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Moyles returns to C5
Chris Evans' return to TV has been given a vote of confidence by Channel 5 with controller of entertainment Andrew Newman recommissioning a second 13-part run of Live with Chris Moyles, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Radio indies join BBC quota row
Somethin' Else and UBC Media are leading a group of radio indies lobbying the government to introduce a BBC statutory independent production quota for radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC to confront indie grievance
The BBC has admitted it has acted unfairly towards independent producers by deliberately squeezing margins on programme orders and has proposed setting up a working party with producers' alliance Pact to discuss terms of trade, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsDTI stalwart favourite to head Ofcom
A Department of Trade of Industry (DTI) high flier has emerged as a leading contender for the Ofcom chief executive post amid accusations that the DTI could eclipse the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in the new regulatory environment, write Colin Robertson and ...
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NewsMarketers infiltrate the BBC
Marketing executives could soon have a say in the development of nearly all new BBC shows as part of a controversial initiative to make the corporation's programmes 'connect' better with audiences, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsITC: scrap news bias rules for niche TV
Minority broadcasters should be allowed to dispense with strict rules governing impartiality in order to inject life into predictable news bulletins and get more people watching, a major study of television news has concluded, writes David Wood
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Television presenter is sacked
Granada sacked the television John Leslie from ITV's This Morning programme yesterday because of allegations about ...
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The absurd hypocrisy of sacking Angus Deayton
TV executives take class-A drugs, have affairs and drink to excess. This doesn't stop them imaging themselves as m...
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TV cupboard is bare for disgraced Deayton
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell warned celebrities to remember they are role models ...
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BBC and BSkyB fall out over history channel
The launch of Freeview, the new digital service, yesterday was marred by a rift between the venture's backers, BBC ...
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Leslie faces years in jail
Disgraced TV presenter John Leslie was facing jail last night as it emerged he has contacted police over alleged se...
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No fanfare for new digital TV service
The BBC-backed replacement for the failed ITV Digital television service took to the air yesterday without the fanf...
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Are television hosts depraved? Let's go live to a GMTV newswoman?
Penny Smith lives in fear of her past being exposed in the newspapers ...
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Vivendi nears Houghton Miffin deal
Vivendi Universal was last night nearing an agreement to sell Houghton Miffin, its US publishing business, for abou...
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Telewest expected to default on£68m interest payment
The move comes as the stricken cable operator tries to negotiate a life-saving restructuring ...
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Betrayed by the BBC
How a brilliant black writer watched in despair as Greg Dyke's 'hideously white' corporation turned his decent char...