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ITV lines-up Grade successor
ITV is believed to be in advanced talks with former Reed Elsevier boss Sir Crispin Davis and ex-Channel 4 chairman and BMI founder Sir Michael Bishop about taking the non-executive chairman role.
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Wife Swap cleared over baby concerns
Ofcom has backed the producers of Wife Swap over an episode in which a baby was shown living in a dirty flat and eating chips.
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Watch orders Thorpe Park gameshow
Heather Mills and Katie Price are among a number of famous faces who will brave a series of extreme theme park rides as part of a new TV gameshow on Watch.
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Godwin to run BBC children's
Joe Godwin has landed the most powerful job in British kids TV, after being named the new director of BBC children’s.
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Straw to debate with BNP leader on Question Time
Justice Secretary Jack Straw will become the first senior Labour figure to debate with British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin when they appear together on BBC1’s Question Time.
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BBC and Labour in fresh "bias" row
The reaction of the BBC to Government plans on the future of its funding has led the Culture Secretary to accuse the corporation of bias.
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Ball's chairman demands too much for ITV
Tony Ball wanted a £42m package to run ITV – but it was his demand to have the final veto over the company’s new chairman that caused negotiations to collapse.
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ITV and Ball: it's all off
ITV is back to square one in its search for a new chief executive after its board terminated discussions with Tony Ball.
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Blick turns to drama for BBC2 thriller
Marion and Geoff creator Hugo Blick is to move away from comedy and into fully blown crime drama with a major series for BBC2.
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Labour and SNP clash over Scottish broadcaster proposal
Labour has clashed with the SNP after the nationalist party re-floated the idea of establishing a new independent Scottish broadcaster.
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Hunt steps up warning over BBC Trust
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has given his strongest signal yet that a Conservative government would push to dismantle the BBC Trust in their first term if elected next year.
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BBC Trust to review BBC1, 2 and 4
The BBC Trust has launched its biggest service review to date, encompassing BBC1, BBC2, BBC4 and the red button service.
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Bennett: We moved Strictly to serve audiences
The BBC scheduled Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor “exclusively” to serve audiences, BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has claimed.
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BBC vetoes Armstrong and Miller's 'gipsy' joke
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Armstrong and Miller have agreed to cut the word ‘gipsy’ from a sketch in their forthcoming series after “debate” with BBC executives.
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BBC eyes up older women
BBC director general Mark Thompson has set BBC News a 12-month deadline to recruit a female presenter over 50, as the corporation battles accusations of ageism.
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Enfield sketch show shunted to BBC2 slot
Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.
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ITV takes STV war to courts
Tensions within the ITV network erupted into all-out war this week, with STV and ITV squaring up for a court battle.
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Five revives Shake! with Disney
Five is to reinstate Shake!, the tween strand it dropped in 2007, after signing a strategic sponsorship deal with Disney.
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Pact predicts ITV red tape tangle
Steps to introduce double compliance on ITV shows risk tying up indies in red tape, Pact and franchisee Channel TV have warned.
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Fears mount over smaller C4
The prospect of a downsized Channel 4 will hit new talent and regional indies the hardest, outgoing chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.