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TCM beefs up original shows
Turner Classic Movies has appointed a new creative director as part of a drive to get more original programming onto the channel, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Office producer gets commissioning role
The producer of BBC2's award-winning comedy The Office has taken on a commissioning role within BBC entertainment, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Granada's Sherlock Holmes sold to BBC2
Granada has sold its classic crime series The Adventures of Sherlock Homes to BBC2. The 13 x 52-minute first series, which made Jeremy Brett a household name, will air on BBC2 later this year after originally airing on ITV in 1984.
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SRH predicts tough times
Tougher times could be ahead for Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH), despite its announcement that it had doubled profits for the six months to the end of March, writes Michael Rosser
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Granada backs Euro pilot push
Granada is piloting a quiz show in four different languages in a bid to speed up its sales to the international market, writes Paul Revoir
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C4 chooses researcher scheme indies
Ten regional indies are to take part in Channel 4's researcher development programme, now in its fourth year, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC joins£1.5m docs initiative
The BBC has stepped up its commitment to high-end documentary making by putting £500,000 into a new£1.5m fund to finance theatrically released feature length films, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Blair fails to get BBC to remove Gulf bodies footage
The BBC refused yesterday to remove footage of two British soldiers killed in Iraq from a documentary despite press...
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New director's dignity decree outlaws Italy's TV bimbos.
Italian state television may soon be stripped of perhaps its greatest aid to keeping Italians glued to their screen...
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Everyone likes to watch the BBC...unless it's a rather nasty trailer
The BBC was swamped with protests after showing a gruesome promotional clip of a woman plummeting to her death. ...
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Sony reveals its new game plan
Sony announced plans for a powerful do-it-all game machine yesterday, as the worlds largest consumer electronics co...
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'Disgusted Hoon joins outcry over BBC's sick video
Defence supremo Geoff Hoon last night fired off an angry broadside at the BBC over its plans to screen footage of t...
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New system to measure audiences boosts BBC, Talksport and BSkyB
BSkyB, Talksport and the BBC's Radio 4 yesterday received big increases in their measured audience under a new elec...
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Microsoft loses£1.5bn on Telewest stake
Microsoft has taken a£1.5bn hit after selling its 23.6% stake in troubled cable operator Telewest for just£3m. ...
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Microsoft offloads stake in Telewest for a paltry£3m
The American software giant Microsoft has offloaded all its shares in Telewest for just $5m ($3m) as the troubled U...
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Media stocks climb as hopes rise of an ad upturn
Media and engineering stocks were the star turn yesterday as the London market registered a near six month high. ...
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BBC defies Blair and families to show dead
The BBC said yesterday that it was in the public interest to broadcast footage of two British soldiers killed in th...
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BBC under fire as it launches record label
The BBC is launching a record company whose artists will be promoted across the corporation's radio and television ...
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BBC refuses to back down over Iraq doc
The BBC has defended its plans to screen a Correspondent special in which the bodies of two British soldiers 'executed' in Iraq are featured, saying the Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew about the programme months ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Sued: Wet weathermen
Bosses of some of Britain's top theme parks may sue TV weather forecasters over too-gloomy bulletins. ...