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NewsGardam asked to 'reinvent' entertainment
C4 director of programmes Tim Gardam has unveiled plans to pump cash into 'big, thought-through' entertainment shows following C4 chief executive Mark Thompson's pledge to 'reinvent' the genre, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsLygo plans drama 'big splash'
Channel 5 is planning to make a 'big splash' next year with a new drama series produced by the creator of This Life Tony Garnett, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Time is running out for the 30-second commercial
After years of success, the premier role of 30-second TV commercial as the most cost-effective means for marketing ...
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A licence fee for national creativity
It may be the silly season, but the sight of two of Britain's leading broadcasters rolling about in the mud abusing...
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Watching the clock
Right now, they're plotting another series of 24. No one knows who's involved - but one thing's sure: it'll be the...
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Telewest to begin debt talks
Telewest, the ailing cable operator, was yesterday given the green light by its banks to begin talks with bondholde...
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Berlusconi in soccer conflict
The government of Silvio Berlusconi was accused of a new conflict of interest yesterday after football clubs postpo...
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BBC seek peak slot for Six Nations
The new television contract for the Six Nations Championship has yet to be signed off as organisers and the BBC see...
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Smoothly does it for Classic FM
For a station apparently devoted to the civilising power of classical music, Classic FM arouses a peculiar amount o...
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Telewest to begin restructuring talks
Telewest Communications revealed yesterday that its banks have agreed to allow the debt-laden cable group to press ...
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Channel 4 must become more innovative and subversive, says new chief executive
Channel 4 must seize back its position as the country's most innovative and exciting programme-maker, the station's...
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Bertelsmann to downsize HQ
Bertelsmann, the German media group, has launched a reorganisation and downsizing of its group head quarters as par...
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AOL feels hot breath of SEC on share deals
On May 17 last year, Steve Case stood up at AOL Time Warner's first annual meeting and told shareholders the newly ...
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Telewest free to talk on restructuring
Telewest was given the green light to initiate negotiations for its restructuring with its bondholders yesterday, a...
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Channel 5 moves to keep hold of chief
RTL, the controlling shareholder in Channel 5, is planning a sharp increase in programme spending at the TV channel...
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Singletons who opt to stay solo
BBC local radio is to launch a survey on what it is like to be single ...
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? And on that blonde bombshell
The new series of Alan Partridge sees the star get a girlfriend ...
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Soapstars was my dream? but they just used me
After losing her job in Emmerdale, ex-Soapstars winner Ruth Abram says that she was used by Yorkshire Television ...
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Chris and Gaby II
Chris Evans and Gabby Roslin are reuniting to host a new live morning chat show on Channel 5 ...
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Telewest's new loan ranger
Telewest's managing director Charles Burdick has started the process of cutting the company's£5.3 billion debt ...