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Bertelsmann to offload AOL Europe for $7.7 billion
German media giant Bertelsmann is expected to announce on Friday (17 March) the sale of its 50 per cent stake in AOL Europe to America Online for $7.5 billion (£4.8 billion),
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Telefonica mounts£3.4 billion bid for Endemol
Spanish telecoms group Telefonica has launched a Euro5.5 billion (£3.4 billion) bid for Endemol Entertainment, one of Europe's largest independent TV content producers.The proposed deal would see Netherlands-based Endemol form
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NTL puts£25m into interactive fund
NTL chiefs have announced a new£25 million fund to kick-start interactive production in the UK.The cable outfit aims to turn the TV industry's best interactive ideas into actual programming. Broadcasters
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Dyke restructure to cost 1,000 jobs
The BBC is to shed up to 1,000 jobs as part of director general Greg Dyke's forthcoming restructure, which will lead to a 'bloodbath' at senior levels and a flatter management
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Sky One prepares to go mainstream
Sky One's new general manager, David Bergg, is preparing to go head to head with ITV and BBC 1 by repositioning the channel as 'a broader' entertainment service targeting 4 to 49 year-olds, writes Steve Clarke.
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ITV2 lands Letterman
ITV2 has struck a deal with CBS and household goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G) to buy exclusive UK rights to US comedy talk show The Late Show With David Letterman, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC 2 TO BRING ARTISTS TOGETHER IN CONVERSATION
BBC 2 is to launch a new conversational arts strand in which a major artist will be interviewed by other names from the arts world. Called The Conversation, the occasional 40-minute
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CHRYSALIS TO TWEAK THIRD TOP TEN SERIES FOR C4
Channel 4 has asked Chrysalis to redevelop its Saturday night Top Ten ... music series from a genre-based concept - as in Top Ten Boy Bands - to a year-based one,
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MURPHY CALLS FOR RISKIER PITCHES
BBC Choice head of programming Stuart Murphy has called on programme makers to submit 'riskier' proposals to his channel. Murphy said he wanted more shows along the lines of the channel's
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WATCHMAKER SECURES ITV RECOMMISSIONS
ITV has recommissioned two series from Watchmaker Productions. The first is a new series of celebrity profile show The Unforgettable, which in the past has featured Hattie Jacques and Richard Beckinsale.
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SKY PREMIER TO AIR TAYLOR TRIBUTE CONCERT
Sky Premier is to screen fundraising concert Elizabeth Taylor - A Musical Celebration, a star-studded tribute to the Hollywood actress, which takes place at the Royal Albert Hall in May. Sky
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ROOT RECOMMISSIONS TRIBE FOR BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of Tribe from BBC entertainment features in Manchester. The 10 x 30-minute series goes into production this week and is expected
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Hat Trick prepares ITV prison comedy
Hat Trick Productions is to make its first ever comedy for ITV in the form of a broadcast pilot set in a high-security prison.The new comedy is part of a slate
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Griffee signs new doc
The BBC's English regions department is preparing the first of the landmark shows it promised when it axed regional strand Out and About last year, writes Ashley Davies.