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ITV's Tonight secures Soham exclusive.
ITV will broadcast a Tonight special on the Soham murders after gaining exclusive access to Kevin and Nicola Wells, parents of murdered schoolgirl Holly, writes Paul Revoir.
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Pact urges more funds for online content.
Pact has called on the BBC to outsource more of its online content, writes Glen Mutel.
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NewsC4 cools merger speculation
Channel 4 today moved to play down reports that it has begun talks to merge with Five, saying it was no where close to a possible deal.
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NewsBBC drops objections to Top Up TV
The BBC has dropped its objections to sharing the Freeview electronic programme guide (EPG) with pay-lite operator Top Up TV.
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NewsSetanta snares SPL footie
The BBC has lost the rights to screen live Scottish Premier League after the league handed the four-year contract to Irish broadcaster Setanta.
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The Carrot or the Stick (C4) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'The format is a winner, and the next couple of weeks promise to be very amusing indeed.'...
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The Carrot or the Stick (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The effect was faintly ridiculous rather than inspiring.'...
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NewsMilligan to join Sky in summer
Five deputy chief executive Nick Milligan will join BSkyB in the summer in the newly-created role of Sky Media managing director, the company has confirmed.
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The Bill (ITV1) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'This was, you could tell, complete and utter rubbish. Great TV though.'...
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The Carlton carve-up
As Carlton's HQ closes its doors and many of the company's staff are passed over for jobs at ITV plc in favour of their Granada counterparts, Paul Revoir and Colin Robertson ask if the merger was a whitewash
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My Week in the Real World (BBC2) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'A weird hybrid - Grange Hill meets Faking It meets Question Time.'...
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My Week in the Real World (BBC2) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'[A] cross between Celebrity Faking It and When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum.' ...
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My Week in the Real World (BBC2) - Gerard O' Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'As programme ideas go, My Week in the Real World has enormous merit.'...
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My Week in the Real World (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'You knew it was going to be fun watching Claire Short make a dork of herself on a reality show, but not this much ...
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The Impressionable John Culshaw (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Culshaw, who made his name on the BBC's Dead Ringers, is a hugely gifted mimic.'...
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Back to Reality (Five) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The producers have tried to synthesise what only emerges gradually in mor successful formats.'...
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Milligan to leave Five for BSkyB
Five is set to lose its deputy chief executive, Nick Milligan, who is quitting to join BSkyB in a move that fuels speculation about a bid by Rupert Murdoch for the terrestrial channel, writes Conor Dignam.
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Secret Policeman among winners at RTS awards
Mark Daly, the investigative reporter behind the acclaimed BBC documentary The Secret Policeman , has been awarded young journalist of the year by the Royal Television Society (RTS), writes Lisa Campbell.
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Ideal World in bid to expand factual fare
Ideal World is looking to increase its contemporary factual output with the appointment of its first head of documentaries, writes Glen Mutel.