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First order for Farmbrough indie.
Former Talkback Productions producer Richard Farmbrough has launched his own indie, Reef Television, and has appointed 12 full-time staff to help him run it, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Thompson: profits just part of C4 goal.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has returned the company to profit after it plunged #28m
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ARCHBISHOP TV SERIES.
Subjects including the loss of childhood and the morality of interventionist science will be discussed in
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BECTU MOOTS STRIKE.
Members of broadcast union Bectu at SMG-owned Scottish TV and Grampian TV are set to work
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BBC READY TO JUSTIFY.
The BBC has bowed to pressure from rivals and politicians and conceded for the first time
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MPS ENTER EPG ROW.
More than 30 MPs have put their names to a parliamentary early day motion calling for
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It's men v beasts in latest bizarre twist on reality TV.
ITV1 has commissioned Granada to make a bizarre one-off reality TV show, which pits humans against animals in a series of physical challenges - including a swimmer racing against a dolphin, writes Paul Revoir.
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Alli presses for ideas register.
Labour peer Lord Alli, the founder of former Big Breakfast producer Planet 24, has called for
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Ninjas do battle again on GMTV.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the cult animated hit of the late 1980s and early 1990s, is
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C4 farms out T4 strand to At It.
CHANNEL 4 is moving the production of its youth entertainment strand T4 out of house for the first time in its five-year history, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC factual ups team.
BBC controller of documentaries and contemporary factual Anne Morrison has moved to strengthen her management team by appointing a new deputy controller and a head of development, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NUJ loses BBC strike ballot.
The National Union of Journalists' 3,000 BBC newsroom and current affairs members have rejected calls to strike over the sacking of two World Service employees, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Warning over ITV sales houses.
THE Competition Commission has warned Carlton and Granada that they could be forced to spin off both their sales houses if they want to go ahead with their merger, writes Paul Revoir.
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MTV holds steady against Sky music channels.
MTV Networks has shrugged off the competition from Sky's three recently launched music channels, citing new Barb figures which show the channels have not affected its viewing figures, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Dyke blames email for rise in complaints about BBC.
The BBC received more than twice as many complaints from viewers about its programmes in the past year than in 2001/2002, according to its Programme Complaints Unit and Governors' Programme Complaints Committee findings, writes Luke Satchell.
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Radio 1 to back local musicians.
BBC Radio 1 is cementing its commitment to the British music scene by giving over at least 35% of its playlist to local artists, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC Statement of Promises 2003-4 - BBC defends arts boost.
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has dismissed criticism that the corporation's plans to cut lifestyle
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Radio 2 woos Disney chief.
A television executive has emerged as a candidate to take the BBC Radio 2 controller role when Jim Moir steps down later this year, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV1 shelves building show.
ITV1 has been forced to postpone a major daytime reality show, in which 10 couples compete to build and win a dream home, for nearly a year because producers spent so long looking for a star to front the show, writes Paul Revoir.
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Niche TV beats its terrestrial rivals - again.
NICHE television channels have pulled in a bigger collective audience share than BBC1 and ITV1 for the second week running, writes Rosemary Gallagher.