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ITV advertising growth forecasts cut to just 0.5%
ITV hopes of a sustained recovery in advertising were punctured yesterday by research by Merill Lynch which predict...
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Monkey stars in ITV Digital auction
The ITV Digital monkey, the face of the bankrupt broadcaster, made its former bosses more than£5,500 when 30 of te...
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BBC unveils the new faces of news
Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce will be the new presenters of the Ten O'Clock News when Michael Buerk and Peter Sissons...
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UK export a hit with American audience
Pop Idol, the talent contest that launched the careers of Will Young and Gareth Gates, last night became one of the...
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NewsNews World in legal row with former executive
News World, the international conference for broadcast journalists and news executives, has become embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with organisers of a new European Broadcast Union (EBU) funded event after Newsworld alleged its former managing director supplied its private database to its rival, writes ...
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NewsTaxpayers reject C4's cash plea
Taxpayers have given the thumbs-down to Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson's plea for government cash to support a more risk-taking channel, according to an NOP survey commissioned for Broadcast, writes David Wood
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NewsPlanet Rapido in 'cock fight'
Planet Rapido is locked in an embarrassing tussle with a sex industry charity following allegations that the penis-shaped trophy it used for its Channel 4 Eurotrash Awards was in breach of copyright, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC to give Test the Nation more outings
BBC 1 is to screen two more specials of its ratings winner Test the Nationas part of a drive to shake up its flagging Saturday night output, writes Leigh Holmwood
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OFT ekes out BSkyB ruling
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has delayed making a decision on its longstanding case against BSkyB over claims that the satellite giant breached competition rules, writesPaul Revoir
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Granada Screen folds
Granada has quietly shut down international film and fiction business Granada Screen after domestic pressures forced the company to scale back its global ambitions , writes Steve Aston
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IRN brand is phased out
News provider ITN has been forced to dilute yet another of its brands after external research revealed that commercial radio customers no longer wanted its sister radio company to sign off its bulletins with the IRN tag, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC 2 edges away from youth drama
BBC 2 is to broaden its drama output away from its traditional diet of cult youth-orientated fare such as This Lifeand Attachmentsafter controller Jane Root claimed they had run their course, writesLeigh Holmwood
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TWG bids to get west Midlands radio talking
Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group (TWG) has thrown its hat in the ring for the west Midlands radio licence with a bid which, if successful, will expand its Talk brand into FM for the first time, writesSteve Aston
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Extreme gets the Creative Touch
Distributor Extreme International is set to move into programme-making after teaming up with London based production company Creative Touch Films, writes Paul Revoir
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TV execs line up to rap festival
One of the UK's leading television producers has launched a scathing attack on the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, claiming the annual event has become 'obsessed with the cult of personality'
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BBC backtracks on drama slots
The BBC has decided not to screen its much-vaunted adaptation of George Eliot's final novel, Daniel Deronda, directly against ITV's multimillion pound Doctor Zhivagoremake this autumn, in a move that drama executives hope will put an end to future rivalry
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BBC iTV relaunch
The BBC is to relaunch the interactive content on its digital channels to encourage more viewers to use the services, and has poached a key architect of BskyB's interactive strategy to oversee the move, writes Leigh Holmwood
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DH&L bids to fight off rival
Discovery Home & Leisure (DH&L) is refocusing on a different target audience as it gears up to fend off the impending launch of UKTV's new DIY channel, writes Paul Revoir
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Bullivant sets up kids outfit
Former TV-Loonland director of programmes John Bullivant has set up his own animation and children's TV production company, writes David Wood
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Irvine issues ultimatum on witness cash
Lord Irvine has given the BBC and other broadcasters until the end of the year to produce proposals showing how they will enforce a ban on payments to witnesses in trials, writes David Rose