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UK History faces legal challenge
The History Channel may seek a judicial review over the launch of rival UK History, claiming that a secret deal struck between the government and UKTV to allow it to launch as many channels as it wants should have been discussed in the open, writes ...
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Ofcom should have say on ITV merger
The ITV companies should not be allowed to merge until new super-regulator Ofcom is up and running, according to Liberal Democrat peer and member of Lord Puttnam's joint scrutiny committee on the communications bill Tom MacNally, write Leigh Holmwood and Georgina Lipscomb
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Disney cosies up to Fox
Walt Disney is to bring its acquired Fox Kids Europe service and its own branded channels closer together with a new content-sharing agreement. This could mark the first step towards an eventual merger of the two channels, writes Paul Revoir
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Dinosaur creators set up own indie
The creators of the BBC's award-winning Walking With Dinosaursseries are to leave the BBC to set up their own company, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Spectrum costs to become reality
The prospect of broadcasters having to shell out up to£15m per channel in spectrum charges will become a reality in a little over three years after the government this week gave the go-ahead for the controversial plan, writes Barbara Marshall
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BBC 3 prepares for launch
The BBC's new digital youth channel BBC 3 will launch in February and be given its own individual branding which will be distinctive from the BBC's other main TV channels, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsITV plc to spell turmoil
Carlton and Granada finally agreed terms of their much-anticipated merger yesterday but are unlikely to make any real progress on the deal for several months, writes Steve Aston
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NewsBig Brother exec quits BBC for 19TV role
BBC head of new entertainment development Conrad Green is jumping ship from the corporation after only one year to join pop svengali Simon Fuller's production outfit 19TV, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsBBC in High Court apology
The BBC has been forced to apologise to the High Court after admitting it spent thousands of pounds developing its digital curriculum bid in strict violation of government rules, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsRegional TV faces crisis
Television production in the nations and regions is in crisis as commercial pressures force broadcasters to commission programmes from their own in-house departments and London suppliers, according to a major new report published this week, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV merger won't save us from drivel
Once upon a time ITV was a force for dynamism and innovation. Forty or so years ago, while the BBC floundered in a ...
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Scarred by soaps
TV storylines 'encourage chuildren to believe that family breakdown is inevitable'. ...
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Monopoly fears over ITV deal
Carlton and Granada are to press ahead with a£3 billion plan to create a single ITV in the face of monopoly fears....
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Unease over bosses' role in ITV merger
Granada yesterday revealed the details of its effective£1 billion takeover of Carlton, leaving some shareholders a...
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Chance meeting that reunited TV's public school star with his lost father
When Ryan Bell swoppped the inner city streets for one of Britain's top public schools, it was a remarkable new sta...
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ITV role for Nigel
Nigel Pickard, the man who brought Bill and Ben and Basil Brush back to the small screen, was last night given the ...
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ITV poaches executive who rescued Basil Brush
ITV has appointed Nigel Pickard from Children's BBC as director of programmes ...
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ITV duo step up merger campaign
Granada and Carlton will step up their campaign to gain the support of regulators ...
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Granada and Carlton agree terms
Granada and Carlton agreed terms of their merger but said there were still regulatory hurdles to the deal ...
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Man who gave us Ant and Dec gets top ITV job
ITV has hired the man who resurrected the television characters Basil Brush and Bill and Ben ...