de...
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Can 4 survive the heat?
Last week the news was all about the axeing of Brookside. But this week the focus shifts to the state of Channel 4...
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We want to be together
What will happen when Granada and Carlton are finally wed? John Cassey finds out from the two men who know. ...
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No through road
After 20 years, Brookside is facing the axe. But it was, as a self-confessed Brookie addict explains, responsible ...
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ITV merger faces regulatory hurdles
Lawyers and advertisers acting for Carlton and Granada met yesterday to hammer out details of their merger plans de...
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Scaling back creatively
The worst advertising downturn in decades is forcing a radical rethink in strategy and growth ambitions in all sect...
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Media groups plan job cuts after advertising downturn
The outlook for jobs in the media sector remained bleak in the third quarter despite encouraging employment news fr...
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What public school did for an inner city dropout
TV experiment transforms tearaway of 15 into a model pupil ...
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Anne's Di Weakest Link jibe
Quiz host accused Princess Diana of using charity work to prop up her popularity ...
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TV Bill in clear on gay kiss
A gay kiss on police drama The Bill was ruled acceptable by TV watchdogs ...
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Pete: I snubbed Lame Academy
Peter Waterman told last night how he rejected the role of headmaster at BBC 1's ...
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Basil brush-off
Farmers have attacked BBC bosses for portraying the fox's TV neighbours as an 'evil' farming family ...