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Tiger Aspect chief hits out at youth 'obsession'.
Broadcasters are wasting some of the country's best creative talent with their 'over-obsession' with the under-35s, according to the head of one of the UK's biggest indies, writes Colin Robertson
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Planet plots new course.
Planet 24, the former indie that did for TV in the early 1990s what the Sex Pistols did for music in the 1970s, is set to be restructured following the loss of its crucial #11m Big Breakfast contract earlier this year, writes Colin Robertson
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ITV KIDS CHIEF GOES SOLO.
Former Granada director of children's Dan Maddicott has resurfaced with his own production company, Indie Kids, writes Steve Aston
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BBC drama investigates Hatfield train disaster.
The events surrounding the train crashes at Paddington and Hatfield which left 35 people dead and
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Airey takes on festival role
Two of the broadcasting industry's most high profile bodies have appointed new chairs, with Channel 5 chief executive Dawn Airey taking the helm at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival and Granada managing director of content Simon Shaps taking over at the Royal Television Society (RTS), ...
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Cosgrove Hall up for grabs
Granada is seeking international investors for animation house Cosgrove Hall in a bid to water down its investment and allow the company to regain its independent status, writes Jane Marlow
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CRCA U-turns on changes
The commercial radio companies are set for a head-on collision with their regulator, the Radio Authority, when they appear before the joint committee examining the communications bill on Monday (24 June), writes Lucy Rouse
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Planet 24 plots new course
Planet 24, the former indie that did for TV in the early 1990s what the Sex Pistols did for music in the 1970s, is set to be restructured following the loss of its crucial£11m Big Breakfast contract earlier this year, writes Colin Robertson
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Press gang reunited
Press Gang, the Bafta-winning cult kids show that launched the careers of Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, could soon return to screens as a special one-off epilogue, writes Colin Robertson
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Radio Authority may relax local news rule
The Radio Authority is considering dropping rules that force local radio stations to produce and broadcast news from within their own catchment areas in order to allow news operations to consolidate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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September Films bags first BBC series order
September Films has expanded its trademark programming on the world of showbiz, bagging its first series for the BBC, writes Steve Aston
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Wi-Fi can bring broadband for all
Anybody in the UK can now have always on, high-speed broadband internet access, and a lot of people should be able ...
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BBC team falls foul of Queen at Royal Ascot
The BBC has apologised after members of one of its camera crews at Royal Ascot were spotted by the Queen looking un...
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Rising star died of rare illness
Christopher Price, the rising BBC presenter, best known for hosting Liquid News, died after contracting a rare brai...
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Media leaders rally against Tory attack on 'TV tax'
A range of media figures, from the culture secretary Tessa Jowell, to rightwing commentator Andrew Neil, united in ...
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BBC presenter Price died from rare brain infection
The BBC presenter Christopher Price, whose mysterious death earlier this year shocked broadcasting, was struck down...
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News 24 overtakes Sky in battle for viewers
The BBC's 24-hour news channel is attracting more viewers than its satellite rival Sky News for the first time. ...
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BBC1 could be scrapped as a free channel under the Tories
BBC1 could effectively be scrapped as a free television channel and transformed into a subscription service under r...
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Dressing down for BBC crew
A BBC camera crew wore full morning dress in the paddock at Royal Ascot yesterday after the Queen complained about ...
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HIT to launch offer for Gullane
HIT Entertainment, the media company that specialises in buying the rights to children's television characters, is ...