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BBC set to grab ITV Digital licences
ITV was last night braced for an embarrassing loss of digital terrestrial licences to a consortium led by the BBC ...
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Liddiment falls victim to ratings rollercoaster
David Liddiment resigned yesterday as ITV's programmes chief ...
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BSkyB loses 8% of value
BSkyB lost more than 8 per cent of its market value as investor confidence in the satellite television company was ...
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NewsBroadband to get government cash
Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce cash boosts for broadband services in his public spending review later this month, write David Rose and David Wood
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Diller is keeping his head down - for now
The most talked-about executive at Vivendi Universal has been suspiciously mute as the company as stumbled ...
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Tax reprieve revives screen dreams
The industry's fierce lobbying persuaded the chancellor not to pull the rug from under£200m of independent product...
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Climbdown on end to TV shows' tax relief
The government has backed down on plans for an immediate end to tax relief for all made-for-television productions...
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Fourtou takes the helm at Vivendi
Jean-René Fourtou last night took the helm at Vivendi Universal as the value of the French media group plummeted ...
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French bankers urge calm over Vivendi
French bankers and regulators sought to calm the frenzy of selling that has hit several big companies in the wake o...
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ITV chief to step down ahead of battle to win back viewers from reviving BBC
ITV's director of channels is to step down, clearing the decks for an important test of the commercial network's dr...
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This Morning to get£1m boost
Granada is giving a£1m revamp to embattled daytime show This Morning to try to reinvent the former ITV daytime ratings banker, writes Steve Aston
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BBC reporters vote against pay offer
Journalists at the BBC could be balloted over a strike, which would paralyse the corporation's news operation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Rabbatts ends order freeze at 4 Learning
4 Learning managing director Heather Rabbatts has moved to end the nine-month programming gridlock at the Channel 4 education division by finally lifting the freeze on commissioning schools programmes, writes Penny Hughes
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Oscar-winner to make C4 co-production
Kevin Macdonald, the director of the Oscar-winning documentary One Day in September, has unveiled his latest project - a film based on Joe Simpson's mountaineering novel Touching the Void, writes Penny Hughes
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Warner opens music archives
UK broadcasters are to be given unprecedented access to the catalogues of Warner Music, which includes performances from artists such as REM, Madonna and The Corrs, as part of a
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BBC religion to work with sport
The BBC's religion and sports departments are to collaborate for the first time on a major project as part of a raft of new shows from BBC religion and ethics under its head, Alan Bookbinder, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Extreme Brits get ITV series
Oxford indie Landmark Films is to expose the viewing public to the sadder side of Britain with a new factual series for ITV, writes Steve Aston
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C5 taps Endemol for quiz and pop shows
Channel 5 is launching a reality gameshow that sees contestants having to become experts on their opponent's specialist subject, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC 1 dreams up new pop idol style show
BBC 1 is to develop the reality talent show concept pioneered by Popstarsand Pop Idolwith a series that will put undiscovered singers through the ultimate training academy. Fame Academy, to be made by Endemol UK ...
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Discovery to look at science in the kitchen
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to make a series looking at the latest scientific research on food. The 6 x 30-minute series, Kitchen Chemistry, to air on the Discovery Channel in August and be presented by chef Heston Blumenthal, will ...