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ITV rapped over soap and celebs
ITV1's current affairs and heavy scheduling of soaps during 2002 have come under fire in the Independent Television Commission's (ITC) annual report, writes Michael Rosser
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ITC boss issues Ofcom warning
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson has issued a stark warning to Ofcom not to place competition over content when it is passed the torch later this year, writes Michael Rosser
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TV first as Bill's Boyden cops it
Sergeant Matthew Boyden lies dead in this exclusive picture from The Bill - and sparks a telly first. ...
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Gee, Ali...a US posse's after you
Ali G star Sacha Baron Cohen faces being locked up if he ever return to Arizona after going on the run from police....
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DirecTV succumbs to Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch's long held ambition to own a pay-TV platform in the US was finally realised last night when the med...
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News Corp buys control of DirecTV
The News Corporation last night became the largest satellite broadcaster in the US after agreeing to pay $6.6 billi...
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Images of victory and jubilation announce downfall of Saddam to the watching world
Matthew Parris goes channel hopping ...
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Murdoch adds DirecTV to broadcast empire
News Corporation last night secured control of broadcaster DirecTV for $6.6 billion ...
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22 years for terrorists in BBC car bomb attack
Five Irish terrorists who took part in a Real IRA car bomb campaign in 2001 were jailed for between 16 and 22 years...
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Murdoch signs deal for Hughes
Rupert Murdoch last night ended a three-year pursuit of Hughes Electronics in a deal worth $6.6bn ...
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NewsBoseley takes on ITV factual programming
The driving force behind Channel 4's successful 100 Greatest... strand has been appointed as ITV's new controller of factual programming, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsOfcom names nine to oversee content
The shadow content board of super-regulator Ofcom has finally been unveiled, completing the team which is set to shoulder responsibility for standards in television and radio, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsEvans given another chance
Channel 4 is going ahead with a new early evening show from Chris Evans' UMTV, despite recent ratings which show the former presenter's other project for the channel, Boys and Girls,
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Apple shows final cut 4
Apple has unveiled the fourth incarnation of its Final Cut Pro digital video and film editing software. The new version incorporates more than 300 new features and introduces a real-time compositing and effects system called RT Extreme that can be upgraded depending on processor speed. The technology enables Final Cut ...
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C4 doc to look into doctors' thinking
The way doctors make decisions about their patients in a busy accident and emergency department will be analysed in a documentary series for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC4 plans series about 'dark lady' of DNA
A documentary on molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin is to be the centrepiece of a season of programmes about DNA on BBC4. The 50-minute Dark Lady of DNA, a Nova production by Providence Pictures for WGBH Boston and BBC4, will look at the work she did ...
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C4 banks on dating show being a hit
Channel 4 has doubled the length of the episodes in its new dating show Secret Admirerfrom 30 to 60 minutes. The six-part series, in which members of the public get the chance to find out information about the person they admire and then confront them ...