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TV politics ace is raving pinko!
Sky TV's Peter Spencer will reveal on national TV his passion for pink ...
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BBC goes to extreme to fill its Grandstand
BBC1's top sports programme, Grandstand, is to devote this Saturday's edition to 'extreme' sports such as mountain ...
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England will play Sunday game to suit TV
Much against their better judgement, Rugby Football Union officials have more or less accepted that one of England'...
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Milosevic clashes with BBC journalist
Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president, clashed with a television reporter yesterday over claims that Se...
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Telly celeb show hit by virus
A bug has swept the crew working on ITV's celebrity survivor show ...
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Radio 1 pulls plug on the show that introduced Britpop
Radio 1's innovative music show the Evening Session, which established a reputation for breaking the careers of act...
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Everything must go, including the knitted monkeys
The lights will finally go out in the former headquarters of ITV Digital next week when some 100 knitted monkeys, a...
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Puttnam says money obsession harms TV
Lord Puttnam, the veteran filmmaker and chairman of the joint review into the government's draft communication bill, has warned that TV's leading executives are in danger of neglecting cultural values in their relentless pursuit of financial reward, writes Jane Marlow
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Ad-funded shows not likely
Advertiser-funded programming is unlikely to ever become a significant part of peaktime on mainstream channels such as ITV and Channel 4 unless producers improve its quality, writes Steve Aston
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Rise launch editor rejoins BBC
Former Watchdog editor Mark Killick has returned to the BBC to develop programmes at its new Birmingham creative development unit, writes David Wood
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Mentorn merges factual and LE
Indie Mentorn is to merge its factual and entertainment divisions - home to such diverse programmes as Robot Wars and Question Time - as part of a streamlining exercise at the company, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBCi reserves cash for indie projects
The BBC's new media arm BBCi has assembled a multimillion pound war chest to fund a series of special 'event projects' from the indie sector, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC gears up to change the way we listen
The BBC is set to revolutionise the way people listen to its digital radio stations through their television sets by adding a range of new features to the service, including video footage, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BFI world news event
The British Film Institute is hosting a three-day conference in London next month to discuss research conducted by the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent Television Commission on global news agendas and audiences
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Liddiment says keep ITV regions
Outgoing ITV controller of channels David Liddiment has warned that despite increasing commercial pressure the network should retain its structure of 14 separate regions even when it becomes a single company, writes Steve Aston
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Greenlight for Telewest debt restructuring
Telewest has been given the all-clear to go ahead with its debt-restructuring plans, which will be led by new managing director Charles Burdick and Mark Luiz, who was this week appointed finance director, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsShareholders hike C5 budget by£8m
Channel 5 shareholders are understood to have greenlit an£8m budget increase for the broadcaster as speculation mounts that the figure could be increased further still if chief executive Dawn Airey is persuaded not to go to ITV, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsDisney plans UK offering on DTT platform
Disney is looking to increase its clout in the UK with plans to launch its first ever wholly owned free-to-air channel outside the US, on the BBC/Crown Castle Freeview DTT platform, writes Paul Revoir
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Evans calls for more live TV
TV presenter-turned-media mogul Chris Evans has called on television executives to broadcast more live programming in a bid to rejuvenate British television, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Disney chief eyes 'exciting opportunities' in UK TV
US media giant Disney has given its first hint that it may be looking at significantly increasing its ownership of British terrestrial TV, following the relaxation of media ownership promised in the communications bill, writes Paul Revoir