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Scream bags Living chat slot
Living TV is to double its original programming output with its biggest ever commission - Loose Lips, a live daily talk show from Scream Films, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsDyke to take chair at RTS Cambridge
BBC director general Greg Dyke will take centre stage at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge convention this year after agreeing to chair the biennial event, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsIndies rap Discovery
Producers' alliance Pact has issued a warning to producers over what it claims is a restrictive clause in Discovery Networks' contracts, which blocks programme-makers or their distributors licensing anything it has commissioned to National Geographic, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsCrossroads faces the axe
They axed half the cast, demolished the infamous shaky set and turned the sauce factor up to 11 - but not even Emma Noble in a hot-tub could revive the fortunes of ITV's troubled soap Crossroads, which is set to be axed from its teatime slot within weeks, ...
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NewsGrace departs ITV as Pickard arrives
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace is quitting the network centre just 10 days before the arrival of new director of programmes Nigel Pickard, writes John Plunkett
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VH1 launches quest to find UK's top divas
VH1 has started production on a new talent series, Dare to Diva, which aims to find the UK's biggest diva. The London event - the second stop in a five-city tour which takes in Nashville, Miami, New York and Philadelphia - offers budding female singers ...
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NewsLiddiment teams up with Spacey
Former ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has joined forces with Kevin Spacey to become the producer of London's Old Vic theatre company, writes John Plunkett
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NewsJazz FM Manchester gets new md
A new managing director has been appointed to run Jazz FM's north west of England station as part of a series of changes since the Guardian Media Group (GMG) bought the network in July last year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBBC suffers peaktime blackout
Millions of viewers in London and the south east were left watching blank screens last night (5 January) as BBC 1 and BBC 2 went off air during peaktime, writes Luke Satchell
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My TV career's over fears Matthew Kelly
Troubled Matthew Kelly fears his glittering TV career is over. ...
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Bashir: It was such pressure
Documentary ace Martin Bashir told last night of the manic eight months he spent getting to know Michael Jackson. ...
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15m - Show of the year for ITV
Up to 15 million viewers saw Martin Bashir's disturbing interview with Jackson. ...
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TV scoop earns millions for Granada
The Michael Jackson documentary - which attracted more than 15 million viewers - is the most lucrative single progr...
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Comcast sells TV systems in cut-price deal
Comcast, the largest US cable operator, has sold a group of TV systems in the Rocky Mountain region for about $675m...
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Channel with an identity crisis
Next week when BBC3 at last claims its allotted place alongside the likes of BBC's 1,2,4,6 and 7, the first phase o...
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Millions lose BBC signal
Millions of television viewers were faced with a blank screen last night when BBC lost transmission during the peak...
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Some disturbing pictures for advertisers: what viewers really do during commercial breaks
New research shows that many people switch off the adverts, particularly during peaktime shows ...
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Media mogul expects sixth child
The media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expecting his sixth child at the age of 71 ...
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NewsKing to speak at Mipdoc
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Allan King - the godfather of cinema vérité - has been signed up to speak at next month's Mipdoc event in Cannes, writes Penny Hughes