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CORRIE TRIBUTE TO MD.
Granada has named its new #5.5m Coronation Street studio after its former managing director David Fraser,
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TWG-EMAP GETS LICENCE.
The Radio Authority has awarded the Stoke-on-Trent digital multiplex to TWG-Emap Digital Ltd. The Stoke multiplex
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TARGET OPENS NY OFFICE.
Target Distribution has been renamed Target Entertainment and is opening a US office at parent company
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Talent takes on Rowland.
Indie Talent Television is to expand its senior management team by appointing former BBC drama, entertainment and children's chief operating officer Jan Rowland as a consultant, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV1 rides on speed dating phenomenon.
ITV1 has commissioned a Friday night entertainment series based on the phenomenon of 'speed dating', where people spend a few minutes with a number of potential partners at specially held events, writes Penny Hughes.
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Ratings - ITV1 Second Coming pulls in Sunday viewers.
ITV1's two-part drama The Second Coming, in which Christopher Eccleston took on the role of the son of God brought mixed blessings, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 RAPPED FOR SWEARING.
Channel 4 has been hauled up before TV watchdogs after a presenter said 'you fucking cunt'
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Ministry of Sound launches Walkman-style 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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NEW RESEARCH FOR FIVE.
Five has become the first UK broadcaster to sign up for Q-scores, a new method of
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Murphy orders BBC3 alien night.
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has greenlit the channel's first theme night, based around UFOs as his
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Gee joins C4 Learning arm.
Channel 4 educational arm 4 Learning, which last week moved into profit for the first time, has appointed Bafta-winning interactive producer Adam Gee as its first creative/commercial director, writes Penny Hughes.
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RADIO 1 GOES DIGITAL.
The BBC is to put its remaining four national radio stations onto the Freeview platform from
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Bryant makes licence bids.
Jason Bryant, former managing director of development at The Wireless Group (TWG), has joined rival firm SMG to work on radio licence applications and development opportunities, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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STUNTS FOR GRANADA.
Granada is developing a new format inspired by MTV show Jackass, which features bizarre and often
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C4 capitalises on The Salon hit.
Channel 4 has extended the run of its weekday reality series The Salon by six weeks after strong ratings, writes Penny Hughes.
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5 Live gears up to air rolling news from war.
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has turned to Julian Worricker and Peter Allen to front the station's coverage of the expected war against Iraq, writes John Plunkett.
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BBC brings back 70s Superstars.
Superstars, the show that made a household name of judo master Brian Jacks and saw Kevin Keegan knocked off his bicycle, is returning to BBC1 for a full series, writes Colin Robertson.
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Archer takes over from Moody at BBC.
The BBC has appointed senior executive producer Mark Hill as the new head of general factual programmes in Bristol after confirming that incumbent Tom Archer will take over from Nicola Moody as controller of factual commissioning, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC TAKES ON CRITICS.
The BBC is to take criticism that it is 'dumbing down' head-on with an initiative that
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FLETCHER AT ENDEMOL.
RDF Media former head of entertainment Jane Fletcher has resurfaced at Endemol UK where she is