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'Stop bleating,' Howells tells TV execs.
Broadcasting minister Kim Howells has called on broadcasters to stop 'bleating' about unfair competition and concentrate on producing better programmes, writes David Rose.
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Tivo calls time on UK PVR strategy.
Personal video recorder (PVR) Tivo has been pulled out of the UK in a move which
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CELADOR'S RUSSIAN DEAL.
Celador's Russian deal Celador International's Brainiest quiz show format, which aims to find a nation's intellectuals,
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Endemol hires for new posts.
Big Brother executive Philip Edgar-Jones and Dominic English, the producer behind the now defunct 11 O' Clock Show are to take up newly created senior positions at Endemol UK, writes Penny Hughes.
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SKY'S MARSH TO ITALY.
BSkyB deputy director of broadcasting Kate Marsh is joining News Corporation's Italian pay-TV outfit Stream to
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POSTMAN PAT MOVES.
Cosgrove Hall Films, the company behind Andy Pandy and Engie Benjy, is to make the new
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RAF grounds BBC2 pilot show.
A major new BBC2 series following the training of a squadron of British fighter pilots has had to be postponed indefinitely as the Royal Air Force concentrates on preparations for a potential war in Iraq, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC cleans up at Broadcast Awards 2003.
The BBC dominated this week's Broadcast Awards, winning a total of eight out of 16 awards
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C4 to 'reinvent' Saturday night.
Channel 4 and Five have committed to risk and experimentation in their 2003 statements of programme promise, writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV puts colour back into kids.
ITV is set to revitalise its kids brand, CITV, after a period of budget cuts and stiff competition from the BBC, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC lines up 'Iraq Day'.
The BBC's day of programming devoted to transport issues - the third in its current affairs series following those on the NHS and crime - is to be postponed in order to make way for special programming on Iraq, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITN in talks over cost of war coverage.
Broadcasters are already weighing up the cost of war coverage with ITN holding talks with ITV, Channel 4 and Five about additional funding, write Steve Aston and Paul Revoir.
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Flextech's Lighting to head Five.
Flextech chief executive of content Jane Lighting will be confirmed as the new chief executive of Five by a board meeting of the channel's shareholders today (Friday), writes Penny Hughes.
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TV prepares for war.
The expected war with Iraq will be one of the most difficult conflicts ever covered by
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Endemol UK in tussle over Bar Wars format.
Endemol UK is considering legal action against Action Time over concerns that its new reality show The Club may be a rip-off of its own format Bar Wars, Penny Hughes.
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Digital curriculum boss forced to quit.
Michael Stevenson, the driving force behind the BBC's controversial digital curriculum, has resigned after admitting he
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Dohny Blair
Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to appear with cartoon stars Marge, Homer and Bart in The Simpsons. ...
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Vic dumps Bob to be Stupid with Nancy
Bob Mortimer's a funny chap so we hope his sense of humour doesn't desert him when he discovers Vic Reeves is plann...
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James plays tractor
Cold Feet star James Nesbitt is taking on Bob The Builder with a new pre-school show called Tractor Tom. ...
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Hard-hitting journalist Martin Bashir grills Michael Jackson...while learning how to moonwalk
TV inquisitor Martin Bashir quizzes Michael Jackson - as the oddball star teaches him to moonwalk. ...