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Panorama staff call for new slot.
A host of former Panorama editors and reporters have called on the BBC to restore the
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Dyke issues dire Ofcom warning.
BBC Director general Greg Dyke has labelled industry calls for BBC programming to be overseen by super-regulator Ofcom as 'dangerous', writes David Wood
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SHEFFIELD DOC PRIZE.
The Sheffield Documentary Festival, which takes place between 21 and 27 October, is calling on new
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Ginger production head joins Evans indie.
Former Ginger head of production Clare Barton has joined her former boss Chris Evans at his new indie, UMTV, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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IDEAL WORLD MAY FLOAT.
Ideal World Productions, the TV production house part-owned by the writer and broadcaster Muriel Gray, is
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SMG to get out of Scottish newspapers.
SMG is to refocus its business on radio and television after announcing it is to dispose of its publishing operations, writes Steve Aston
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BBC 3 to look at extreme lives.
THE BBC has commissioned Outline Productions to produce a major series for digital youth channel BBC 3, in spite of DCMS sources saying media secretary Tessa Jowell could turn down the channel again, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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C4'S EMMY TRIUMPH.
Channel 4 scooped three gongs at the 23rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards, held in New
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ITN aims to build business.
ITN has laid out plans to expand its programme-making side and grow its commercial business in
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Willis says majority of American TV is 'dross'.
Former United Productions chief executive John Willis has hit out at suggestions that the US is leading the way in the creation of quality TV programmes, claiming American TV schedules are a 'cultural desert' filled with a 'huge amount of dross', writes C
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Granada appointment shows commitment to Oz.
Granada has renewed its commitment to its Australian production business after poaching a senior executive from leading station Channel Nine, writes Steve Aston
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Radio Authority stops short of news hubs ban.
The Radio Authority is to keep its rule that local news operations must remain within a radio station's catchment area, despite calls from some radio companies to create 'local news hubs', writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Barrymore's ITV future at risk.
Granada has moved to distance itself from former ITV star Michael Barrymore after the 'terrible publicity' surrounding details of the inquest into the death of a man at his house, writes Steve Aston
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BBC deems PBS link-up success.
BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks says he is hopeful the corporation will undertake more co-productions with US public service broadcaster PBS after the success of a show based on the recent Earth Summit, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Lib Dems to save BBC from Ofcom.
The BBC is set to be saved from being brought under the immediate control of Ofcom
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BOOTCAMP IS NEXT FOR CELEBS.
Granada is believed to be looking to make a celebrity version of its Bootcamp format, which
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NEW MUSIC CHANNEL.
A free-to-view music channel produced in the same style as the former ITV Saturday favourite The
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ENT RIGHTS RESULTS.
Entertainment Rights, the company that owns the rights to Postman Pat and Basil Brush, has reported
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UKTV pulls Play in favour of History.
BBC Worldwide and Flextech joint-venture UKTV is set to pull the plug on its Play UK channel three months early in order to concentrate on the launch of UK History on digital terrestrial television, writes Paul Revoir