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Monopoly fears over ITV deal
Carlton and Granada are to press ahead with a£3 billion plan to create a single ITV in the face of monopoly fears....
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Scarred by soaps
TV storylines 'encourage chuildren to believe that family breakdown is inevitable'. ...
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ITV merger won't save us from drivel
Once upon a time ITV was a force for dynamism and innovation. Forty or so years ago, while the BBC floundered in a ...
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NewsRegional TV faces crisis
Television production in the nations and regions is in crisis as commercial pressures force broadcasters to commission programmes from their own in-house departments and London suppliers, according to a major new report published this week, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC in High Court apology
The BBC has been forced to apologise to the High Court after admitting it spent thousands of pounds developing its digital curriculum bid in strict violation of government rules, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBig Brother exec quits BBC for 19TV role
BBC head of new entertainment development Conrad Green is jumping ship from the corporation after only one year to join pop svengali Simon Fuller's production outfit 19TV, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsITV plc to spell turmoil
Carlton and Granada finally agreed terms of their much-anticipated merger yesterday but are unlikely to make any real progress on the deal for several months, writes Steve Aston
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BBC 3 prepares for launch
The BBC's new digital youth channel BBC 3 will launch in February and be given its own individual branding which will be distinctive from the BBC's other main TV channels, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Spectrum costs to become reality
The prospect of broadcasters having to shell out up to£15m per channel in spectrum charges will become a reality in a little over three years after the government this week gave the go-ahead for the controversial plan, writes Barbara Marshall
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Dinosaur creators set up own indie
The creators of the BBC's award-winning Walking With Dinosaursseries are to leave the BBC to set up their own company, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Disney cosies up to Fox
Walt Disney is to bring its acquired Fox Kids Europe service and its own branded channels closer together with a new content-sharing agreement. This could mark the first step towards an eventual merger of the two channels, writes Paul Revoir
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Ofcom should have say on ITV merger
The ITV companies should not be allowed to merge until new super-regulator Ofcom is up and running, according to Liberal Democrat peer and member of Lord Puttnam's joint scrutiny committee on the communications bill Tom MacNally, write Leigh Holmwood and Georgina Lipscomb
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UK History faces legal challenge
The History Channel may seek a judicial review over the launch of rival UK History, claiming that a secret deal struck between the government and UKTV to allow it to launch as many channels as it wants should have been discussed in the open, writes ...
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BBC wildlife awards
The BBC scooped six gongs, including three for The Blue Planet, at this year's international Wildscreen Panda Awards, which recognises excellence in natural history production. British companies took 10 out of the 17 categories, confirming their leading reputation in the genre. ...
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Leopard takes on BBC daytime
Indie Leopard Films has won its biggest terrestrial commission with a new 25-part daytime series for BBC 1, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ITV to tell story of royal romance
The relationship between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles is to be explored in a new documentary for ITV from the producer of the channel's acclaimed profile of the Queen , writes Paul Revoir
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Beauty salon to open on C4
Endemol UK Productions and Channel 4 are planning to open a beauty salon in London as the setting for a new fly-on-the-wall series, write Georgina Lipscomb and Penny Hughes
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Planet 24's Mechanick
Channel 5 controller of children's Nick Wilson has ordered a 40-part kids series from Planet 24 animation division Impossible TV, writes Steve Aston
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Emap recruits Splinter for C4 Q awards
Splinter Films has been signed up by Emap, publisher of Broadcast, to produce this year's Q Awards being held next Monday (21 October) for Channel 4. The 60-minute programme will air the following night at 23.30. The Q Awards programme was ordered by C4 commissioning ...
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Somethin' Else to film jazz festival for BBC 4
BBC head of music entertainment Mark Cooper has commissioned indie Somethin' Else to make two programmes covering the 10th London Jazz Festival, which takes place on the South Bank between 15 and 24 November. The 60-minute shows will air on BBC 4 at the end of the month and feature ...