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Ofcom fines are 'threat to rights'
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has been warned that the government will violate broadcasters' human rights if it presses ahead with plans to levy huge fines for breaches of licences, writes David Rose
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BBC dominates at wildscreen
British programme makers have scooped over half the nominations at this year's international Wildscreen Panda awards, with the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) taking the lion's share, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Trisha editor promoted to exec position
Jackie Heffer, who as editor of ITV 1's Trisha has seen the Granada-produced daytime show become the highest performing chatshow on TV, has been promoted to executive producer, writes Steve Aston
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Interactive vodka ad
Technology developed by Kingston Interactive (KIT) and ad agency Publicis will be trialled on an interactive ad for homeless charity the Depaul Trust next month. Dubbed 'video on demand kind of advertising' (Vodka), the pilot allows the viewer to change the narrative at certain points of the ad without leaving ...
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BBC's Churchill drama gets 10 Emmy nominations
The BBC has put in a robust performance in the nominations for the 54th annual US Emmy awards, writes Jon Rogers
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Free BBC course
BBC Training & Development is offering the chance to win a free, one-day new media course in return for completing an online questionnaire about its website. The deadline is 30 September. See www.bbctraining.co.uk
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Rivals hit out at BBC school plan
The BBC's plan to create an online digital curriculum has received an overwhelming thumbs down from commercial rivals, which claimed the initiative could put them out of business, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsTait leaves ITN
ITN editor in chief Richard Tait is to retire after 15 years with the company, writes Steve Aston
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Those sneaky beach snaps, the day Judy bared her bra and the truth about her 'drink' problem? the cruel price of life in TV's spotlight
In their strikingly frank and open-hearted autobiography, Richard Madley and Judy Finnigan reveal the reality of wh...
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BBC invites Vaughan to front a new dumbed-down political show
Chatshow host Johnny Vaughan has been asked to present a new-look political programme in a move certain to reignite...
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Irascible and eccentric, the one-eyed genius who really was Rumpole
From the creator of TV's favourite barrister, a warm tribute to Leo McKern. ...
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TV's Zippy and Bungle kidnapped
Rainbow stars Bungle, Zippy and George were kidnapped yesterday. ...
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King of the Bailey
The worlds of entertainment and law joined in tribute last night to actor Leo McKern, star of Rumpole of the Bailey...
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Vivendi to break up pay-TV group Canal Plus
Vivendi Universal has set out plans to break up Europe's largest pay-TV group, Canal Plus, by pulling profitable Fr...
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Unlike the British, Americans believe in TV - just look at the calibre of the writing, acting and directing they put into it
This week, on the far side of the Atlantic, the fifth series of ...
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ITN chief resigns
Richard Tait, the Editor-in-Chief of ITN, announced his resignation from the post he has held since 1995. ...
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Reality TV searching for the next Maradona
The Popstars-style format is familiar around the world, but this time television is not looking for Madonna. Now r...
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Fourtou to break up Canal Plus network
Canal Plus, the pay-television subsidiary of Vivendi Universal, is to be broken up and its internal operations sold...