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NewsJowell to face MPs
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell is to face a cross-party probe into the government's plans to switch the country to digital television by 2012. The Commons media select committee is to question the minister this autumn about how and when analogue television will be switched off. The government has still not ...
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Canis expands
Canis Media Group, the multichannel firm set up by former BBC executive Ed Hall, has bought My Phone TV from West-Midlands based Gems TV. Currently a retail channel selling mobile telephones and airtime packages, Hall intends to broaden My Phone TV's content to include fitness and home accessories. The channel's ...
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Fund for Whiteley
Channel 4 has set up local talent fund in memory of the late Countdownpresenter Richard Whiteley.
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Vote for TV's 50 most influential
Who are the most influential people in British television? Broadcastis asking you to take part in our poll to find the 50 most powerful. Whether it's Lew Grade, who built the world's most powerful showbusiness network, or Rupert Murdoch, who built up Sky into a satellite ...
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Dylan doc marks Arena's 30th birthday
The BBC is making its first simultaneous broadcast with US broadcaster PBS with a two-part documentary on the life of musician Bob Dylan. No Direction Homeis being screened on BBC2 on 26 and 27 September as part of Arena's 30th birthday celebrations. ...
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C4 hooks Betty for addiction series
Channel 4 has commissioned a new series from indie Betty that aims to force people with addictive personalities to face up to their ways. Intervention: We're Coming to Get Youfollows people with addictive behaviour as they are ambushed by friends and family and forced to confront ...
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NUJ slams BBC for freelancer policy
The NUJ has claimed freelancers are being treated as 'second-class citizens' by the BBC, and is asking them to contact the union with examples of unfair treatment. The row has been sparked after recent negotiations on pay - staff were given a 3.5% pay rise, but this did not apply ...
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC repeats
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Michael Grade banish all repeats from BBC1 and BBC2?
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NewsSky to launch two new channels
BSkyB is planning to launch two more channels - Sky Two and Sky Three.
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NewsKeating unveils BBC2 autumn
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has unveiled a strong factual slate for the channel's autumn season, featuring a new biopic of Bob Dylan, in a bid to claw back audiences.
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NewsFremantle appoints USA chief
FremantleMedia has promoted Cecile Frot-Coutaz to chief executive of its north American arm, filling the role left vacant by Tom Gutterdige's shock exit earlier this year.
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NewsCNN unveils broadband service
CNN has unveiled further details of its on demand broadband video service.
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NewsTV Corp pulls plug in US
TV Corporation has shut down its only US office after the stream of big commissions from the US networks dried up.
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NewsUPN grows HD output
US network UPN is stepping up moves into High Definition (HD) after confirming half of its primetime line-up will be broadcast using the technology.
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Comment - Can you repeat that?
The public can be relied upon to complain about repeats on the BBC, but it's unrealistic to think of banishing them entirely, says Conor Dignam, Editor.
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TV auction shows sold on
Orion TV has shifted its ITV daytime hits Bootsale Challenge and Trading Treasures to broadcasters in
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Analysis - How low will they go?
With digital take-up gathering pace and the analogue switch-off date looming, terrestrial broadcasters are struggling to maintain their traditional share dominance, but is this slide inevitable, asks Philip Reevell.
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Interview: Bridget Boseley - The facts of life
ITV controller of factual Bridget Boseley has faced scrutiny over ITV flops such as Fat Families and The Real Good Life, but she remains upbeat that she can pull off new ideas in peaktime.
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Production - What do Playboy and Andy Duncan have in common?
Always keen to get ahead, the adult entertainment industry has pioneered new internet, video and mobile phone technologies - and the TV world is quickly wising-up to what it can learn.
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Off the Record - Should be so lucky?
We know Aussie soap stars are always desperate to come over and make it big in