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RTS Awards snub for Coronation Street and Emmerdale
Granada outraged as its two major soaps fail to register nominations in new category at Royal Television Society Awards
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ITV 1's Sunday night line-up makes light work of the Baftas
Millionaire? Heartbeat and The Jury condemn BBC 1 to another overwhelming Sunday night peaktime defeat
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Pop Idol bandwagon rolls on
Pop Idol winner Will Young saw off Del Boy and Rodney on Saturday night with a one-off special but otherwise it was a pleasing night for BBC 1
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Two Thousand Acres of Sky gets third run
Michelle Collins and Paul Kaye to star again as BBC Scotland asks Zenith Entertainment for another series of the drama despite unspectacular ratings
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Younger viewers flock to PPV events
Continental Research report says 15-34 year olds regard buying one-off pay-per-view broadcasts as a 'normal occurrence'
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Channel 5 draws the crowds
Broadcaster puts in a very strong peaktime performance with its two favourite 'f' words
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Emap Performance head quits
Managing director of pop Trevor Dann leaves to set up his own development and production company
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Pact to attack BBC over trade 'abuses'.
Producers' alliance Pact is poised to fight a 'bloody' battle with the BBC after charging the corporation with a catalogue of abuses over its terms of trade.The action follows a flood
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Whitehall still buying analogue TV sets.
Whitehall departments are still buying analogue television sets despite the government's intention of switching off the analogue signal from as early as 2006, writes David Rose.
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Daily Mail plans Metro FM radio.
Metro, the free weekday newspaper given away in cities such as London and Birmingham, could be handed a companion radio service under plans being explored by its owner the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Juniper sets up science and history subsidiary.
Juniper Communications is setting up a new science and history division in Cambridge, in a bid to tap into the city's academic resources, writes Penny Hughes.
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UKTV new media head leaves for start-up.
UKTV head of new media Neil Morris has quit the BBC Flextech joint-venture to set up his own broadband and interactive TV consultancy MomoMedia, writes David Wood.
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C5 TO AIR PRIVATE RYAN.
Channel 5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford has bought the rights to the second world war epic Saving Private Ryan, which is expected to get its first terrestrial airing later this
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Britons to make Giuliani biopic.
THE LIFE OF former New York mayor Rudolf Giuliani will be documented for US viewers by UK companies following a $4m (#2.8m) deal between London-based Jam Pictures, Carlton America and USA Network, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TV politics 'must infotain'.
Broadcasters should not shy away from dumbing down political programmes and experimenting with 'tabloid formats' to bring in new audiences to the genre, according to a major report published this week.The
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BBC angles for prime EPG location for BBC 4.
THE BBC IS still in negotiations with BSkyB over the position of new digital culture channel BBC 4 on the electronic programme guide (EPG), just days before its launch, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC moves to quell 'Delia effect' panic.
Manufacturers of gardening equipment have held talks with the BBC over concerns that the so-called 'Delia effect' - where retailers were swamped with requests for specific products after the celebrity chef used them on her show - could happen to them, wri
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Ginger to revive Lads.
Ginger Productions has scored its first commission for ITV 1 with a remake of classic sitcom The Likely Lads, which is set to star kids presenters Ant and Dec, writes Steve Aston.
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Ex-BBC staffer urges reform.
COLIN SHAW, a former BBC secretary and director of the Broadcasting Standards Council, has added his weight to the call for reform of the BBC board of governors, suggesting governors should