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Shine boosts factual team with BBC hiring
Shine Entertainment has recruited another key industry figure, poaching award-winning documentary producer Chris Terrill from the BBC as part of a plan to double the size of its factual team over the next year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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4.3 million watch fall of Saddam
As Baghdad fell into the hands of US troops yesterday (10 April), the nation turned to BBC1's near-blanket coverage with the corporation clearing its schedule for what was being reported as the end of the war in Iraq, writes Jon Rogers
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Prebble gets off to fighting start
Former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble has scored his first commissions after returning to programme-making as a partner in former Granada Content creative director Andrea Wonfor's new indie, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Living to test nation's ESP
Hot on the heels of its ill-feted live séance with Princess Diana, Living TV has put together another live 'parapsychic' event - testing 500 people's levels of extra sensory perception (ESP), writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Carlton sitcom to air on BBC1
ITV broadcaster Carlton is to make a rare foray into comedy production for rival channel BBC1 with a new sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Einstein TV leaves indies out of pocket
Producers' alliance Pact has issued a warning to members about dealing with the digital TV station Einstein Channel after it claimed the company has still not paid for commissions delivered over a year ago, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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C4 hunts for perfect man and woman
Channel 4 is to test the limits of human capability with a Krypton Factor-style 'extreme reality contest' designed to uncover eight 'super humans', writes Penny Hughes
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No one would have won if the cheating major had been jailed
Judge was right to be lenient, says boss of TV quiz as he breaks his silence ...
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Exterminte, exterminate! BBC kills off its Daleks workshop
Time is now up for staff at the BBC special effects department ...
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The Simpsons to wreak havoc in Hollywood
The Simpsons are heading for the big screen after the cartoon series celebrated its 300th episode ...
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TV chiefs backed in ProLife dispute
The BBC and independent television companies won the backing of the House of Lords yesterday over their refusal to ...
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Murdoch in dream TV deal
New Corp shares slipped last night as Rupert Murdoch agreed a deal to gain his long-coveted foothold in US satellit...
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Singer snaps up watchdog job
Ousted Telewest boss Adam Singer secured a£12,000-a-year jon with new media super regulator Ofcom ...
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Zoe gives footie wives the boot
Zoe Lucker is leaving Footballers' Wives to break into Hollywood ...
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Schedule revamp for BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is to shake up its schedule by increasing the amount of live music and album tracks it airs in an attempt to better serve its audience, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Sky music channels to launch next week
Sky will launch its long-awaited new music channels, Flaunt, The Amp and Scuzz on Thursday (17 April) at 14.00, writes Paul Revoir
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Murdoch's complex DirectTV deal hits shares of all parties
Three years after Rupert Murdoch started his pursuit of DirecTV, the 72-year old mogul has revealed the $6.6bn (4.2...
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Ofcom appoints TV stars to broadcasting regulator
Jonathan Edwards, the Olympic triple jump gold medallist and presenter of BBC's Songs of Praise, is joining a panel...