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NewsRadio 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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Network Rail slams door on the media
Network Rail, the successor to Railtrack supported by£21 billion of loans and grants from the taxpayer, is plannin...
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ITV merger his first competition doubts
Commission could force partners to offload their sales houses. ...
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Pick 'n' mix Prom gives public a say
The BBC is to hold a Pop-Idol style vote to allow audiences to choose the Proms they want to hear. ...
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Dishy Des signed up for extra telly time
Fans' favourite Des Lynam has signed a new£1million contract for another season as the star presenter of ITV's foo...
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Naughty Nigella
Supercook Nigella Lawson's cleavage brought things to the boil when she rustled up something special for American T...
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NewsITV1 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 it, writes Paul Revoir
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Ad house threat could kill off ITV merger
The planned merger of ITV companies Carlton and Granada was dealt a blow yesterday by the Competition Commission, w...
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BBC may face internal scrutiny
The BBC may be exposed to external scrutiny by the National Audit Office as part of the government's forthcoming re...
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Trading accelerates for Game Group
Game Group, which warned on profits in December, said yesterday that current trading was running ahead of internal ...
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Murdoch offers bargaining chip in bid for DirecTV
News Corp, the US media group led by Ruper Murdoch, plans to deflect opposition to its $6.6bn acquisition of a cont...
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Watchdog threat to ITV's duo plan
Granada and Carlton's£2.6bn merger may be trickier to get past the regulators than they first thought. ...
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Chris Evans 'lied about events before his sacking'
Chris Evans was accused yesterday of lying in court about 'crucial' events that led to his sacking by the media com...
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Granada-Carlton merger hits trouble
The proposed merger of Carlton and Granada was dealt a heavy blow yesterday after the Competition Commission appear...
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Evans 'told lies in court over Virgin'
Chris Evanss was yesterday accused of lying in court over the build-up to his sacking by Virgin Radio. ...
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True vision makes war docs for discovery
Indie True Vision is making two documentaries for Discovery Networks Europe. Set to be screened later this year on Discovery Channel UK, Reporters at War is a 3 x 60-minute series examining the history of conflict coverage from the first world war to modern-day embedded reporters in Iraq. Meanwhile, in ...
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UK Food takes second helping of Day-Lewis
UK Food channel executive Gareth Williams has commissioned Pacific Productions to make a second series featuring cookery writer Tamasin Day-Lewis. The 15 x 30-minute self-titled series, jointly commissioned by UK Food with ITV1 Westcountry, kicks off on 25 August. It will be shot at Day-Lewis's Somerset home and feature her ...
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Radio 4 show to mark the Queen's ascension
The mammoth task of broadcasting the Queen's coronation to the nation will form the basis of a new BBC Radio 4 documentary. Still Room in the Tower will combine BBC archive with freshly gathered material and will air at 20.00 on 31 May, just a few days before the 50th ...
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Living TV organises more ghost chases
Living TV commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered two new event specials from indie Hanrahan Media. The World's Biggest Ghost Hunt Ever on 1 July will search for ghouls at Derbyshire's Tutbury Castle. A further Most Haunted Live event will also be screened on the summer solstice, 21 June. Both ...