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NewsBBC1 inches ahead in World Cup contest
BBC1 has established only a slender lead over ITV1 in the battle for World Cup viewers.
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NewsTeachers' TV recruits
Brook Lapping Education, a division of Ten Alps, is offering two internships to work on Teachers' TV. Designed as an entry-level introduction to the TV industry, the scheme will offer the trainees an 11-month contract. One position will most likely be for a news trainee, working on the weekly Teachers' ...
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NewsLeader - ITV needs new game plan
It looks as if it will take a change in leadership to spark a revival at ITV, says Broadcasteditor Conor Dignam
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Uefa Cup final stages to air on ITV
ITV has bought the UK broadcast rights to the final stages of the Uefa Cup for the first time, in a deal understood to be worth more than£20m. ITV now has exclusive broadcast rights for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals over the next three seasons of the tournament, after fighting ...
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Broadcasters lobby on dead bodies rules
Channel 4 and the BBC are fighting new rules which could force them to obtain a licence before showing dead bodies or body parts on television.
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NewsITV and BBC vie for rights to Disney hit
The BBC and ITV are battling it out for the UK terrestrial rights to the Disney Channel's surprise hit original TV movie, High School Musical.
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ITV set to bring back drama to daytime
ITV is to bring back drama into its daytime schedules in a bid to tap into the success that the BBC has had with shows such as Doctors.
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NewsStephen Fry returns to ITV in legal drama
Stephen Fry is to make his first drama series for ITV in over 10 years, with a show about a country solicitor with the human touch.
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NewsRDF to launch own on-demand service
RDF Media is planning to launch its own on-demand broadband service offering viewers the chance to download programmes made by RDF and other indies.
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NewsFive Life in talks over airing Paramount co-pros
Five's new digital lifestyle channel is facing an autumn launch without its homegrown comedies, including Suburban Shootoutand the forthcoming Respectable.
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NewsRosencrantz buys Justice for Living TV
Living TV's new director of programmes, Claudia Rosencrantz, has drafted in her former ITV colleague Mark Sammon to the role of commissioning editor and made her first three big-budget programming buys.
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NewsRDF Media lines up 80s teen stars for sitcom
RDF Media is developing an improvised sitcom with 1980s heart-throbs Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, as its US production arm begins its move into drama and comedy genres.
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NewsPride launches gay triple play service
Lesbian and gay TV company Pride Television Networks is to launch a 'triple play' service, combing digital TV, broadband internet and phone lines.
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NewsWimbledon sunshine nets 2.9m for BBC2
The second day at Wimbledon proved to be more of a success as the rain stayed away and the evening's coverage of the tournament on BBC2 peaked at 2.9 million (15.9%) at 7.30pm.
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NewsBBC Worldwide clocks£89m profit
BBC Worldwide - the corporation's commercial arm - has hit its target of doubling profits in two years to£89m, fuelled by growth in its programme sales and home entertainment businesses.
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NewsWorld Cup Watch: French fightbackbrings ITV1 a peak of 10.8m
France's hotly contested game against Spain, which saw the French side snatch a victory towards the end of the match, gave ITV1 a peak audience of 10.8 million (45%) in the last five minutes of the game.
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NewsBBC to set Casualty in 1906
The BBC is to make a medical drama set 100 years ago, but filmed in the fast-paced style of modern shows such as Casualty.
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NewsBennett launches staunch defence of licence fee
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has warned that ITV's cost-cutting drive could harm the broadcaster's programmes, and should not be used as an argument to reduce the licence fee.