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NewsShah raises veil on origins of Islamic terror
Saira Shah, whose documentary exposing Afghanistan's Taliban regime, Beneath the Veil, has garnered numerous awards, is to make a new film about Islamic terror, writesDavid Wood. Shah will team up with director James Miller on the project - a 90-minute film for US network HBO ...
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NewsGovernment launches consultation over iDTV
The government has launched its long-awaited consultation exercise to investigate the role that integrated digital televisions (iDTVs) can play in achieving analogue switch-off, writes Jon Rogers
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Evans TV comeback to judge Popstars II
Chris Evans is in talks with ITV bosses to star as a judge on talent show Popstars Two. ...
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Stars' slap on the bum
Cheeky Robbie Williams and raunchy George Michael have been naughty boys - and both given the equivalent of a smack...
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ITV unlocks Sarah's£1.3m golden handcuffs after a series of flops
ITV is to end its exclusive 'golden handcuffs' deal with Sarah Lancashire'. ...
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Big Brother pulls in record audience
They may be some of the most annoying characters on the small screen. But Channel 4's Big Brother contestants are ...
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BBC refuses to hand over Kenyon tape
The makers of the Kenyon Confronts programme, which in an edition to the BBC1 show a fortnight ago accused three tr...
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Carlton sizes up SMG's television assets
Carlton is understood to be considering a bid for the Scottish TV franchises in the event that their debt-laden own...
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McDonald's children's TV deal
McDonald's has signed an estimated£1 million deal to sponsor children's early morning television programmes on ITV...
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Messier defies critics
Jean-Marie Messier yesterday vowed to stay on as chairman of Vivendi Universal indefinitely, ignoring calls for his...
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Big Mac deal for child TV
The McDonald's fast-food chain is to sponsor children's programmes on ITV. ...
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Martha Stewart fall further
Shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia fell a further 24 per cent yesterday after a report that federal investig...
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Leo Kirch feud with Springer rumbles on
Leo Kirch, the dethroned German media mogul, yesterday renewed his feud with publisher Axel Springer over the exerc...
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Renewed scrutiny for cable industry
Cable industry accounting will come under renewed scrutiny following the fraud allegations at WorldCom. ...
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Former journalist adept at working the media
The adage that all press is good press has played into the hands of Mathew Horsman, the high-profile media analyst,...
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UK History will be available to all
UK History, the proposed history channel from UKTV, will be made available free to air to all platforms if the BBC's bid to take over the former ITV Digital multiplexes is successful, writesPaul Revoir
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Indies welcome BBC Wales action
Indies were this week cautiously optimistic about solving what they see as severe commissioning problems in Wales following talks with new BBC Wales commissioning editor Martyn Ingram
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New role for Wall to Wall chief
Wall to Wall Television chief executive Alex Graham is stepping back from day-to-day production duties to focus on the indie's long-term strategy as part of a wider restructure at the indie, writesPenny Hughes
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Bafta winners reunite for BBC rehab drama
Award-winning drama producers Antonia Bird and Ruth Caleb are reuniting to produce a new drama for BBC 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Von Trier to follow English football fans
Zentropa, the indie run by Lars von Trier, the avant-garde director who founded the experimental Dogme movement, is set to explore the behaviour of England fans at this year's football World Cup in a new film for Channel 4, writesPenny Hughes