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RatingsGreen still has it, but not for BBC 1
BBC 1 will be wondering where it is going wrong this morning, after the lynchpin in its struggling six-part drama Trust pulled in an impressive audience in a one-off drama for ITV 1 last night, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsITV saves millions with set-top box buy-up
ITV has moved to safeguard the cash it receives from broadcasting to digital viewers by forking out£2.8m to buy up all remaining ITV Digital boxes on behalf its former customers, writes Steve Aston
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NewsFreeview shifts 300,000 in first two months
Digital terrestrial television was given a shot in the arm today (21 January), as new free-to-air service Freeview revealed it had sold over 300,000 of its adapters in the two months since it launched, writes Luke Satchell
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Discovery scoops C4 factual output.
Discovery Networks Europe has sealed a multimillion pound co-production and output deal with Channel 4, giving
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Jowell amends bill to protect indie sector.
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has handed independent producers a significant boost by accepting all but two of the recommendations in the Independent Television Commission (ITC) programme supply review, writes Luke Satchell.
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HBO and Shine to make male Sex & the City.
US broadcaster HBO has turned to a British independent in a bid to develop a male version of its award-winning, but ending, New York-based sitcom Sex and the City, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC 1 tackles traffic chaos.
BBC 1 is to follow up its critically acclaimed Your NHS and Cracking Crime themed programming days with another event - this time examining the state of Britain's transport system, writes Paul Revoir.
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Mentorn chief moves to TV Corp top spot.
Mentorn chief executive Tom Gutteridge is to give up responsibility for the indie he founded 18 years ago in order to take up a new post as group creative director with parent company The Television Corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ofcom director wants more power.
David Edmonds, one of Ofcom's most senior directors, has called for increased powers for the super-regulator to police public service broadcasting beyond those already outlined in the Communications Bill, writes Jon Rogers.
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Morrison lobbies for regional cash.
Former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison has called on the government to provide more support for regional production as he takes on a new role as chairman of media body North West Vision (NWV), writes Steve Aston.
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C4 acts on diversity.
Channel 4 has appointed former BBC producer Mary FitzPatrick to oversee cultural diversity at the broadcaster.FitzPatrick,
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Research says UK TV afraid to try new things.
Broadcasters are 'playing it safe' and commissioning far fewer original programmes than they were 10 years ago, according to new ITV research, writes David Wood.
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'Sassy' women to front live Sky News show.
Sky News is understood to be planning a new talk show fronted by three 'sassy and brassy' women as a companion offering to the channel's new Littlejohn show, writes Paul Revoir.
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TV director turns to begging.
Channel 4 has ordered a documentary in which a Granada TV director tries to earn more money begging on the street than he does making TV, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC's Turner Laing joins Airey at Sky.
Dawn Airey has made her first major appointment since joining BSkyB last week, poaching BBC controller
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BBC scores with hit film deal.
Bend it Like Beckham, last summer's hit British movie featuring a wannabe female football star, has been snapped up by the BBC as part of a deal involving a string of movies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Louis Theroux comes back with US-set series.
Irreverent celebrity interviewer Louis Theroux is set for a comeback with a series set in America as part of an exclusive new deal with the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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CBBC SHORTLIST DUE.
The BBC is expected to announce the replacement for CBBC controller Nigel Pickard within the next
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BBC FILLS KEY ROLE.
The BBC has appointed a new head of political and parliamentary affairs, who will take a
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ITV NEWS CHANGES.
ITN's editor of ITV news, David Mannion, has made a number of appointments designed to bolster