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NewsRTL given Eu2bn acquisitions pot
RTL, owner of Five, has ruled out making a bid for ITV despite being handed a Eu2bn acquisitions budget by its parent company Bertelsmann.
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South Bank Show lands primetime slot for Corrie celebration
Mansfield greenlights 40 thanniversary show
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Channel 4 readies drama documentary on Holocaust historian
3BM Television to make film on Irving libel trial
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Channel 4 readies drama doc on Holocaust historian
3BM Television to make film on Irving libel trial
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Pringle quits Chrysalis to launch web outfit
Radio group programme chief leaves to found 'music and lifestyle' internet venture
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Ex-Sky man hooks up with Carphone Warehouse
West joins other Sky men at internet services division
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Andi Peters to stay as C4 kids guru
Channel 4 calls off search as Peters agrees to stay as children's and young people's chief
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Queer as Folk - the musical
Channel 4's hit gay drama, Queer as Folk, is being turned into a musical, according to reports. Queer! will feature songs inspired by catchphrases from the show, such as 'I'm doing
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Pearson to lose independent status
Pearson Television is talking to broadcasters about the possibility of losing its independent status as it ups its stake in Channel 5, writes Tara Conlan.
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Industry braced for new era in TV
The first overhaul of broadcasting legislation since 1996 started to take shape this week as the referral of a United/Carlton merger coincided with government moves to launch a communications white paper
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Record six year lead for BBC Radio
BBC Radio has recorded its biggest lead over its commercial rivals in terms of audience share since the beginning of 1994, writes John Plunkett.
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Peters stays put as Bender moves in as 4Later editor
Channel 4 has called off its search for a new children's and young people's chief after persuading Andi Peters to stay in the job, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITV on verge of acquiring TV rights to Star Wars films
ITV is understood to be on the verge of acquiring future terrestrial TV rights to the four Star Wars films in a deal said to be worth more than£10 million,
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C4 plans Holocaust libel trial drama doc
Channel 4 has lined up a 90-minute drama documentary based on the ongoing libel case brought by Holocaust historian David Irving. 3BM Television has been commissioned by new C4 Real and
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NewsTVF strikes online deals down under
Factual distributor TVF International has licensed a raft of titles to Australian broadband TV operators Reeltime.tv and Bigpond Movies as it expands its business in the new media space.
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South Bank makes first peaktime show on Corrie
Departing ITV controller of documentaries, features and arts Grant Mansfield has agreed to a primetime episode of LWT's The South Bank Show dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Coronation Street. The
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BBC orders second series of S Club 7 adventures
BBC Broadcast head of children's commissioning Roy Thompson has greenlit a second series about the fictional adventures of teen chart band S Club 7 (left). Called S Club 7 in LA,
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Dee plays against Happy Double in BBC stand-up show
Jack Dee is to star in a new 8 x 30-minute stand-up series for BBC 1, Jack Dee's Happy Hour, in which the comic does verbal battle with a computer-generated 'cheerful'
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Animal Planet prepares first UK-based output
Discovery Animal Planet has commissioned its first UK-based programming with a weekend of shows devoted to keeping wild animals in the wild. The Born Free Weekend will feature the channel's first