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NewsGovernment promises gradual switch-off
The process of switching off analogue TV transmissions will be done on a region by region basis, the government has pledged, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsRose D'Or leaves Montreux
The Rose D'Or television festival, held for the last 43 years in the sleepy Swiss town of Montreux, is to move to the bright lights of the city of Lucerne in order to expand the event, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBroadcast figures honoured in Queen's list
The Queen's birthday honours list this year included nine figures from the broadcasting industry, more than ever before, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsSimpson to speak of 'friendly fire' attack
Veteran BBC war correspondent John Simpson will discuss his recent brush with death in Iraq in a new Radio 4 series on synthetic materials, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsTop-level changes at MTV Networks
MTV Networks UK and Ireland has made two senior level appointments, with Steve Shannon joining as VH1's director of programmes and James Dearlove being promoted to a new role as MTV head of non-music talent.
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NewsHenwood to head up Premium TV
NTL Europe, the continental cable business spun off by troubled NTL earlier this year, is set to appoint Rod Henwood as chief executive of its Premium TV subsidiary, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Early Doors ends run with 1.6m
Craig Cash and Phil Mealey's BBC2 comedy Early Doors finished its run last night (16 June) on 1.6 million viewers (7.2% share), 200,000 down week-on-week and far from certain of a re-commission, writes Luke Satchell
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ITV companies win two-month stay of merger judgement day
The competition commission extended its investigation intop the merger between Carlton and Granada yesterday after...
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Chief executive of GWR steps down
The chief executive of Classic FM owner GWR resigned yesterday - less than a month after the radio group was force...
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New deadline in Carlton and Granada talks
Carlton and Granada will have to wait another two months befor elearning if they can merge, after the Competition C...
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GWR departure prompts takeover talk
GWR, the radio company that owns Classic FM, yesterday announced the surprise resignation of its chief executive, P...
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Top Gear 'hooligans'
Fury as TV boy racers go joyriding in historis£1m Jaguar which won Le Mans. ...
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RatingsCutting It bows out with 6.3 million
BBC1 hairdressing drama Cutting It sharpened up its ratings act for its final show last night, (17 June), managing to pull in 6.3 million (28.6% share), writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBBC's Willis keeps up US offensive
John Willis, who last week took over as the new director of factual and learning BBC factual after a year spent in the US, has launched a withering attack on American news and current affairs television, writes Conor Dignam
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John Willis's Royal Television Society Speech
I had fully expected to be standing here as Vice President in charge of National Programmes at WGBH in Boston, not as the BBC's new Director of Factual and Learning, just eight days into a new job.
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NewsThe Bill goes live to mark 20th birthday
ITV is to celebrate the 20th anni-versary of its cop soap The Bill this autumn with a live extravaganza, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsBBC governors sharpen up PR act
The BBC governors are set to stage a public relations fightback as new regulator Ofcom prepares to launch, with the appointment of two new executives charged with improving their independent advice and raising their profile, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Senate fight begins over new TV curbs
The fight in Congress to overturn new, loose restrictions on media ownership will start today, when the Senate comm...
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C&W limits ex-chief's pay-out
Graham Wallace, former chief executive of Cable and Wireless, will leave with pensions and salary payments worth al...