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Portman sold to MBO team
TV and media company PrimeEnt has offloaded its wholly owned subsidiary Portman Entertainment for£1.2m following a management buyout, writes Simon Ellery.
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Rolling review set for media owners
The Government wants to make it easier for broadcasters to adapt to changing market conditions by reviewing media ownership rules every two years, but has ruled out allowing non-EU companies to
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MTV STILL IN TALKS
Telewest was still in discussions with MTV over carriage costs as Broadcast went to press. The two companies are struggling to agree on a pay structure for MTV's channels, for which
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New slots for Open Uni
The BBC has appointed a new creative director with responsibility for its Open University (OU) output in order to push more programming into peaktime, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Prebble pledges regional spend targets
ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has offered an olive branch to critics who claim the network's commissioning process is too 'metro-centric' by pledging to spend almost half of ITV's production budget outside London, writes Steve Aston.
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Talking of thumbs up arses, it will probably come as no surprise to those in indie-land to hear Channel 4 drama darling Tessa Ross admit she doesn't do very much. Speaking
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Royal Variety gives ITV1 peak-time crown
Cilla, Babs and company pull in 11 million viewers helping ITV1 to a precious peak-time victory over BBC1
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Royal Variety helps give ITV1 peak-time crown
Cilla, Babs and company pull in 11 million viewers helping ITV1 to a precious peak-time victory over BBC1
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Interactive digital TV entertainment revenues to hit $12.5bn by 2005
Revenues from pay-per-view movies, sport and music to grow at 81% per annum for next four years new Schema survey predicts
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Discovery in cable deal with NTL
Five-and-a-half year contract 'longest running cable deal in Discovery UK's history' says outgoing Discovery Network Europe chief Joyce Taylor
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BBC Radio's 1 and 2 face privatisation under Conservatives
Shadow media secretary Tim Yeo tells Broadcast services 'not an essential part of public service broadcasting' and private sector could provide better
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Government delays planned BBC News 24 review
DCMS to move 'slower rather than faster' on appointment of independent figure to appraise news operation's performance
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Half ITV's production budget to be spent outside London
Network to commit to 'target of production spend outside London' says ITV chief Stuart Prebble
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Half ITV's production budget to be spent outside London
Network to commit to 'target of production spend outside London' says ITV chief Stuart Prebble
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Interactive TV harder to use than PC
New ITC research shows people find operating interactive TV harder than using computer
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Tiger pounces on Weakest Link
Quiz show's executive producer Ruth Davies to join leading UK indie as new editor of entertainment
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Soap's luxuriate in record viewing
Total soap viewing among adults expected to rise to over 100 hours this year after resurrection of Crossroads, extra EastEnders and launch of Night and Day cram schedules
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ITV1's Guns off-target
Documentary on rise of gun-crime in London gets just 4m as Weakest Link retains lead over Richard & Judy
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ITV1's Guns off-target
Documentary on rise of gun-crime in London gets just 4m as Weakest Link retains lead over Richard & Judy
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Richard & Judy felled by 'Queen of Mean'
BBC2's The Weakest Link attracts twice as many viewers as C4's early evening debut of former day-time king and queen