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NewsWhite paper on BBC future expected
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is expected to publish its white paper on the BBC's future on Monday (13 March). The document is expected to be largely similar to the green paper published a year ago, suggesting that BBC governors are replaced by a trust answerable to licence ...
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Gray returns to ITV after four years
Duncan Gray has been lured back into the ITV fold by new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson. Four years after leaving the broadcaster's production arm, Granada, Gray returns as controller of entertainment - the same title he held at Granada. For the intervening years Gray has been working ...
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Galloway to host TalkSport phone-in
Celebrity Big Brother pussycat George Galloway is continuing his media career with a new phone-in show on national radio station TalkSport. The Respect Party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow will host a two-hour show from 8pm to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday evenings, starting ...
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RDF's Collins to join BBC entertainment
BBC entertainment has poached the head of RDF North, Kieron Collins, to join its factual entertainment line-up. Collins will join as an executive producer in April. Based in Manchester, he will report to Helen Bullough, who is temporarily heading the factual entertainment department following the departure of creative head David ...
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How to stay alive in a hostile situation
Increasingly, journalists are risking their lives to report from war zones, but, with the dangers rising, news organisations are paying more attention to keeping their staff safe from harm. Robert Gray reports.
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Plays for a new day
With the BBC announcing a dedicated one-off drama strand, many are predicting a return to the golden age of television. But, as Paul Hoggart discovers, has the death of single dramas been greatly exaggerated?
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The new kings of content II
In the second of a two-part series we look at the giants of the new media world who are muscling in on television's territory. By James Curtis.
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Profile - Playing for high stakes
With a career which has seen him consistently at the forefront of interactive television, William van Rest is well placed to oversee the launch of ITV Play.
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Leader - Problem with ITV is ITV1
ITV's progress in the digital arena is being hampered by the poor performance of ITV1, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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NewsITV records bumper profits
ITV reported bumper profits yesterday (Wednesday), despite the continued decline of ITV1's performance over the period.
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NewsOlder viewers give BBC2 a mid-life crisis
BBC2 has the oldest viewers of any terrestrial channel, sparking concern within the corporation over the rising age of the audience.
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NewsPact: DTI's rules don't make sense
Producers alliance Pact is to protest against rules outlawing unpaid work experience, during a meeting with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) this week.
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NewsLay-offs at BBC down to 93
The number of BBC staff facing compulsory redundancy has dropped below 100, less than one year after BBC director general Mark Thompson announced that 3,780 jobs would be lost across the corporation.
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NewsSarpong set for first BBC project
T4 presenter June Sarpong has been lined up to host a primetime debate show for BBC3 - her first project for the corporation.
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NewsMacqueen takes on C4 docs role
Acclaimed documentary producer Angus Macqueen has been appointed as the new head of documentaries at Channel 4, signalling a new direction for the broadcaster's factual output.
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Ian Wright in bid to wean London teens off junk
Arsenal legend Ian Wright is set to 'do a Jamie Oliver' by embarking on a health crusade for Channel 4 tackling the UK's growing teenage obesity problem.
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NewsITV Play to make£20m in first year
ITV chief executive Charles Allen has predicted that ITV Play will make£20m in profit in its first 12 months.
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NewsGrenside in shock Hallmark exit
8am:Sparrowhawk Media's Mark Grenside has quit the company to take up new business interests.
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NewsGray completes ITV entertainment team
ITV's new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson has successfully lured Duncan Gray back to ITV, four years after he left the broadcaster's production arm Granada.
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NewsI'm a French Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Endemol is recruiting French celebrities willing to eat bugs and pick up snakes to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.