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Pact in tax break 'victory'
Producers' alliance Pact is claiming a major victory after the government this week succumbed to industry calls for transitional tax relief for television productions affected by the sweeping changes made in April's budget, writes Jane Marlow
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C4 to opt for factual split
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is set to import one of the BBC's commissioning initiatives into Horseferry Road, splitting factual commissioning into two units - specialist and contemporary, writes Penny Hughes
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New comedy drama for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a rare extended drama series, with a 10-part comedy from the team behind its hit series Teachers, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV Digital firms bid to gag protests
Carlton and Granada took legal steps yesterday to avert Football League protests next week over collapsed ITV Digit...
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I'm quitting says ITV's Mr Risky
Downfall of the boss who dared to replace Cilla with soccer ...
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ITV throws cash at ailing drama
ITV's main shareholders Granada and Carlton have moved to put an end to the enforced inertia in the network's once prolific drama department by pouring an extra£100m into original production for 2003, writes Steve Aston
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DCMS may rethink ownership
Broadcasting minister Kim Howells has confirmed that the government is open to revising its communications bill proposals on local radio ownership, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Clear Channel still eyeing UK market
Lowry Mays, chief executive and chairman of the world's largest radio outfit, Clear Channel, claimed his company will become a major player in the UK radio market despite recently selling Jazz FM - its only UK radio interest, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Fourtou moves in to head Vivendi
Vivendi Universal confirmed the appointment of Jean-René Fourtou as chairman and chief executive ...
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BBC to foster team spirit
The BBC is set to adopt the US model of team scriptwriting in a bid to improve some of its flagship dramas, writes Ann-Marie Corvin
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ITV's one-time golden boy quits after series of ups, downs and a spectacular own goal
Liddiment falls foul of tumbling ratings ...
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BBC plans get past council
The BBC's ambitious plan to redevelop its landmark 1930s Broadcasting House building in central London to create the largest live broadcasting centre in the world has been given council approval, despite strong opposition from its neighbours, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Vivendi board names Fourtou as chairman
Vivendi Universal last night named Jean-René Fourtou as its chairman and chief executive ...
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BBC the bookies' favourite for digital terrestrial
The BBC-BSkyB alliance is favourite to be awarded the digital terrestrial licences today ...
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Missing bongs and golden handcuffs: how a programming legend fell to earth
To the world of television, David Liddiment is a programming legend ...
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Who wants to be an ITV chief? Liddiment quits TV's hardest job
David Liddiment announced yesterday that he was to quit as ITV's programming supremo ...
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NewsBBC bags DTT licence
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has awarded the DTT licences vacated by ITV Digital to the BBC and Crown Castle - calling the decision a 'fresh start for DTT', writes David Wood
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Vivendi plummets but banks rally to Fourtou's call
France's business elite rallied around Vivendi Universal last night as a new chairman and reconfigured board set ab...
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New ITV blow as chief quits
The ITV network suffered another blow yesterday after its head of programming announced he is to quit after five ye...