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C4 back in profit and set to 'make trouble'
Channel 4 marked the first steps on its path to recovery with a return to profit and a confident declaration yester...
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The threat to our TV from this corrupter of politicians
Now is the time for the Lords to earn its ermine. There are a few occasions when its lack of democratic legitimacy ...
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Chris Evans's mating game is a£6m flop
Chris Evans's dating show Boys and Girls looks likely to be axed after proving a ratings flop. ...
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BBC receives record number of complaints
The BBC has received a record number of complaints about its programmes this year. Viewers lodged 1,596 grievances,...
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NewsSkinner rapped for disabled jokes
Comedian Frank Skinner has been accused of over-stepping the mark for mimicking people with physical disabilities during an episode of ITV1's Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBBC complaints double
The BBC received more than twice as many complaints from viewers about its programmes in the last year than in the previous year, according to its Programme Complaints Unit and Governors' Programme Complaints Committee findings published today, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsFurther scrutiny for toddler ads
Ministers are facing renewed pressure to slap a ban on TV advertising promoting high fat food during programmes screened for under five-year-olds, writes David Rose
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NewsCapital appoints new commercial head
Capital Radio is placing its£110m national sales business in the hands of new commercial managing director Linda Grant as competition intensifies in the London market, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsBBC reiterates public service commitment
The BBC has moved to counter criticism that it is too commercial by promising that next year it will screen more public service programmes, writes David Wood
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NewsThompson turns the tide at C4
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has crowned his first full year in office with an upbeat set of results, which revealed he has succeeded pulling the broadcaster out of the red last year, returning£16.5m profits.
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What price for a piece of Auntie?
The BBC is not commercial-free, it's just that its commercials are not paid for and they promote the corporation's ...
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And now, the war of words
As war raged in Iraq, the BBC came under fire at home for being pessimistic and anti-war. But this time the corpora...
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Humphrys takes on new chief inquisitor's role
For a man whose energies are normally devoted to winkling answers out of evasive interviewees, John Humphrys may fi...
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Dyke trims fashion and DIY on BBC2
Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, announced yesterday that he had called in his programming gurus and was...
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NewsNew C-list celeb show for ITV
They have been stranded in the jungle, locked in a house of two-way mirrors and had their vocal skills tested for Comic Relief - and now C-list celebrities are to be chucked from a moving aeroplane as part of new show for ITV, writes Paul ...
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Clunes is the news Deayton....
Telly favourite Martin Clunes is set to be named permanent host of Have I Got News For You after a superb performan...