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NewsC4 confirms York for drama role
Channel 4 has confirmed BBC head of drama series John Yorke as its new drama head, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsFilm Four Lab's Gutch quits
Head of Film Four Lab Robin Gutch is to leave the experimental film-making division after four years to move into independent film and drama production, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV joins interactive revolution
ITV has signed a major agreement with BSkyB to develop a range of interactive services for its three channels in a move that will finally see it catch up with its competitors, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsFull BBC services on Freeview from Friday
The BBC is to put the remainder of its national radio stations onto Freeview this Friday (14 February), taking the total of BBC radio channels available on the new DTT platform up to 11, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsGranada to make Jackass UK
Shock-TV standard-bearer Jackass, the MTV show which made a household name of Johnny Knoxville for performing bizarre and sick stunts, is to be the inspiration behind a new half-hour Granada format, writes Luke Satchell
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Beeb lead fans off the rails
Thanks to the manipulations of BBC Television, the rugby match between Wales and England at Cardiff's Millenium Sta...
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Blue Peter team back for a film they made earlier
This Blue Peter team was one of the most famous line-ups in broadcasting history. Now the trio of John Noakes, Pete...
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Joan Collins TV proves a turn-off
Channel Health, a digital television channel backed by actor Joan Collins, is on the verge of going into liquidatio...
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Southerners rebel over hillbilly reality TV show
The CBS show that relocated a family from the American rural south has come under fire from a Kentucky campaign gro...
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Murdoch praises Blair's 'courage'
Rupert Murdoch has given his full backing to war, praising George Bush as acting 'morally' and 'correctly' and desc...
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ITN shareholders call for single owner to compete with news rivals
ITN demanded yesterday that all ownership restrictions on the commercial TV news operation be lifted, allowing ITV ...
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Murdoch backs 'courageous' Blair and 'moral' Bush
Rupert Murdoch praised Tony Blair yesterday for his 'extraordinarily courageous' stand on the Middle East, and gave...
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Digital takes a slice of ITV income
ITV admitted yesterday that its share of the TV advertising market had fallen in January as more people signed up t...
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'DirecTV is about changing the whole model of News Corp's output in the US'
Rupert Murdoch is confident that his ambition of building a global empire is finally being realised ...
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The last detective? No such luck
ITV1's new crime drama underlines the fact that the genre is here to stay ...
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Jowell soothes ownership fears
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell reiterated key planks of the communications bill - including rules on foreign owners...
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NewsMinistry of Sound launches pocket digital radio
The Ministry of Sound has launched a new generation of pocket digital radios just months after pulling the plug on its own digital broadcast operation, writes John Plunkett.
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NewsJones calls for Ofcom to review conditional access charges
ITV managing director Clive Jones has called for Ofcom to review the current system for conditional access charges incurred by public service broadcasters (PSBs) for carriage on BSkyB's satellite platform, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsCox calls for BSkyB bundling investigation
Channel 4 deputy chairman Barry Cox is to argue that one of Ofcom's first tasks should be to embark on a detailed scrutiny of satellite broadcaster BSkyB's practice of channel bundling, writes David Wood