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Channel 5 switches to higher art forms
Channel 5 is taking further steps to shed its smutty image by strengthening its arts programming.
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Emap in mood for radio purchases
EMAP, the media company that owns heat, the celebrity magazine, and Kerrang!, the hard rock weekly, yesterday indicated that it wanted to buy more radio stations.
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Carlton eyes links to media's big hitters
Carlton Communications yesterday expressed interest in forming alliances with the world's big media groups, as it tried to draw a line under a 'very difficult? six months.
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Murdoch considers£1 bn Italian pay-TV acquisition
Rupert Murdoch is exploring a Eu1bn plan that could see him emerge as the dominant pay-TV operator in Italy.Financial Times, page 21
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Not so much teams as motely crews
World Cup: Almost as important as the players are the pundits, commentators and presenters.Financial Times, page 16
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Emap signals intentions on radio bill
Emap, the nmagazine and radio group, yesterday signalled that it wanted to play a leading role in radio consolidation as it reported sharply lower losses for last year.Financial Times, page 24
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RatingsBBC 1 and ITV 1 dramas fail to inspire
Both BBC 1's and ITV 1's Tuesday night drama scheduling failed to impress viewers last night, writes Jon Rogers
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Newsattheraces strikes overseas deal
attheraces, the interactive digital TV channel owned by Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure, has secured a deal to provide live pictures and audio to a number of overseas jurisdictions, in a move which will finance the payment of the annual rights fees to its contracted courses, ...
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BBC 4 not ratings-driven
BBC 4 is 'defiantly not a ratings-driven channel', according to controller Roly Keating speaking at the Production Show last week, write Lucy Rouse and Peter Keighron
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Greenlight for This Morning?
ITV is expected to greenlight a further series of This Morning despite the problems the strand has faced building its audience over its current run, writes Steve Aston
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NewsBBC ring fences£15m for kids multiplatform projects
The BBC has ring fenced£15m to pour into children's multimedia projects over the next five years.
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RDF scouts for talent with new arm
RDF Media is following in the footsteps of Avalon, Princess Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions by launching a talent management arm this week, writes Penny Hughes
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Asian Lear to air on Channel 4
Channel 4 is set to screen a major multicultural drama that transposes Shakespearean tragedy King Lear to the UK's Asian community, writes Steve Aston
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NTL plans assault on BSkyB position
NTL is attempting to challenge BSkyB's supremacy in the digital TV market by adding 30 new channels to its TV offering and snapping up the customer database from defunct ITV Digital, writes Paul Revoir
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Brook Lapping sets up spin-off
Brook Lapping Productions is launching an Essex-based factual indie, Brook East Productions, headed by the Independent on Sunday's assistant editor, writes Penny Hughes
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Public given say in comms bill debate
MPs and peers examining the draft communications bill will allow the public to contribute their views on the legislation for the first time, writes David Rose
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BBC launches reverse billing for World Cup
The BBC is to launch its first reverse-billing mobile phone service to coincide with the World Cup - charging users premium rates for updates, scores and opinion with some revenues going to charity, writes David Wood
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NewsDoubt hangs over League rights
Rights to broadcast Nationwide League football matches may be sold off game-by-game following the collapse of ITV Digital, according to a media lawyer, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsDrama highlights New Labour and new Coltrane
BBC 1 and ITV1 unveiled separate plans for high-profile dramas this week that will see Robbie Coltrane return to the commercial network and New Labour come under scrutiny from the corporation, write Leigh Holmwood and Steve Aston
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NewsSport Channel shows to broadcast on ITV 2
Carlton and Granada are to boost the output of digital channel ITV 2 by adding programmes left over from the defunct ITV Sport Channel to its schedule, writes Steve Aston